Yep. This happened. Stories from Jessica White on Vimeo. Here are the lyrics that are being projected behind me: Waking up on a Sunday morning The sun's a-rising in all her glory Another beautiful day to be spent... inside. I walk through the doors and hear children screaming, Grace on the phone, Tony singing The echoes of Linzeen's high-heels down the hall. While Little and YoYo are herding the cats I get a greeting from Jeanne: "Today you look fat!" I won't take it personally, I'm sure she meant it well. (Chorus) Well, ooh-hoo everyone has a story Every one of those stories br... read more

This Maid of Honor needs suggestions for an epic Bachelorette Party!!! Send those my way! Details to follow! ***UPDATE*** I've added some pictures from the blossom hike that Zoe and I took today. Hangzhou is starting to reveal her true colors!! Literally! I think that Spring & Summer here are going to be absolutely delightful!... read more

Who has two thumbs and has been snowboarding in China??? This girl has!!! Let me lead into this effectively… There have been a lot of staff absences at our center this past couple weeks. Naturally, because of the relative flexibility in our schedule, Sara (and really, with it being FTs being gone… just me) and I have been landed with the brunt of the extra hours. On top of that, our schedule was changed drastically leaving us with an alleged 10-6 schedule, rather than everyone else’s 2-9 schedule… but the absences have found us working, essentially, 10-9 on multiple days in a row. This has meant that we have been extremely confused, frustrated and tired, leading to us feeling pretty burnt out in general. Fortunately for me, my friends of Chinese descent are extremely in tune ... read more

新年快乐！Xin Nian Kuai Le! - Happy New Year!!! I will update this later when I have pictures to share... but I had to write something to record this exact moment: It is like a WAR ZONE here in Hangzhou tonight. Literally every corner of the city is being bombarded with a constant shower of fireworks and other various explosives. Every building has fireworks being shot OUT of it, including my own. I have NEVER seen anything quite like this! Wish me luck... I'm heading out into it in about 30 minutes!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ahhhhhh-kay... so it went something like this: Shortly after I made that post, I tromped out into the freezing cold war zone (World War I style... trench coat and all... well... ski jacket... but nevertheless...) to meet up with a friend. Knowing the effectiveness ... read more

Your horoscope for January 28, 2013: The current planetary constellation is helping you to break out of an older pattern of relating, and encouraging another step forward in the process of understanding yourself. Change is the only thing in life that we can be certain of, and is a force for good, as it encourages you to look at the larger pattern, and find a deeper sense of purpose connecting you with all those you meet. I’m not normally one to pay quite this much attention to my horoscopes… but something about this experience is bringing me closer to my examination of things going on outside of myself. In so doing, I’ve become focused on what’s going on inside as well. Adding to my reflective behaviors, I bought a guitar last night; just another puzzle piece ... read more