Drew's Summer Adventure!

Drew has taken 2 years of Mandarin in college and has developed such a strong interest to learn more of the language that he is adding a Chinese Language minor to his Music Education degree ... and this summer, he's heading to China to do a 6-week language immersion program at Beijing Language & Culture University!

BLCU was established to teach Mandarin to foreigners, and he'll live in a dorm on campus. This will be quite the adventure, and it will take up about half of his summer break ... from mid-July through the end of August. Since Mitch and I spent two weeks in China, we know what's in store for him in the way of adventure and culture shock, but we know this will be a wonderful experience for him all around. He'll be much more on his own, whereas we spent most all of our time with a bilingual guide. The BLCU campus is just about 2.5 miles from the Olympic Village, and there will be much to see in this historical city.

Drew thinks that after college he'd like to spend some time teaching music and English in China, so this will give him a good intro to life in a large city (Population in Beijing is 13 Million) in China and help him know more about his desire to hold onto those future goals. If the current school/teacher cuts in the U.S. continue for the next 2 years, it may be a great plan to have!

Back to Reality!

Back in the work and school groove for a week after spring break now ... but my mind drifts off to those beautiful days we spent on the beach, and how I love that time away from home and work and laundry and house cleaning. Time spent with the kids, watching them play on the beach. Lots of good seafood to eat and absolutely no agenda or schedule!

The boat is in the water now, and I shot the sunset pic here from my cell phone on Saturday night.