Yesterday after church, we went out with some of the youth to good ol' Fatburger. Exhausted from 8 straight hours of "people," I came home and had a video chat with Ann in China.
Then, I alternated between watching my TV show (still get my Grey's Anatomy fix all the way over in Indonesia) and reading a new book that one of the youth lent me because the TV show had to stop and "buffer" so often. Got a spurt of creativity before bed, so I updated my blog (see previous post).
Today was the first time since being sick (mid-September) that I did NOT set my alarm to go off. Sleeping in until 11:30 felt amazing! I got up and spent a little time reading, then headed down to the pool. Unfortunately, morning is the prime sunbathing time, and I missed out. I only sat by the pool reading my bahasa lesson for 30 minutes before giving up (on sunbathing, not on the bahasa lesson).
I have been trying to get to know my neighborhood by walking more (previous blog post) so I decided to try to find the salon on foot. The mom of one of my youth had made an appointment for me with her friend. I set out at 3:25 and made it by 3:50 - not bad! It was quite a pleasant walk. Now I know where to go the next time I'm craving Starbakss...
Tried not to disturb anyone's sleep...
And finally made it to the salon.
It took an hour and a half to get my hair washed, cut, and blown dry. I asked her to take off just a couple of centimeters - but I think the result was several inches. She also went crazy with the thinning shears! I tried not to look. The result looks ok straight, but I'm a little nervous how it will look when it's back to its curly self.
I caught a taxi just as the first few drops of rain fell. Before long, the streets looked like this...
It took over an hour, but I finally made it to the mall to meet Jessica for dinner at Burger King and a movie. Total cost: $6.05. Well, if you include the frosty from Wendy's afterward: $6.78.
All in all, it was a great "weekend"! Plus, I had a nice long phone call with my brother when I got home. Good to hear his voice!
