another 2 painful hours.

Yes, it's Tuesday and I just survived another painful tutoring session with the 13 year old. Some of you might be thinking.."oh it can't be that bad." Um, you try it after eight glorious hours of children calling for you, never ending drilling/hammering and the strong smell of paint. Have I mentioned that my school it under construction? By the way its pouring outside.

On a much brighter note, this past Friday was my 22nd birthday. Thank you to all of you who sent me wishes, cards, e-cards, presents, posts, love and the late e-mails. I had a GREAT birthday. Christina woke me up with a dance outside me door and brought breakfast to me, great way to start the day. My friends Dan and Blake (from Baylor) happened to be coming through Bangkok after a six-week trip through China and SE Asia. They were a breath of fresh air to me and Christina and such a blessing to have them here to celebrate. They actually came to my school (which is quite out of the way), had lunch with us, hung out and helped me teach my last class. My boss, Apple, was randomly there on Friday and ordered a special lunch for us, aka fried rice (believe me it beats white rice and cabbage). Then we left school an hour early, I did my laundry and got packages from home! A few of us met up for dinner, a huge burrito, which was the biggest meal i've had here yet. Later we met up with the rest of the teachers at a restaurant/bar near my stop. It was packed, so we got the VIP room. Yea, you better believe it! Not that VIP means anything more than a fan in a closed room. I tutored again on Saturday and had a mini-party there with some randoms. I can't even begin to explain how great it was to share my small life here with real-live friends from home. Just to show them things and laugh about my new life was great. So thanks Dan and Blake for making my b-day great and listening to my chatter.

I think I'm going to attempt to run in the rain, be that strange foreigner that I am here. Love to all.