Adventures.. oh the adventures

This is a really shameful thing! These pictures are all from last weekend. I can't even describe how tired I am here all of the time. E-mailing is so hard to get around to. same with writing letters. We have so much to do here at the school as teachers. our schedules are crazy most days. and they expect a lot from us. Blogging is always in the back of my mind! so i haven't forgotten. i just ask for patience! because i am trying my hardest! 

Last weekend it was Paige's 20th birthday. and she has been talking about getting Thai massages since we got here. so we found a place in our town that is like a spa, and went last saturday! it was such a good decision! Emi, Paige and I outside the spa. we got 2 Hour massages for less than $13!! thats including a pretty generous tip! it was the best experience of my life. 

seriously. i have never had a massage so good in my entire life. 

most people know a pretty good amount of English. which is pretty surprising. 

not enough to carry out conversations. but enough to get our point across and communicate. 

so we told the ladies what we wanted. and they took us up stairs to a room with a bunch of massage beds, and it smelled like peppermint, they had relaxing music playing and the lights dimmed. they gave us clothes to change into. they were like soft button down over sized shirts and these huge like scrub bottoms. but softer and thinner. 

there were curtains around each bed, so we could have our privacy if we wanted. me and Jess had our curtain open and were talking to the one massage lady because she spoke pretty good English. she was telling us about her family. and about the town. but we had long enough i totally fell asleep a couple times. haha. it was so relaxing! Thai massages are pretty much deep tissue massages. so they are painful to some people. some girls even had a little light bruising and sore muscles. I have a pretty high pain tolerance. so it didn't bother me at all. I thought it felt good for the most part. 

man, me and Jess are still trying to figure out how we can get one of those ladies home into one of our suit cases. because that was the best!! The next day (Sunday) we didn't go to church. we were all so tired and exhausted from the day of partying with Paige. and the trip before was pretty rough. so we opted out. 

we went swimming at "Mom and Dad's" Garden House. they are Tang's parents. Tang lives with her parents. that's one thing about Thai culture. everyone stays in the same house with their parents and grandparents. you all live together. Tang and her Husband Ake live there. same with Tang's brother Ton. (Tang is our Native Coordinator, as well as the owner and principal basically of the school I teach at)

They just have us call Tang's parents Mom and Dad. so if i say that.... you know who i am talking about.

Mom is a retired Dermatologist. and is the cutest woman you will ever meet. Dad is a Dr. in town. and he is also one of the best orthopedic surgeon in Thailand. so their family is very well respected. especially with Tang starting such a good school. 

Now that Mom is retired, she loves gardening. 

So they built a Garden House, about two years ago. which is basically their settling house. there is a pool, and beautiful plants, flowers, trees, pathways, a green house, fruit trees, everywhere. it is beautiful. and definitely one of the most beautiful, houses ive seen in our town. they gave us a clicker to their front gate, and said we are welcome over any time. so we went over there to swim and lay out. it was such a fun day. we swam in the pool, and layed out in the grass on the side yard, surrounded by mango and banana trees, we just all laid out and turned on our American music on speakers. It was the most "American" i have felt since being here. I loved it so much!

I know we are going to make it a tradition from now on to do that at least once a week; garden house therapy

Last Friday, after class me and Emi went adventuring to the Crocodile Park. it is so beautiful there. I can't get enough!

I am not kidding when i say Beautiful. I can't get over how green it is here!

I found this bus and just took off running. Emi thought I was crazy! I just ran and jumped up on the front of it like this and said "Oh my heck!! Take a picture of me NOW!!!" haha it was the coolest bus to me for some reason... idk just because its RAINBOW!! i mean come on! I grew up watching "The Magic School Bus!" this was Thailand's version I'm pretty sure!

I wish i could call myself the proud owner of this party machine!!

Saying "Hi" to the Crocodiles!!

We stopped by and saw the Crocodiles... can you see them behind me??! real life. 

We went for a walk around the park, and found these crazy trees! there were Cob Webs EVERYWHERE!!! so I basically risked my life for these pictures... Enjoy :)

Jumping for Joy in this green LUSH! jeez! its soo much prettier than Utah to me. I LOVE seeing all of the GREEN!!!

After the park, we rode in to town and went to the grocery store, i needed to buy a fan and some extension cords for my bed. so i can actually half-way not die of the heat. it took a while to read Thai, and Emi got board of waiting for me. I made myself at home on the floor. because I was determine to get the right one.

I love how i tried to read them and decipher what they said... who am I thinking I can read Thai?? Crazy. person.
But i bought my fan, and got the right extension cord and power strip, so my life on the top bunk is a little better. i now have power and moving air!! haha its a lot better actually. It was definitely worth it!