Dogs With Eyebrows

    One day soon I will have a completely boring day and the post will be about 100 words. Until then, enjoy the details. The title today comes from the multiple dogs I've seen with eyebrows drawn on them. It's sad but really funny to see a dog with eyebrows and it doesn't seem to irritate them. I will try to get a picture of one up eventually. 

• Second day of class
• Technically the first day since we had a real lesson today, not just intimidating sounds and awkward tongue positions
• Learned how to say where we're from (down to the street we live on), and how to introduce ourselves 
• The teacher found our first names hard to remember (I was either Lessi or Nick, the name of the short blond haired pretty boy) and our last names impossible to pronounce (she had to write out Gustafson) 
• Teaching Drexler a Card Game
• We have started playing this card game called Fluxx and it's difficult to explain since the rules and the goal of the game are constantly in flux (it's a pun!!). The whole time he cracked jokes about knowing what was going on and kept an eye out for our ride to get him out of playing.
• Going to the Game Shop
• Nick and Other Alexis decided they want to rent Dungeons and Dragons while we're here from  a Thai game shop so the songthaew dropped off most of the group a distance from the school and left them to find their own way back. 
• Almost two hours later they came back with no D&D but with the whereabouts of a bun shop that has unique flavors like green tea and grape (buns as in pork buns). 
• Massage
• Thai massages are quite different than American massages in that they mix in some chiropractoring with the elbows and the butt massage. 
• It was very enjoyable and only about 8 dollars for an hour.
• Okay, it was a little awkward having someone sitting between your legs for a long time just wringing the stress out of your legs, but I'm just glad I didn't have the guy doing rubbing there. 
• Ahhhhhhh. :D
• Trying to find food
• Our little group (there was only four of us at this time) wandered around trying to find some food. We were so elated when we found a place with burritos and burgers but everything cost more than the massage so we turned tail and headed for the market (where food is supremely less expensive).
• The best fried rice ever!!
• Funny story
• We found a vendor that served both noodles (so sick of noodles) and fried rice. All of us ordered (three Pad Thais and one fried rice) and then the Pad Thai came out really fast. Including mine. The bus girl messed up. Next she brought me shrimp fried rice (for those of you who don't know, me no liky fish). Finally one of the chefs brought me some tasty rice. 
• Not only was it delicious, it was plated like in a fancy-pants restaurant. The coolest part was this egg that was draped on top of the rice. It was a mix of sunny side up and over easy but oh so yummy. The whole plate was demolished in a couple minutes. 
• This was a big meal because it was the first one I ordered completely in Thai without Drexler there to hold my hand.
•  Khaw pat kai (pronounced cow pat guy, which is fried rice with chicken).