I'm back from China. Beijing was GREAT!!!!! I did a lot of walking and ate well. I only gained 2 pounds, so I did not do too bad. I am still feeling the jet lag. It took 19.5 hours to get from the hotel door to my home. Yesterday was a long, long, long day. My ankles were 3 times their normal size.

But, its time to get back to my routine. I will start to exercise tomorrow or Friday, depending on how I feel. If I can get through work today, tomorrow will be better.

It was nice to go on a vacation. To not think about food or exercise or work or paying bills or doing any of the daily grind. It was nice to see, hear, smell, taste, and touch things that were different. China is so very different from the U.S. The Chinese were white to mourn and black to celebrate. Red was a very big color there too.

If I spoke Chinese, I wouldn't mind living there.

The trip was so wonderful, there wasn't a favorite part. It was all incredible.