I am in such a good mood.

Why am I in such a good mood? Well the answer could really be a very long-winded one, but I'll keep it relatively short and sweet for you, my dearest of readers. Both of you.
Firstly, I finally found a great apartment at a reasonable price, so that's great news. Secondly, I found out that the new center in which I'll be working doesn't open until near the end of October. So I'll be at the older center until then. The clutch thing is, they don't like to change teachers on the kids mid-session, so they won't be giving me any classes until I move to the new center. Bonus! My Director of Services (DOS) even told me I could bring in my laptop to work and study Chinese/surf the internet literally all day. On top of that, bran new schools usually have an extremely light load until about 2 months after they open. that means even after the new school opens, I'll still have nothing to do for weeks and weeks. Thirdly, I just got back from the Shanghai ultimate league, and they have seriously improved since the last time I was there. I know I am going to have a BLAST with these people on the field, and I think I'm going to be having a sick time with off the field --read: in the bars -- with a ton of them, too.
These things are cool and all, but they aren't the real reason why I am so happy. I'm in a good mood because I just had "lamb sticks" again for the first time in almost a full year. I was riding my bike home from the Ultimate fields, not really knowing where I was headed, and I realized that my small dinner of two bananas and an apple just wasn't going to hold me over through the night. I was'nt really hungry enough for a full meal, but I was scoping the storefronts I was passing in case anything caught my eye. I was thinking of just throwing down some money on any old thing I could munch on, but then I saw him: the lamb stick guy. There are a ton of these people in Shanghai, and they only seem to come out after dark. Usually near bars and other places people get wicked munchies. They work over this thin, coal-filled barbecue-type thingy, which is really just a rectangular cube of metal without a top. No grill, just the edges of the rectangle. But therein lies the beauty of food on a stick. The lamb stick guys have these shishkebabs that they push this lamb meat down onto it in thin, diced sections. I'm sure the meat is grade D, taco bell style stuff, but I try not to think about that because it is just so effing delicious. Kinda like taco bell. Anyway, they cook these meat sticks over the coals for about 10 minutes, coating them with hot spices and pepper. When they are done, you just munch down on them and then throw the sticks on the ground for the lamb stick guy to pick up later. I keep calling them "lamb stick guys," but they actually also sell other meat and veggies on sticks. It doesn't matter, because the other stuff sucks balls compared to the lamb. Lamb sticks are easily my favorite food in all of Shanghai, and I had nearly forgotten how amazing they taste. After getting that delicious lamb meat again, I could care less if I had a good apartment, good job, or good sport. I think I could seriously live off of the stuff. I like them just about as much as buffalo wings, and that is saying a lot.
Oh, and did I mention they are only about 20 cents a piece? Yeah, China rules.