Last night I went over to Tip’s house.  Ging was there too.  They think I should get an evaporative cooler.  They each have one or more in each room.  They helped me look for one on line.  Tip’s husband has a good idea of which ones are good and not.  He had two smaller ones they aren’t using.  He brought them in the room and set them up so I could check them out.  He asked if I would borrow one.  Hell yea!  They drove me home with my new best friend, R2D2.  He’s a round green evap cooler.  I slept a lot better last night than I have in awhile.  Then Ging said she’d take me to Ban Tak today to buy one for my own.

This morning Ging, her husband, Tip and the two little girls came to pick me up to go shopping.  We didn’t find an evap cooler that was of decent quality, but got some other things I needed.  Plus, I got to see where Ban Tak is.  It’s a bit bigger town than where I live.  It would be a bit of a drive on a motorbike, but do-able.  We went by Tip’s favorite coffee shop and I got to meet Boom, the owner who grows his own coffee.  He invited me to come visit his farm sometime.  At some point during the shopping, they got a look at my shopping list which is ridiculously long.  Ging’s husband is now on a mission to help me find everything.  So, after we went home and the little girls got to nap, Ging, her husband and her daughter picked me up again and took me to Tak in search of the rest of the stuff on my list.  I now have a printer, a new towel, and ironing board and some other stuff for the house.  I still want to set up a “couch” and have an idea of a mat and the Thai triangle shaped pillows.  The store that would have those was closed.  I want a external dvd player I can plug into my computer.  I have no freakin idea why I bought a computer with out a dvd player.  I blame Vietnam.  He’s going to let me borrow his until we can find one on line.

It was a full day of shopping and preparing for class tomorrow.  Ugggh, after 2 months off I have to go back to work tomorrow.  I can do this.  I can do this.

I went into the bathroom tonight to find a bunch of soil on the floor.  The water in the bathroom drains out a hole in the wall.  There’s a screen on the outside of the hole.  Or at least there was.  I suspect it’s gone now.  So, what dragged all that soil into my bathroom?  I looked behind the tub to find another mouse looking up at me.  Whaaaa

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