Pizza Hut!

As I went to turn off my phone alarm this morning, I realized the only reason my phone was going off was because someone was calling me (this is my American phone I am talking about)! I picked up my phone to have the American Red Cross ask if I could donate blood. I politely told them I was in Asia but would be back in February.

It was that awkward amount of time that I really couldn’t go back to sleep but was up early enough before my alarm that I cursed the Red Cross for making me lose sleep! Haha!

After showering and eating breakfast, I ventured out to do my massive load of laundry and of course the place was closed! Ugh it has never been closed before. I was meeting Jemma and Trinh at the bus station so I didn’t have a ton of time..and EVERYONE kept saying, “Laundry, laundry??” as I walked passed, but I finally decided on a place that said laundry out front but was probably someone’s house or something. Of course I have NO slip or anything..so let’s hope my laundry is there when I go to pick it up!

I met Jemma and Trinh and we were off to the orphanage! We took the kids out for a walk and it was a blast, although it was VERY hot and we were all sweaty! Thuong seemed VERY tired (I am assuming he doesn’t get out a ton to walk) so by the end he was tripping a lot and scraping up his knees (I felt awful) but he still had a smile on his face!

Jemma and Trinh were going to Chinatown to get a few things (shopping). As tired as I was I figured I should check it out. We had to take a bus back to where we started and then get on another for Chinatown. When we got there, I realized it was..are you ready? JUST LIKE CHINA! Only hotter! When people say Chinatown here they mean a massive market just like the ones in China. But here it is SO hot and so many people..ugh it was not fun. I GUESS I am glad I went to say I have seen it, but after about 10 minutes I said I had to leave because I had the WORST headache.

It took me FOREVER to find my way out (and I think I am good at maps and directions!) and when I finally did I ran into Jemma and Trinh again because they said they needed to leave as well! We were at the bus stop waiting for bus number 1 when another one came along and said it was going where we needed to go. Well it was, but the long way around! There was so much traffic and no AC and I was not happy since I already had my head cold and now a headache from the heat and noise. At one point the bus just stopped to chat with someone walking by, like everyone on the bus had all the time in the world to wait.

I was VERY happy to make it home and blasted the AC and took a cold shower. I knew I had the type of headache that wouldn’t leave unless I napped, so I passed out! I had slept for maybe 45 minutes and woke up STILL with a throbbing headache. I hated “wasting time”, not that a nap is a waste, but there really were a MILLION other things I needed to do. Luckily, I knew myself well enough to go BACK to sleep and when I woke up again my headache was gone! But, by then it was time for dinner!

Jemma had invited us to Diamond Plaza (I KNEW they had a Pizza Hut) since it was her last night here. I am hoping to be able to meet up with her in Thailand, but we aren’t really sure if we’ll be near each other.

Khaly and I walked there and it was actually a bit further than we expected, but I got my Pizza Hut! Just like home..YUM! I also tried to do a little shopping for Thuong. His knees are really bad, so tomorrow I am going to try and clean them up (I know it’s gonna hurt and he’s gonna be mad!) But I also bought some new Band-Aids and Neosporin so hopefully they won’t get infected. I wanted to buy him knee pads (hopefully he won’t notice if the other kids make fun of him) but they only had adult and this would take up his ENTIRE leg. So I called my Dad (the sports man..AND he’s creative) to get some advice on how to make it work. I got some ace bandage tape, so I think my plan for tomorrow is to clean up his knees (hope he doesn’t hate me when it hurts) and then wrap them so at least if he falls it shouldn’t tear the skin. I hold his hand when we walk, but it’s almost like he’s so weak I don’t even have time to catch him when he falls -- if that makes any sense.

Hugs and kisses from Pizza Hut!