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Well, November is speeding by, and my time in China is drawing to a close for now. The days have been quite filled of late; in addition to my normal training regime, I’m editing an Yiquan book for Master Yao and doing regular remote contract programming, which makes the time really fly. I’ve discussed my plans with Master Yao (pictured), and he’s agreed to take me on as his formal disciple (woohoo), and will be administering the instructor exam sometime soon before I leave, which is all great news. If all goes well, I’ll be in Chicago with Zoe, making some money and practicing Yiquan, and generally living a more “normal” life for the first time in quite a while. Enough adventuring for the time being – it’s time for the hobbits to return to the Shire, put on the fire and drink a nice cup of tea.
I was originally planning on leaving in mid-December but pushed the date up to the 4th, as there are some fairly pressing matters to attend to at home. But it’s good news, not bad ;-)
In other news, CM is in town, visiting from Crestone, and hopefully I will get to see her tomorrow!