Day 14: Thursday is the New Friday.

Today was the most bipolar of days. I woke up miserable because I literally coughed all night long. This pollution is killing me. So, the day was looooong and tiring. I taught English all day long, and I had a great time doing it...but the day just drug on and on. Finally at 4:0o, Allison and I peaced out of the office and escaped to freedom. It was as if the second we set foot outside our building, some kind of energy just over took us. We popped the iPods in and totally rocked out on the sky train all the way home. We were turning heads and making people smile with our dancing and cheesy grins. I think we just subconsciously realized that the weekend was one day away and we wouldn't have to wake up super early except one more day. Yaaaay! We seriously danced the whole way home and changed into comfortable clothes, and then ventured back out to Sala Daeng, a new part of town that we haven't explored yet. We hit up Subway for dinner, and it felt dang good to taste a little bit of home. Mmmhmm. Then we just explored and tried to keep the shopping to a minimum. I've officially decided that skytrain + iPod = heaven. It's most certainly one of my favorite times of the day.

I love all the looks we are still getting from students at BCC when we're walking around the campus. Today, after getting our daily "sticky rice and mango" that the lunchlady has waiting for us...we ran into a group of high school boys. If only we could understand what they were saying about us. I mean, I pretty much understood it was some sort of catcalling. Haha. It's hilarious. And of course we took a picture of them...it was too funny to pass up. So back to the "sticky rice and mango"...that stuff is UNREAL. It is by far my favorite Thai dish. Yummy. Oh...and we tried out the free teachers' lunch today. It was Noodle Day...so it was some sort of noodle concoction with vegitables, and honestly, it wasn't that bad. So, that meal goes out to you, my wonderful Auntie Judy. You were right about the Thai food...I'm being open-minded. :)

We called Sierra today at 9am so we could catch her at Epsilon meeting. She put us on speaker phone to say hey to everyone...and then my phone started breaking up so I couldn't really hear much. But that was cool. About half-way through the day, Allison and I had the same stressful look, and we both realized at the same time it was because we were constantly thinking about Epsilon and everything going on the first week of classes in Cleveland. It's as if we are feeling the stress of Tap Week even though we're literally on the other side of the world. Guess that's what sisterhood will do to you. With all that in mind, it's probably no surprise that after our dancing and good mood high, we both tragically crashed into an emoness that turned into homesickness. Well, it's really more like people-sickness...if you know what I mean. I can literally feel my heart sink every single time I think about it. But I can't let myself do that though! I can't. I'm doing so well at just focusing on the here and now in Thailand, and not the stuff I'm missing at home. I can't start all that crap now. But I can feel the tears just begging to fall. :( At least I have this weekend to look forward to. We're going to the beach for the day on Saturday, and then we're getting our hair done on Sunday. That's my happy thought to cancel out my sad ones. That is our rule you know.

I'm out.
Cwalk.