YESTERDAY, 7/17

Yesterday was a pretty rough day. Scott and I have both had really bad upset stomachs and needed to stay close to the bathrooms! We took some medication that totally knocked me out and I slept from 3:00 in the afternoon until 7:30 this morning. I woke up for a little bit last night but was extremely weak and could barely get up to use the bathroom! So, that is why I didn't blog yesterday. Gracie had the worst day yesterday and many times just completely shut down. She would burst into tears if we moved her or if someone other than us looked at her. She sort of rejected me a bit yesterday and would cry if she couldn't see Scott (he is a cutie so how could I argue with her?). I tried not to take it personal but it was definitely not something I've ever experienced with any of our other children. Since I was so sick and out of it for most of the day it was actually good that she preffered Scott. We went to the biggest, local park in Nanchang, Porcelain Shop Lane (Nanchang is the Porcelain Capital of the world), a Chinese Wal-Mart, and KFC for lunch. It was about 95 degrees with 85% humidity--ughhh! I think if it hadn't been so hot & we had of felt better that we would have had a better time but those are the breaks. We did have some interesting experiences. We were taking a break in some shade at the park and some Chinese people came over and started talking to us (our guide was with us and translated). They were commenting on how beautiful Gracie was and how great they thought it was that even though we had our own biological children that we were adopting. Then, they looked at Gracie and I's hands and said we were calcium deficient and gave us their Amway cards. Pretty funny but they were very nice. Wal-mart was very different of course. We did buy a children's Chinese CD and DVD to take home for Gracie, some Pepsi for Scott & some diet Coke for me (the only place you can get diet apparently). We opted for KFC because the authentic Chinese food has not been agreeing with us but it was not the same! The fries were pretty good but we could only take a few bites of the chicken sandwiches. We are so homesick and soooo ready to just get home! Guangzhou is much more Westernized though so we're looking forward to that!