Pantomime

Cynthia had an interesting encounter yesterday with our driver, Mr. Dong.  He picked her up at the hotel to ride along as he went to pick the boys up from school.  When they arrived at the school, Cynthia greeted the boys with an after school treat of Gatorade.  About half way home Landon decided that he REALLY had to use the bathroom.  Cynthia tried to explain to Mr. Dong that the boys needed a bathroom, toilet, WC etc but to no avail as Mr. Dong's english is fairly limited.  So finally, she resorted to pantomiming the call of nature by putting her hands in front of her as if she was holding a fire hose to which Mr. Dong mistakenly thought she was trying to say the boys wanted to play with a video game.  He then made the hand gesture that resembles texting or using a TV remote.   No, no, no!  She tried again and apparently the message got through that they needed a toilet.  Needless to say they were all laughing and made it to the bathroom without further issue.  Such is the life of an ex-pat wife.  In the meantime, I am in Shenyang staying at the Kempenski Hotel - winner of the Golden Pillow award for the 2nd straight year.  (the pillows are about as hard as gold).  It is fairly nice and the price is right - about $60 per night.  Heading to Beijing today for more customer meetings.