Another Plot Twist

    Sorry to report another uneventful day, but there was a few fun parts. I feel this post could have been better but I'm being boring these past few days.
    Woke up at 8:06. I am now determined to buy a watch or something so I can wake up and not lay in bed for a while contemplating life. I have also asked Donna to make noise in the morning or turn on lights to help me get my butt out of bed. Had to send laundry to the guesthouse again. Forgot to put stuff in so some hand washing was done tonight. I think I'm getting the hang of it. Sort of.
    Because I'm no longer going to the English school, Drexler is 'recommending' I go to the university's yoga club. By recommend I mean force. I'm sure many people are going "Oh, that sounds fun." And you're right, it does, but I have to go with the other anti-social person on the trip: Lilith. I am hoping she decides not to do it or that I find something better to do but I really want to do an activity with different people my age. Actually meet people at the school.
    Had four hours of Thai lessons today. We were all completely brain dead by the end of it. And we can't remember most of the first lesson. Mainly because Ajan (title for a teacher in Thai, like Sensei in Japanese, only Ajan goes before the name) Sakorn does not get how to teach us. He thinks if we say it once we have it and can immediately start using the new fifteen words in complicated sentences. We actually learned about thirty words from his lesson and forty-plus in the next one. Plus grammer. The three cups of coffee today were really helpful until I started bouncing in my seat. That's when I cut myself off.

Warning: There is whining in the next paragraph

    More creepy messages from Lilith's talking horse doodle today. She told us that she gets all these from a tumblr account called Crazy Horse(?). I also don't think she gets what all of them mean, because the horse's first message today was "Pumpkin Jokes.PDF". Really confused on that one. She erased that and had the horse say "Becoming a bounty hunter is not easy but I am here." I can see these two coming from a tumblr account, though they make zero sense to me. She then drew a dog and gave it this dialogue "Timid little girls she never put fairies on the summer gathering place for the Nazi elite." I'm really getting freaked out by some of her messages and was very thankful when Ajan Pranut (our afternoon teacher today) erased them.  Another thing that is starting to become gross is Alessa. I'm not sure what she's not doing, but she smells really bad. Like, if you walk by her, not even in close proximity, you can tell. My theory is that she's not washing her clothes, because I'm noticing that there are stains on her shirts that are not changing in the slightest. Or she's not showering. And we're going on a six hour drive in a compact van tomorrow. I wish I had bought some duck tape. She likes to go on and on about subjects no one else cares about. And the worst part is that she knows we're not listening to her but she's used to doing this so it does not bother her. Meanwhile the rest of us are thinking "Shut up about *insert random Alessa topic here*. You're being really rude." Okay, I will not put you through anymore of this so on to more fun subjects.
    I have been trying to put off buying the third Hunger Games book so that I can wait until I get home to find out what happens. Alessa had bought a book of short stories by H. P. Lovecraft with her that I borrowed after Niko was done. After reading a few of his more famous stories (The Call of Cthulu, The Rats in the Walls, and The Picture in the House) I have put the book down and keep forgetting to return it.
    We have another exciting announcement!! We are going on a visa run this weekend to get another 30 days. But not quite. The government only gives 15 for land boarder crossing. When you fly over the boarder you get 30 days. So, in order to spend the correct amount of time in Thailand, we are going on two trips to Laos instead of one!! This means that the chances of going to the Thai cooking school is becoming slim.
    The rest of the day was uneventful. Had some alone time in the room today when everyone left for the English school. Went to my favorite restaurant with Donna and tried out a cream bun. It had a warm custard or pudding on the inside and was surprisingly sweet. Leaving for the Burmese boarder tomorrow. We're staying on a tea plantation over the weekend. I'm going to invest in a pair of flowy pants and lots of tea. Many people have recommended buying illegal Chinese DVDs while there. America shares a Blu-ray region with Thailand so if I bought one it would still work.
Since I'll be gone for the next few days there will be a super post on Sunday night (my time) after I go out for ice cream. Going to stop at a pie place tomorrow because according to Drexler the best pie in the world is there but it's located in the jungles of Northern Thailand.

