Today at dinner I was attempting to explain to my host grandma and grandpa, who mind you speak no English at all, that tomorrow morning I leave for Sichuan University early for group training and then come back to Chengdu Univeristy to teach my second Model School English class. And somehow I did it! They understood and my host grandma said something along the lines of "you are getting so much better at Chinese, other students are usually still reading from their books/dictionaries!" And I can't tell you how amazingly happy that made me!!!!!!!!!!! Especially amidst all the Model School prep stress.

YAYA for Chinese!