How much do taxi drivers make?

The other day I was chatting with my cab driver - and they only make 100 yuan a day - net. That's after they have to give 6000Y a month to the company, pay for gas and maintenance! Dang. Imagine living on 12$ a day, having to pay for rent, food, raise a family, probably tuition, and they work 17 hour days. Living life in China as a normal person must be so hard.

The capital of Jiangxi, Nanchang, is kind of underdeveloped compared to Beijing or Shenzhen. It reminds me of the city that my dad's side of the family live in in Hubei, which is in the rural part of the province and 3 hours away from the capital. The language here is so hard to understand!

My aunt's house is pretty nice, two story house. She even owns her own car, which is pretty rare in China. There is this small 4 year old girl here, who will shake her head whenever I ask what her name is. I taught her to play with paint and pinball on my computer, so now she keeps asking to play it. I still havent really talked to my male cousins, who drink a bowl of beer with every meal, but my female adopted cousin is pretty nice to me.

Today - I slept all day. Woke up at 11:30, ate breakfast, then lunch an hour later, then took a name until 4 or so, went shopping for dinner food, am about to eat dinner, then plan on sleeping again. Sigh, I am so frustrated by my research.  I decided im going to take a few days vacation and not think about it, because it is stressing me out too much and I am too tired. I am instead going to take some time to think about my own life and sort things out. 

btw - thanks everyone who actually reads this, it makes me feel good to know that people care enough about me to read this consistently! I love you!