Hua Hin

Showing off our boxing skills in someones big boxing garage (we looked up and noticed it was someones house...)
Got to meet up with Winnipeg friend Evan!
CLR+SKS:
Poor Leah- actually not in the picture...she sliced the bottom of her big toe on the curb and we had an adventure-- note the ambulance attendant wearing a Kiss T-shirt.
Fish eating off the gross stuff on our feet!!! Yes, we paid (someone made some easy money!) to have fish eat the bottom of their feet...
Wow- What a weekend. This will sort of be short and recapped- I have just received a rude wake up to reality upon return to teaching today(this was on MOnday)-- AH! It's hard, and time consuming and frustrating and when I'm tired from a weekend on the beach :) and early mornings... all the time (those things.. on top of)... being away from friends and family... and when I'm tired of hanging out with 23 people all the time.. IT's HARD! It's hard to remind myself that I am not a TERRIBLE teacher....that I can figure it out and it's hard to find BALANCE...when I don't know all of the curricular requirements off by heart. Sigh, but I'll make it and LOVE teaching ....right? Hopefully I don't burn out before then!

Anyway, I had a WONDERFUL weekend.
Friday we went to Hua Hin- a city on the Beach about 2 hours from Bangkok.
Friday we went out to the beach- as a jazz festival was on and looked through the open market. On our way home we had an adventure one of the girls hit her foot on the curb while crossing the street and totally cut a huge chunk off the bottom! After seeing a lot of blood, going to the nearby police station, and getting an ambulance (complete with attendant wearing jeans and a Kiss t-shirt), going to the hospital and having very little clue what they were saying, we got home around 2... Leah is now okay- they cut off the chunk of skin that was hanging off and she is recovering nicely. OUCH!

Saturday was spent on the beach- after doing a round of aqua-size in the hotel pool, and having a lovely sit down breakfast we headed to the beach to enjoy the cool breeze- and overcast day, only after having our feet nibbled on by fish (actually!)...it's some sort of Thai Fish Foot thing...where the fish eat your feet and make them all clean and smooth! (see the pics!).

We all went out for supper and tried to go to a Thai boxing match- except it was cancelled due to the Jazz fest, so I took matters into my own hands and had a little boxing match of my own! (See pics)... then we headed back to the beach to meet up with a Winnipeg friend Evan. After a couple hours on the beach and karaoke we made it home and woke up to a BEAUTIFUL sunny day on Sunday. Complete with a morning run in the beach (HOT HOT HOT) and swimming in the pool with scantly clad men from Finland .... we all got nice and tanned/ burnt in a matter of a few hours and headed back to Bangkok. That was my weekend- how was yours?

Happy Belated 70th Anniversary Grandma and Grandpa!
p.s my day on Tuesday was much better and I have an evaluation today-(Wednesday, so here's hoping!)