My Water Broke

Sorry, I'm just feeling that immature. But it's true. My hot water did break. In my apartment. A pipe broke over in Phase 2, luckily I live in Phase 3, so it only affects the hot water pressure... unless you get up for a shower at a ridiculous hour when no one else could possibly be showering, something I do automatically, even on Sundays.  AND when they came to "fix" it, they managed to turn the floor heating back on in my apartment (heated by hot water in pipes below the floor). SWEET!!!

Taxis:
- Dana told me this happens, but I never noticed till now. There's an automated hello message when the meter starts, followed by a second greeting in English: "Welcome to this my taxi!"
- We have non smoking taxis now! I noticed something was different. It wasn't just the smell, it was just the fact that the car was actually warm. No one had to roll down the window to do that thing that they do with cigarettes when they roll down windows. 2 kuai extra, but totally worth the extra cost.

Medical Exam:
- A lot of us have gotten a swimming membership at a new pool in town. It's been raining pretty nonstop, just like home :) Before you're allowed to enter the pool, you have to go to the hospital and get a physical. I'm the first one to have my name spelled correctly on my health check card. Matt is something like Matlhew, and Julie is definitely Jodie.
- The doc came in from break or something, called me into the room, he wasn't halfway through putting on his white doctor jacket before he'd signed off on my paperwork and sent me on my way. I wish I could read what my blood pressure supposedly was.  TIC
- I got squawked at for not wearing a swimming cap, but the guy next to me was permitted to make loud spitting noises in his mouth and then hock a loogie into the side drain of the pool. Really? More TIC

Soccer:
Enrique (from Chile) organizes the weekly soccer game. He's the one who tells me, "It's 3:30 Kari, you don't have to leave yet." And I'll say, "Enrique, I got hear at 3:30, you're not fooling me!" Well, a bunch of the Spanish speaking families hang out a lot. So one of the wives from their group was chatting with me, and she told me, "When you first showed up, the boys didn't know what to do. Now, when you leave early, they don't know what to do." It cracks me up. I invite them to knitting club every time! But for some reason they never join me.

Homophones:
- I definitely typed "halfway" as "haveway".