My days of one pan and one pot may be over soon. My household goods arrived in Shanghai last Sunday, and with everything else, there were 1/2 a dozen forms to review, complete, sign, notarize, stamp, summarize, initial and file. In triplicate copies. All of that have been completed and now it's just a matter of customs going through it all to see if they need anything for their own house. My shipper said that she thought I would get them tomorrow and that she would confirm on Wednesday. Since I haven't heard from her, I'm thinking that I need to make sure that there's plenty of dishwashing liquid for the weekend. I'll get them next week if I dont' get them tomorrow. The things I am most excited about getting are (in the order of importance):
1. toilet paper 2. paper towels 3. more clothes (which means less laundry)
I felt a little silly packing up the left over toilet paper and paper towels that I had at the house when I moved because I was told that you could get them here and they are fine. First of all, the toilet paper is fine if you are a grizzly bear. And paper towels are non-existent here. I checked 3 major grocery stores and none of them have it. They use wash rags here, which is surprising considering their limited laundry capacity. But before you applaud their efforts to save trees, you should know that they individually wrap their peaches and plums in tissue. So the moral of the story here is that sometimes it pays to be silly.
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