Gypsies

As far as I know, China has no gypsies. The Mongolians live a nomadic lifestyle in the north, but I imagine that lifestyle becomes more and more stationary as China industrializes. No, there are no troops of wanderers through the countryside, and definitlely none walking down our hotel hallway.

Which is for the best. Because were there gypsies seeking out plump, juicy children, I probably would have handed S-- over to them yesterday.

She screamed from about 3:30 untl 5:30 in the afternoon.
This for no discernible reason.

This is not unexpected from S--. She has a tendency to throw unconsolable tantrums, and to stop for the strangest things. Yesterday, L--'s new blocks made her happy.

But screaming inside the confines of a small hotel room, with no connections and no place to go, makes the noise echo in a way that could drive a person mad.