Spanish Salsa and Thailand Babies
Today has been good in a lazy, happy kind of way. I got a decent nights sleep last night and I've had less allergic reactions. The heat wave is also over, so it's not like I'm gasping for a breathe of cool air anymore. I can sleep when the temperature drops below 30 at night. When it doesn't I'm still sweating at midnight even with the air conditioners on.
I didn't do anything much, but I did kind of think about doing things, which is always a step up. I pulled out my Spanish course and played around with it for a few minutes. I've spent the last six months randomly watching my favourite movies with the spanish audio and I'm surprised at how much I picked up through just doing that.
Mum and I actually had plans to create a stylish mess in the kitchen yesterday making homemade salsa, but when mum went to get the ingredients she found we're out of onions. So, you know, we're trying to do stuff, but it's just not happening. *roll*
Januarys always seem to be like that. We usually take our family holiday in January to escape the heat, but because we're shifting mum and dad decided we wouldn't do it this year. Now we're banging our heads on the table wondering what kind of fools we are. It seems ironic that we should sit and swelter in the heat and then move after it's over.
Josh is lucky. He's going to Thailand for four months starting tomorrow, and the temperatures up there are perfect. Talking of which, it seems strange that he's leaving tomorrow. There just hasn't been a whole lot of excited fuss about it.
Rachel, Mum and I were talking about it and we figure it must be because we're so used to overseas trips. Matt has been to over eight countries; Rachel not much less than that. I feel almost cheated that I've only managed two so far. Well, actually more only one, but my team did spend one night in Singapore. I say it counts.
Josh is going with a church team to spend time babysitting the babies of missionaries attending an international, week-long missionary conference in Thailand. After that they'll spend a few weeks doing manual work in the outlying villages. Josh and I were talking about the trip one day when he turned to me and said, "It's weird, you know. I asked God to teach me the stuff I'll need to know about being a dad, and now I'm signed up to babysit toddlers for two weeks." He's so funny sometimes.
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