Typhoon

I guess now would be my first true typhoon. It is really hitting the lovely island of Taiwan. I watched the weather even though I didn’t understand a word! The pictures they kept showing had the entire country covered by the typhoon. Crazy!

One good thing is that I’m safe and dry in my apartment. Another good thing is that I didn’t ride my scooter to church; I went with Scott’s family. (It would have been a rough ride home.) And the last good thing is that I may have a free day tomorrow. Yvonne just called to say as of now she thinks I don’t have to go in. We aren’t exactly sure. Office staff has to be there but teachers don’t. She couldn’t decide what I am. I’d say teacher, but don’t know my official status.

It would be nice to have a day off! It seems like no matter what, I won’t be teaching lessons tomorrow. That’s good because I would love a break. But it’s bad because then I have less time with my students. Funny how it works!

Oh, Yvonne just called back. It’s certain = I don’t have to go in tomorrow. I’m going to sleep in!!! Wahoo! Oh crud, I totally don’t have any food. Looks like I’ll be going for a walk in the rain! (I’ll take my dad’s advice and not drive my scooter.) Hopefully there’s a lull sometime tomorrow. But I don’t have enough cereal for breakfast . . . chances are high that I will get wet.

So I was planning to go to bed early. Now I’m thinking about watching a movie! Hm.

More about the typhoon – it has been raining hard for 5 hours now. I wonder how long it will go on. It was the cause of no church meetings today. It was still an eventful day. We left at 10:20 to go to the 11:00 sacrament meeting. We missed the sacrament part so decided to wait until 1:00. Then Scott was wrong and it wasn’t until 2:00. I was a little bugged, but couldn’t do anything to change it! I read scriptures and rested. They fed us lunch which was nice. Then I thought we were only going to stay for sacrament – wrong again. We stayed for the whole program. Michelle said she would translate but she kept going out to blow her nose. So I didn’t have anyone translate (didn’t want to be a bother). I just sat and looked around. Sadly, I didn’t understand anything.

P.S. I’ve noticed a funny thing about my name – some of my co-workers say it “Ambelee” and roll right over the “r”. They almost miss the “e” before it too. So it’s more like “Amblee”. Funny, huh? I noticed Steve & Yvonne did it today.

P.P.S. Maybe I’ll finally get the post on about my fun weekend. It’s only a week late. Ugh!