Lizard Count: 7

Thai Flunk Day

    Sorry this post is up so late, I went to bed early (more like my head hit the pillow and I was out for a few hours) and now can't go back to sleep for a bit. So, I wrote this!
    Going to start with after I wrote the post last night. I had a Skype date when I made a new friend: CAKE BATTER!! She is a pregnant cat who I have never seen before and loves attention. I'm calling her Cake Batter because she's a strangely pretty mix of yellow and black with gold eyes. And it reminds me of her namesake. After I got off Skype I tried to go to my room but she was like "If you're going in there, I'm going in there too" and I was told her that Donna would kick her out. She eventually got bored of me and sauntered off into the night. I have not seen her since but we had a bond, so I'm sure she will pop up soon.
    Had an early Thai class this morning, which to me means nine. Because we have to be up, fed (it takes forever for food here), and ready to go at 8:30. Which isn't that easy when you wake up at eight. And your roommate is hogging the bathroom (I was still passed out when she went to shower but she told me that she considered waking me up so I could use it before her. She's so sweet sometimes).
    Got to the classroom, no teacher. Waited for about 15 minutes, no teacher. Called one of our three teachers who got back to us saying the teacher who we were supposed to have didn't realize he was supposed to be teaching so we reviewed for an hour and went off. The only problem is that we were stuck at school till one with nothing to do and three hours to do it in. So all the girls decided to take a nap in the park. Unfortunately. The situation keeps getting worse between the two halves of the group because the other half refuses to acknowledge how annoying they are and we are sick of hearing about anime and being a small percentage Native American. And just being creeped out by Lilith (I have mentioned before that Lilith gets motion sick. So today instead of getting in the front seat like she's supposed to she climbed in the back of the songthaew with everyone else. The whole time I'm praying in my head "Don't throw up everywhere, don't throw up everywhere" because she started looking sick about half-way through the trip back. I really do not understand her logic).
Found out that our missed class today will be made up tomorrow. So instead of getting to sleep in we have four hours of Thai tomorrow.
    Tried to find someone to do my laundry today. Spoiler: I tried to find someone. I basically ended up carrying my really heavy bag of laundry for about an hour with Karen and Deanna (they offered to take it but it smelled). Drexler gave me directions to a street full of laundry people but they made no sense to me so we wandered in the opposite direction. Unfortunately, I am in desperate need of clothes for this weekend's trip so I'm sending some essentials to the guesthouse. I'm really trying not to make a habit of doing that because it is rather expensive.
    Had roti (Thai crispy crepe) for dinner. A chocolate sauce with chocolate powder one to be exact. With condensed milk on top. I eat so healthy sometimes.
    Did not go to the school tonight. I really liked interacting with other people but it's not enjoyable. I forgot to mention how one student, who spoke English, gave Karen and I some cooked corn on the cob, which was great because I had napped until the last possible minute and had not eaten dinner yet. But I think I'll get some human interaction somewhere else. Drexler is forcing Lilith to go to yoga or meditation (it's so nice she's paying all this money to go to another country to sit in her room on the computer all day.) so I might get in on that. And it will give me time away from everyone here so we don't get on each others nerves.
    While everyone was gone and I was left alone in the room, I obviously had to use the bathroom at some point. So I went in and turned on the lights. And something started rustling in the trash can. All of a sudden a jing jok (chin choke) ran out and behind the toilet, making the oddest flop flop flop sound when it moved. So I made a choice. To be brave. When I had finished and was washing my hands I heard it flopping and turned around. It was on the toilet staring at me and I flew out of the room, locking it behind me. When Donna came back, she was disappointed not to see it.
    Woke up after itching like crazy. I have acquired more bites and they are huge, kinda painful and super itchy.Took a shower and reapplied the eucalyptus balm, which is really helping. I'm going to try to get away with wearing jeans instead of my pencil skirt tomorrow so that people can't see the bites and I won't be tempted to itch them. Going to pick up some repellent tomorrow. It' really odd how most of us are getting bitten on our legs/feet when we're asleep, wearing pants and under the covers. I'm starting to think Thai mosquitoes are ninjas.

This is a jing jok. And I hate them. The small ones are cute, but not when you are alone.

Lizard Count: 7