Erin- I figured it out!

So, maybe I'm a little stupider than the rest of you, but I got it now and that's all that matters.
Since Andy just updated, I suppose I don't have so much to say. I am a little shocked that according to him he'd been drinking more than he did at school.....really Andy? That's pretty bad, not gonna lie.
I have my dreaded physical tomorrow with Dana. I'm pretty P- fucking O'ed about it , especially because the master of our China universe, Mr. Li, has punked me yet again and made me cancel half my class tomorrow. He wanted me to cancel the whole class but then I pointed out to him that it wasn't very valid to force me to cancel my class that I'm required to reschedule and I only have so many allowed cancellations and I didn't have my students' schedules and therefore couldn't really reschedule the class promptly.
In other news, I'm testing out the healing powers of green tea. My students tell me it will help me lose weight....which apparently they think I should do. They also tell me it will improve my skin, mood, energy and prevent cancer. Well, no cancer thus far, I've switched from coffee to tea(not the easiest transition but it has finally been completed), my skin, mood and energy are about the same and the only weight I may have lost has been muscle since I have greatly reduced my workout regime. I'm sure I'll find the drive soon now that i have a gym membership, but I'm not gonna lie, that three weeks of laziness felt pretty good.
We get stared at a lot. I asked my students about it today and apparently it's not rude at all to stare. nor is it rude to laugh at someone when they make a mistake. I guess in the US we're so afraid of amitting differences that we don't have a sense of humor about it. In china everyone tries to be the same.....I guess as long as you're not the one who's different it's ok.
I really love my students and chinese people in general. I get really irritated at times with organizational bullshit and sometimes I feel really stupid when people can't understand what I say, but whenever I'm in a bad mood, someone blatently stares at me to the point where I just have to laugh. I just had a great conversation with a girl who was probably 3 years old at dinner. she was amazed that I spoke any chinese and asked me why i was here. Then she asked me why I teach english when I'm american. Shouldn't I teach american? I offered to teach her some but she was too shy and ran back to her parents.
I will leave you with a text message I received from one of my students today, about an hour after my class ended. This kid named himself Harry after Harry Potter and we had a short conversation about the books/movies in class. At the end of class he came to ask me something and stopped and said, "I see now that your eyes are green. Harry Potter's eyes are green." Also during this cass, I explained that the boys shouldn't compliment every american girl they meet before they talk to her because she will think they are just trying to flatter her and wonder what they want.

Hello Erin, I' Harry, the one who like Harry Potter. I wonder if I have troubled your lunch hour or midday rest, but just wanna say that you give us a pretty well spoken English class, thank you Erin! I'm not a flatterer, absolute ly not!Ha ha- Expect your next lessons!!