I got a...

ROOMMATE!! I can't believe that I'm going to be living with someone! I have not lived with another person since I vowed to never have a roommate after college. Those of you who went to GW know for a fact that after living through those four horrendous years of crazy roommates, we all want to live alone. However, I feel completely weird to have a three bedroom, two bath place by myself so I decided to get a roommie! I started interviewing last week after I put a posting on craigslist (weird how there is a Shanghai craigslist!) About 15 people responded right away so I had to interview each one. They all came to see the place and loved it instantaneously so I had to make some hard choices. I posted my requirements stating that I need someone who speaks fluent English and is from either the States or from Australia :) I know, that sounds horrible, but I think I would enjoy living with someone that makes me feel like I'm "home" sometimes...
After some crazy interviews with some weirdos, I decided on a guy who lived in New York City for a year and is from Cherry Hill, New Jersey. I was a bit skeptical because I have never lived with a boy before (except ex boyfriends...which were not so pleasant!) but I found him to be really cool. He's on the young side, but very mature. So keep your fingers crossed for me. He will move in on September 1st. We talked for over two hours during his interview and I wanted to find someone who wants to go explore Shanghai with me (which includes all the bars too! ha) and also enjoys going to some sporting matches. We are going to go see the tennis master's this year and he may join me in my women's world cup soccer in September. The best thing is that we don't have to share a bath at all. Plus, I always explain to my friends that I have a east wing and a west wing to my apartment. My bedroom is totally on the left side of the room and his would be on the right. We might even miss each other sometimes. I just want to hang out with someone who I think will be fun! I need to replace my Columbia gals with someone right?:-)
Work is going well...working a lot of hours. People here tend to get to work around 10am and I am for some odd reason, always getting there around 9am. I try to sleep but I always wake up around the same time each day! It's kind of frustrating, but I decided that I'm going to take this opportunity to go and work out at the gym. I paid a crap load of money to join a gym here because it is just so hard to find. I found one that has an indoor lap pool so I'm going to force myself to do it. It's right below my office building so I have absolutely no excuse not to go. I have gone to a few pharma companies to hear agency briefings and it has been tough. People tend to give briefings in Chinese and although I can understand Chinese, business Chinese is another language. I also found myself having trouble switching from speaking all Chinese to speaking all English. So basically, my colleagues must think I'm an idiot. So, lot's to work on...
Until then...