I can’t get the VPN I use to access wordpress to work… so here I am.

It blows my mind I live in a country that restricts its citizens speech. Wow. What a clusterfuck.

My parents and I had a great day today. We went to the Temple of Heaven and then to the 798 Art Zone. Both my parents found a few things to buy. I’m grateful they found some souvenirs and I like what they bought.

We are going to Ningbo tomorrow. I’ve enjoyed our time here in Beijing, but I’m glad we’ll have a few days in Ningbo before they leave. Ningbo will be pretty laid back because there isn’t as much to do. I’m looking forward to it.

And with that I’m off to bed. I’ll have to get up early to to catch our flight. Blergh, another early morning. I’ve done the 7 am meeting the last two days and would like a day to just sleep. Not sure when that will happen, but I’m sure it won’t be too long.

I’m excited for these next few months. I think some really great things are going to happen. I anticipate finding joy relatively soon. The last couple days I’ve been having some different thoughts. Mainly about how I don’t think this reality in which I currently reside is real. I have come to the belief I (or we?) live in a simulation of some sort. I’m ok with this. It doesn’t really change anything except for how I view the world. I’ll still try to be a good person and find purpose and meaning to my life the same as I would have without the realization. I have a feeling that’s coming.