On the ... road,plane,train,bus,ferry... again

Hey family and friends. It is about 9:30pm here in Qingdao China and I am totally exhausted. Being in a foreign country is very tiring because you always have a heightened sense of attention. Most things are new and even simple things like taking the bus to buy groceries just takes more energy. Anyway, we are leaving for Hong Kong at 6:30 am on Thursday (5:30 pm on Wednesday your time.) That means that in the next 9 hours I have to pack, email 14 people, call my fiance, sleep, shower, and practice my Chinese. Not gonna happen, sorry.

• Happy Father's Day to all of the fathers who have impacted my life, especially my Dad (Doug), Bob, my future Father in Law Al King, and Cdr. Solis. I wish I could call yall on your day but I can't get internet access in HK.
• I wont be able to email or update while I am there, but expect a neat update on Monday.
• I am really sorry for the delayed emails. I know I have started like 6 of them (Shelley, Marla, Mik, Joann, Erin, and Slandy.) There are like 80 other people I REALLY want to write. (ps. please dont ever let me complain about my cell phone again. Normally I would do all of my emailing/calling while I am driving, but now I can't. I hate to say this but I miss my phone...
• Speaking of things I miss, I miss my best friend. B.J. King, I love you sooooooo much. I know you know that but geez, I think about you every 5 seconds and I wish you were here. You should just know that my life is better with you closer. Talking to you keeps me enthusiastic about each day, you should just know that. I do my life better because of you.
  
• Ok, somebody out there wants more wedding updates. I DO TOO! If I could get an hour or so free I would be able to work on wedding stuff. Basically, all of the really big items are taken care of. There are like 100000 details that still need attention. One at a time though right. Right now B.J. and I are sending out save the date cards and I am working on updating the website. I am also working with the bridesmaids on their dresses. They look great by the way. Any questions? Just email me. (We have 80 days left, btw.)
• PR request... I need some help focusing here. It is super hard to be engaged and planning a wedding, while studying Chinese and comm in China trying to do EV and be an example to a mostly secular (and proud of it) team. (You think that sentence was hard to follow and complicated, try living it.) I'm not stressed out, I just need some direction on where to spend what time. Does that make sense?
• To my girls: I love you. Yall are hot and I miss you. I know all of those words are over-used, but I mean them.

OK, sleep. I'm am really tired.
-meg

ps. praise God.

This is just what I call a "China Picture." It is just a random picture that says something to em about this country.