I received your news early this morning. My phone had buzzed in the night, but I had it on mute so as not to disturb my roommate’s sleep. I thought this was a Chauncey, “Are you free for lunch today? call.
I stayed on in Lijiang today while the rest of my group went on to Tiger Leaping Gorge. I will meet back up with them tomorrow night.
It was a sad teary day and I felt bad that I could not be there with you. I got out to take a walk and felt a little better. I also thought that I could send flowers. Its not hard to find them here. I walked around in rain for a couple hours shooting pictures of flowers and thinking about Brian and it made me feel a little better to do something.
My phone (camera) ran completely out of juice so I came back to my room to charge it just in time to catch a call from Nicole who was ready to talk. Glad my dead battery brought me back just then.
I am sending my flowers with the hope that they might bring you a small amount of comfort while I am not there to do it myself.
