Huanying.

I need to quit smoking. I want to quit before I go back to work, which means I have until Wednesday night. I'm sad about this, mostly because I like smoking, but also because I like the store where I buy my cigarettes.

There's a little Stop-N-Rob store just around the corner from my house. I could walk there, but I don't. It's owned by a Chinese woman and (presumably) her daughter. They are very nice and they haven't raised the price of their cigarettes even though every once else has. A pack is still only $4.17; Everywhere else is well over $5. I've thought about asking them about it, but I don't want to spoil a good thing.

I stop there about every other day to buy a pack. I've learned some passable Chinese conversation, along the lines of, "How are you?", "I'm fine", "Thank you", and the like. Where am I going to use my Chinese if I stop going there? I'm going to miss them.

Also, I'm pretty sure they either think I'm a stripper or that I work at the laundry mat next door. I don't know why they would think this, or even why I think they think this, but I do (and they do). So, that's fun. I haven't bothered to correct them. I'm not sure how I would bring it up. My Chinese isn't that good yet.