Day 15: Waffle Dogs Are My JAM!

TGIF, people! Our first full week of teaching is officially complete! Today was absolutely the most boring day ever at work. All of my students were gone because the 6th graders went on a scouting trip, and the 5th graders just didn't have to come to school. (The picture to the left is of two of my students in their cute little boy scout uniforms. The kid on the left is one of my favorites. His name is LG for "Little Guy." So presh.) So...I seriously just sat in the office, pondering life and being peoplesick emo with Allison the entire day. I picked up two classes at the end of the day just to have something to do. Haha. I helped out a 2nd grade computer class and that was actually pretty fun believe it or not. Now, anyone who knows me KNOWS that I'm not really a kid person...I much prefer my middle schoolers (or if you want me to be real with you, college kids...haha.). But honestly, those little second grade brats aren't so bad. They were kinda cute...and the funniest thing about teaching them was that they couldn't understand me at all when I spoke normally (with my sweet southern drawl you know), but if I turned on a mock-British accent, they understood me perfectly. Haha...how funny is that?! So, needless to say, I've all but perfected my British accent, and it even slips out unintentionally sometimes when I'm just talking normal. Haha. Speaking of sexy British accents...my time in the office today wasn't entirely wasted on emo-ness. We talked to the sexy British teacher a lot...aka: sat there and drooled while he did most of the talking. :) I really do need to post a picture of this boy...he's freakin gorgeous. So, in the middle of flirting, somehow I agreed to teach ol' boy's 3rd grade PE class at the end of the day. Um...mistake #1. I was excited at first because I was in a basketball kinda mood, so of course it was a good call to go that route with 30 3rd graders. Um...mistake #2. And I'll just go ahead and say that wearing a pencil skirt while trying to do all the above was for sure mistake #3. Absolute, epic fail right there.

Funny story: As soon as Allison and I walked in the classroom to pick up the class and take them to the gym, we were greeted with absolute mayhem. For some reason, teachers at BCC think it's perfectly ok to leave 30 boys in a room unsupervised. I hope that's a joke. But anyway, as we're standing there trying to settle the kids down, this one kid runs up and does some pelvic thrust move over...and over...and over. (If you ever watched WWF wrestling, it was the signature move of one of those morons; that's all I really know. Well, that and it's completely inappropriate in every culture...like ever.) About 10 seconds after our jaws dropped in disbelief...Allison and I looked at each other in a "OMG what the crap do we even say to that?" kinda way. So, restraining my desire to laugh hysterically, and with all of the authority I could muster, all I could get out was, "WOULD YOU DO THAT DANCE FOR YOUR MAMA?!" ::insert angry, adult face here:: And the little snot acted surprised that he got in trouble? Pssh...child please. After that mess, we thoroughly enjoyed an hour's worth of 3rd grade PE. Not. We were just ready to get the ((beep)) out of that gym! Haha.

So tonight we had dinner at our favorite food court at Paragon Mall. I swear I could eat the junk out of some chicken and rice forever. When did I actually start liking Thai food you might ask? Well, if I knew the answer to that I'd tell you. On our way to dinner, we stopped at the little art plaza to take a few pictures because we actually felt cute for once since we've been in Thailand. While we were walking off, a guy walked up to us and asked if we would take a picture with him (and his girlfriend...haha) so of course we said yes! Once again, it was a cute night for us. Next thing ya know, there's like 5 cameras out and more people getting in our picture throwin' up peace signs. Haha...we felt like American celebrities or something. I mean, yall already know I'm a rockstar...but I guess I'm rubbin' off on Allison since we spend every second of the day together. Haha. Turns out the group of picture people were from Indonesia. We really should start keeping track of how many different nationalities we're meeting.

After dinner we went and hung out at Co Co Walk. While we were there, we met some locals and a random guy from Kenya named Jeff. (Miss you Daddy-O! :) ) We had to use the squatty potties while we were there. I don't know if I've already explained what those are in another blog entry, but they are insane. You gotta step up onto the toilet and squat...seriously. It's revolting. I'm just gonna stop thinking about that before I vomit. So anyway, tomorrow we're going to the beach...I can't wait to take lots of beachy pictures and get my tan on.

P.S. Waffle dogs are what's up. I've already told you about how good they are, but it's like every time I get one, those bad boys get better! Haha...every time you think it's a waffle-on-a-stick...and then SURPRISE! Hello hot dog! So all Thai food is healthy right? Ha...of course it is.

I'm out.
Cwalk.