J's appointment went well today. As expected, it took a lot longer than we anticipated and cost a lot more. I'd like to say that's just the way it goes around here but in our experience that's how healthcare works just about everywhere. Once again, we're simply thankful that there's healthcare available at all. He goes back tomorrow to have the bandage changed. We'll get the results of the biopsy next week.

In the meantime, we learned some cool characters in our class today. (The words "cool" and "characters" in the same sentence are what makes this a total nerd post. My husband is rubbing off on me.)

人 = person

plus one more line and it becomes:

大 = big

plus another line:

天 = sky

two more strokes at the top changes it completely:

关 = close (as in "close the door" = 关门)

and if you look closely enough you can find that character inside this one:

联通 = unicom (a local cell phone company).