Perhaps the most frustrating time i've had the past couple of days is trying to entertain myself while sitting in front of a slow computer with a modem connection. All the surfing i used to do is simply a hair jerking test of my patience. I am reduced to sitting here with my broken knee, playing computer games with myself. I hop downstairs for meals and that's about it. I have been lucky enough to be rescued for Jamba Juice (James), buo ba (Hong and Gaga) and Denny's (Monica) on consecutive days so i can't really complain.



Lots of aunts and uncles (not real aunts and uncles, i just don't know what to call them besides the direct chinese translation) have been coming by. It's actually very heartwarming to see all my mom's friends come over to take care of her, to cook and clean and to feed us. She has been staying up late talking to various friends and i think that has been a good thing, even though it leaves her really tired. The majority of these aunts and uncles i don't even recognize but apparently they know all about me. They know almost every little detail of my life in the past few years and i wonder when my mom told them all these things. I'm getting a little sick of explaining my situation to these aunts and uncles but they only do it out of goodwill so i suck it up and deal with it.