你好 from Shanghai!! Did you miss me?? (I know, I know, I have not been good about regular blog posts. My future as an influencer is RUINED.) Much has happened in the time since I last wrote (…in early October….I am SORRY) so I cannot write in my usual Madison fashion and include every tinyContinue reading “The Wilderness (and Shanghai) Must Be Explored!”
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Week I in Shanghai!
Hello from the Shanghai beyond quarantine! (WOW does it feel good to say that!) I’ve now been out of quarantine for a little over a week, and what a week it’s been! I meant to write sooner but A) I’ve hardly spent any time at home and so haven’t had time to write, and B)Continue reading “Week I in Shanghai!”
The M̶a̶n̶ Bunny in the Moon
10 days of quarantine down, 4 to go! (But who’s counting?) I started last week off with 3 days of classes. Though the experience of teaching online while they are all in the classroom is certainly not new to me, the experience of doing so while the sun was out was a wonderfully welcome change!Continue reading “The M̶a̶n̶ Bunny in the Moon”
Bird Tweets and Mystery Meats
Hello, outside world! I’m finishing up Day 3 of 14 in my quarantine here in Shanghai, and am starting to settle into a pattern. Will this pattern change 18 times over the remaining 11 days I am in here? Probably. But for now, in an attempt to settle into some kind of normalcy after theContinue reading “Bird Tweets and Mystery Meats”
Doing the Impossible
You know those big events, good or bad (or both!), that pitch camp in your brain so that they’re all you can think about for weeks/months? And they throw all-night parties with Anxiety (because Anxiety likes to invite itself along to everything, insistent bugger ) so even at night you’re not safe from thinking aboutContinue reading “Doing the Impossible”
The Dive
When I first started my Chinese visa application process (10 months ago, at this point) I had no idea what to expect. The only other time I’d needed a visa to travel was on my trip to Zimbabwe in 2014 – however, unlike this current process, I did not have to apply ahead of time.Continue reading “The Dive”
Alone Together
A few weeks ago, my mother informed me that I should write a new blog post because “there are people who are wondering what you’re up to.” I don’t necessarily believe that to be true; unless you’re a fancypants travel influencer who happened to be spending their quarantine somewhere in Bali while wearing maxi dressesContinue reading “Alone Together”
The In-Between
“You got the job! So… now what?” This period of time between finishing the interview process and actually moving to Shanghai to start my life there has been intense, complicated, and full of ups and downs. As soon as I read the email with the job offer (and then reread it sixteen more times justContinue reading “The In-Between”
And so it begins.
“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the Road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring If you’re reading this, there’s a 90% chance that you are either related to me, have livedContinue reading “And so it begins.”
Adventure in the Great Wide Somewhere 