Happy *Belated* Thanksgiving!

I figured that Thanksgiving deserved a blog-post right? Sorry its been so long! It's been an interesting several weeks...! To catch you up:

1. Health Expo was a success!! The banners went up and looked gorgeous, and my posters were miraculously finished on time...it was a race to complete the website however, but we did finish by Opening day. During the event I worked the kids table and ran eye exams on these machines that showed if you were near sighted or far sighted. The machine was a fairly simple process, you aim for the iris then click this button and try and get everything to zooom in...

2. Almost immediately after the Health Expo ironically I was sick. And I mean IMMEDIATELY. That night I had a fever and a cough and the next day Goi and me went to a clinic to get meds for it. Its interesting being sick here because everyone thinks they have the cure for you. The Thai's I work with rarely get sick and seeing me be sick for a while has defnitely inspired them all to try and fix me, haha. I've been randomely handed, fruit, herbs, medicine, you name it.
Two weeks and two doctors visits later I'm still trying to kill this Asian virus but I definitely don't think my body was used to it. Hahaha, I looked at a calendar though and realize...I only have two more days to be sick. So, I plan to be well on Monday :)

3. Beginning part 2 of sick week I went to a festival called "Loi Katong" (sp?) basically its a Buddhist holiday where people send these homemade flower rafts with incense sticks and candles down any body of water nearby. The rivers are flooded with them and lots of times people play music and have carnivals to celebrate. Apparently the holiday is to give thanks to the water for giving them life.
I went with Goi to her University in Ramkhamhaeng and we got to see their school carnival, music, talent show stuff and even send off a little raft of our own!

4. Holiday blues...I'd not reccomend being abroad over major holidays like Chrirstmas and Thanksgiving. Luckily for me, its the tropics so it rarely feels like the holidays anyway. It just seems like summer extended itself and the holidays will be back home for me waiting. Unless of course you look at a calendar, go to a mall thats all decked out, get invited to a Thanksgiving party...like me.
I didn't quite realize I was missing the holidays until I walked into the Venn's house (the family of the pastor I'm working for) and heard Natalie Cole singing Christmas songs and helped cook mashed potatoes and gravy in the kitchen...ooooooooh boy I need to be on an island for Christmas! Thanksgiving was bitter-sweet and Christmas I imagine will be the same.

Next stop Laos! Tuesday we're going on our visa run, we have to get to the border, get our passports stamped for another 3 months, cross back over, get checked again, then we can come back *crosses fingers* Wish me luck! Choc dee!