Pretty October Weather in Shanghai

The weather in Shanghai right now is pretty much awesome. It’s sunny without being too hot. It’s cool without being too cold. And there’s a breeze without it being windy. Those of you who know me well know that I am not a big fan of wind, particularly strong winds that throw dust into the air and whip my hair around too much. This, of course, is all before the biting cold, wet winters set into chilling our bones in a few weeks time.

So I should be out and about enjoying this amazing weather. I should be taking a walk through the city, or perhaps maybe even sitting at one of the (few) public parks. I could even be hanging my clothes out to dry if not for the lack of an adequate balcony for me to do so.

Alas, I am doing none of the mentioned above. I really want to get my thesis approved and submitted before the December deadline and I am making myself stay in this weekend to get more and more editing done on it. I am not too fond of the idea of having to pay tuition for another term to extend my writing time. I’ve been looking at and thinking about this thesis paper for over a year now so to be frank, I’m sick of it already. I’m sure that when I’m done with it, I’ll want to do nothing but talk about all the “important graduate research I did” during my time in China. But for now, I really just want to be playing outside.


note: I realize this photo doesn't make the Shanghai "outdoors" look too exciting, but it was the best I could do from my living room window using photobooth. Look how brightly that sun is shining!