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Sunday afternoon, I hopped the train into Taipei. Train rides always provide some entertaining means of people watching. This time the object of my attention was on a young kid, maybe 3ish, kneeling on the seat, face gazing at the blur of scenery out the window. I loved watching the kid. He was doing exactly what I would have been doing if it were my seat. What made him the most fun to watch was the occasional high-pitched hiccups that escaped his mouth, shaking his shoulders. It never phased him a bit, but cracked me up. His mom was abnormally cool. She talked, sang and played with him the whole trip, instead of constantly shushing him up, worried about what others would think. No, she began a song, then listened- and sang along- as the kid jumped in and completed the tune. It was cute. It made me miss my sister and nephew. I love watching people who interact WITH their children. My sister is amazing at that. I got off the train smiling.

I miss being around kids. A LOT. I even miss inevitably having to be "it" in every game of chase with giggling 3rd graders. Good times. :)


I fixed my skates. :):):) And officially know how to take them apart and do the necessary maintenance measures myself. With an IKEA furniture tool. Thanks to Dad for showing me how to do it when I was a kid. He is always good at showing us how to fix things. Like walls, toilets and cars.

Next week, am hoping to get out to the beach. We'll see. For some reason, I'm really excited about it. And feel sudden motivation to get studying done before then.