Liquid Love and Other Great Events

So, here's the story. One week ago from today I found out that I could get Dr. Pepper in my city. It had been a total of 6 weeks since I last had one, and my body needed one. I was really considering becoming the founding member of Dr. Pepper-aholics Anonymous here in my city. But alas, hope was restored and I was confident the week would end with fulfillment having come at some point. 

I wasn't able to go on my search for the bottles of love until Wednesday. All throughout my language lesson I could taste the stuff. I got on the bus, went downtown, and found the store where they were. As I was walking from the bus stop to where the Dr. Peppers supposedly were, I had the same expectation I imagine a groom has standing at the front waiting for his bride to come through the back doors. I could picture Dr. Pepper's beauty, imagine how my breath would be taken away as I gazed upon it, and could feel the refreshment as that liquid love ran down the back of my throat. BUT I GOT JILTED!

As a consolation prize I bought Campbell's cream of chicken and cream of mushroom soups. I made a fabulous dinner of chicken and mashed potatoes to drown out my sorrows. It was really good, but it didn't replace the longing for DP...I was still hopeful.

The next day was Thanksgiving and was an AWESOME day! We had alot of fun being American and eating and eating and eating. We played games, laughed, and really became family over turkey and dressing! I made a cake and an oreo pie...they were pretty good. Things were going well, until I found out the reason I did not have Dr. Pepper was because a friend had bought them out a few days before. We were not friends for very long.

Then, finally, on Saturday, all my dreams were realized! A friend called from the Dr. Pepper store and said "They have 12, do you want them all?" I only took 4 because I was afraid I might drink all 12 and not sleep again until Christmas. I didn't get them until late, so I put them in the refrigerator until Sunday morning. 

Thanks to justin.tv, I was able to watch the Alabama game, so, at 4:30AM, I was sitting here, drinking a Dr. Pepper and watching the Tide murder Auburn. Can life get any better than this? I submit that it cannot!

Badminton...and Other Exciting Events on a Saturday

I woke up at 8:00AM this fine Saturday morning to go play badminton with some friends. You should know 2 things: I don't do 8:00 AM on Saturday, and I don't play badminton. It was a stellar thing to think about as I fell asleep last night (way too late to actually get up at 8)! But admittedly (shamefully no doubt) I actually had fun. Let me take the time to explain where we played though.

We rolled in to the badminton sporting complex just after 9:00. This place was an old factory turned into a badminton complex. It was about the size of a football field, only a little shorter, and had badminton court after badminton court. I think there were 36 or so courts. When we first got there, there were only 3 other people. By the time we left at 11:00 there were well over 100!! Most of them were men, and a majority of them were playing in their shorts and tennis shoes, no shirts. It was a sight...let me tell you! HAHA!!

The rest of the day was mainly spent in my apartment not doing the things I needed to do, but I did go out for dinner. As usually, my Saturday night meal consisted of beef and tomatoes at the Iron Skillet followed by a lemonade from David's.

While I was walking to dinner tonight, however, I encountered something, that I just hadn't before. There was a little girl, probably around 6 or 7, using the bathroom on the tree just about 50 yards from my gate. I'm just coming to accept that things are just different here!! You have got to love all the wonderful things that you see here that you just don't at home!

Bad Day turns to Good Night

So today was horrible. This morning consisted of printer problems with a schizophrenic printer that led to me having to go to a print shop to print out my language lesson for the day. Afterwards, language was a complete blast, and by blast I do mean ridiculously horrible. My tutor owns a shop that sells crafts, so I go there for language. It is next door to a framing shop that did not stop sawing wood for the entire 3 hours that I was there. On top of that, the last 45 minutes consisted of them listening to some extremely loud music. As though that wasn't distracting enough, the shop downstairs was grinding away at something the whole time. It was the longest 3 hours. As I was walking back to my apt from the bus stop, I was fairly certain my head was going to burst open and language was going to be unnecessary from that point on. 

The night was great though!! It's my 1 month anniversary, so I celebrated with a 5 piece chicken mcnugget meal from McDonalds. It was delicious (as was the first!). After dinner I walked over to my DVD man Adam who speaks perfect English and always makes the world a better place. You might be asking why. Well...DVD's are 6 "dollars" here which comes out to just under $1!! You can roughly get 15-20 DVD's for the price of 1 in the states. I'm addicted!

Are those bunny ears?

My deepest apologies to all my blog readers that I did not take my camera with me to go get a drink tonight. While I was waiting on my strawberries and cream ice shake, I witnessed what might be the best piece of fashion I have seen thus far. I was standing on the side of the street, minding my own business, when a girl dressed in a blue jean skirt, dress shirt, and yes, bunny ears on her head walked by! Rest assured, no one else was dressed up...just this precious one.

Let me share some more favorite

1. A shirt that had in glittery letters: JACK on the back of it. Much like shirts that say baby, sexy, and so on. This one simply said JACK. I don't know what that's about!

2. The other day I saw a girl wearing a cream color shirt with black knit gloves sewn on the front for pockets. SICK

3. If I see another little boy in pink sandals...I'm going to scream

4. I have a neighbor who regularly stands in front of his window in his loungewear at night...yellow briefs and a white t-shirt...THEY MAKE CURTAINS PEOPLE!!!

5. The latest blue jean fashion here is blue jeans that have permanent wrinkle/bleached lines in them. They are worn extremely tight and have wrinkles on the front where you legs bend to sit down, wrinkles on the back at the knee, and wrinkles at the bottom. I will have to get a picture!!

A Minor Soap Box

I just needed to express myself. This isn't really a funny story, but I just wanted to vent. So, I got to talk to my mom and sister last night (or sometime) and it was really fun, but I found out some terrible news! If you don't already know, my sister recently adopted Kennedy from Vietnam. Kennedy is precious and will have just about gotten her ph.D. by the time I get home.  The terrible news though, is that people I don't even like have already gotten to hold her and she's always been sort of fussy when I see her on cam!! I got really jealous this morning on the bus thinking about it! I'm just saying...

Things Aren't Always What They Seem

Hi! I look like a donut. I smell like a donut. I feel like a donut. I was born in a bakery like donuts. I was kept in a plastic viewing box for consumers to see me and desire to buy me. 

The truth, however, is that I am indeed NOT a donut. I'm really just a hamburger bun that isn't sliced through the middle, has sugar sprinkled on top, and a hole in the middle as a disguise!

Two Top 10 Lists

So, it's 11:38 and I can't really sleep so I decided to do 2 top ten lists. And just for the record, there are some really non material things that I would rather have, but what fun is that??

Top Ten Things I wish I had in no particular order:

1. Route 44 Sweet Tea from Sonic

2. Alabama football

3. Dr. Pepper (no really, if offered a wife or a dr. pepper right now, I might end up single for the rest of my life)

4. American television

5. Blue skies

6. Mt. Dew

7. Car (but definitely not on these streets!!)

8. A really soft mattress

9. Ice

10. More clothes

Top Ten Things I'm glad I do have:

1. Skittles

2. Coke

3. David's drinks (this absolutely great drink shop with awesome lemonade icees)

4. Adam's DVD store

5. Internet

6. ESPN Gamecast

7. A/C and heat (definitely don't need the heat yet)

8. Cell phone

9. McDonald's (you can count KFC and Pizza Hut)

10. WAL-MART!!!!!!! But, might I add that one should NEVER, no really, NEVER go to Wal-Mart on a Saturday afternoon. It is to be avoided like the black plague. You may think it's a good idea to go when it's pouring rain because surely "not many people will be out," but it indeed that is FALSE information. I'm just saying...