Yesterday, Suzy had a really rough day and seemed to be getting worse as the day went on. We assumed that it was because she had been so sick and was just overwhelmed. Unfortunately, she passed on during the night. Moe and I were both very, very sad. We buried her in the back by the river and shared one last moment together. It is sad not having her presence around anymore and hearing her little whimpers. We only had her a week but she definitely left her mark. She is and will be greatly missed.
In effort to not dwell on the situation much, we had a very busy day. We went to the grocery near by, Tesco Lotus which is similar to Walmart but a little smaller, with friends and got a bunch of things for our house. We finally got a drying rack to dry our clothes and a bookcase to put by the door for our things. We got cleaning supplies and some groceries. We are finally settling in to the house and it now looks like people eat here as well as sleep here! While we were out I treated myself to some Dunkin' Donuts and it was lovely! Overall a productive trip to the grocery.
This evening we went out to our friends house for dinner. It was a wonderful time. They grilled for us. We had corn on the cob, green beans, bread, marinated pork tenderloin things, chicken wings, and yellow curry. The spread was magnificent. It was good to be away from the house and sharing life with others.
In between the grocery and dinner I ran to the market store place with Julie to buy "treasure box" items for my kids. I was expecting like a Dollar Store type place. She had told me there were toys and things that were really cheap. I was blown away! The store was a hole in the wall that had bulk of EVERYTHING. For example they had these invisible pens. Each pen is 10 baht but you have to buy the whole pack of 12.
Every item came like this. The price per item was at the top and there were generally 12 items per package. This is silly puddy with fun things inside like hands or eye balls! They are 5 baht each.
These things are so cool. They are Iphones!! Ha. They are Iphone shaped water games. Remember those games that have water and balls inside and you push the buttons to push the balls around. Well thats what these do but are shaped like Iphones. SO COOL!
I bought 12 packages like this. I spent 1,050 baht which sounds like a lot, but the kids are helping me pay! But look at this: I got 144 items. That is 7 baht per item. That is $.23 per item!!!!! That would NEVER happen in the States. I am so so so so so so so so so pumped. This amount of things will probably last me the whole year. I almost wish it didnt so I could go back and find more awesome things.
All in all it was a good day. It started very rough but again we are focusing on the good. We are continuing to set up house. I have found some amazing deals for things for my classroom. We have spent wonderful time with friends. We are so blessed to be here and take on each new challenge as they come.
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