The day before leaving for vacation, Staci and I had one of our twice a week Chinese lessons. After class, we usually get a ride with some other people in our program that live in our district. There was some poor communication and before we knew it, the other group left in a van, meaning we had to figure out how to get home on our own. Our school has made an agreement with their schools to take us close to home after classes, so in the future, we need to get better at making sure our colleagues know we need a ride home. On one hand, this was good, as there will be times when unbeknownst to us, the people we get a ride with don't come to class, or stay afterwards in the city.
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