Scolded again...pics from Thailand!

Good grief...my friend Stacey has scolded me again for not updating my blog! Just so you know (and to make her feel guilty for giving me a hard time ;o) ), I've been sick as a dog since returning from Thailand. I believe what I have is a cold due to good old fashioned allergies in the US. Gotta love it!

For those that have wondered, I did finally get my bags from the airport. Apparently, someone turned the church loose on them and gathered all the bags and brough them to the church for pick up. It was a very nice gesture and surprise. It saved me a trip to the airport, which I appreciate. I took off again on Wednesday, but went to work Thursday and Friday and it would have been fine had I felt better. I'm starting to feel better today, but still so tired (even after 12 hours rest last night). I'm going to google "jet lag" after this post to see if I can find some tips on making myself feel better.

Now, on to what you have been waiting on...because I was working while in Thailand, I didn't get the chance to do much sightseeing, but I did get some pictures and some I stole from a fellow traveler. Our day started at 5:50 when the alarm went off and then we were out the door to breakfast by 6:30am. Typically, we'd have breakfast and then run to the computer/phone room to use the Skype phone and log on to the internet to blog or what have you. Because of the 12 hour time difference, this was about the only time to call back home where we wouldn't be waking folks up! After all that, it was time to head to our classrooms and start the day. VBS was from 8-12 and then after that we had lunch, nap, snack, recreation, swimming and then home for the kiddos (at 5pm). The days were long...

Here is a picture of the elephant ride we took...

Our elephant was Poo Boonpeng and he was 29 years old. The girl elephants had names starting with Mae (pronounced Ma) and the boys were Poo. It was unbelievable to go and I would highly recommend it if you have the chance. The elephants are treated very well in Thailand. The other picture is one of me posing with an elephant who decided he liked me enough to give me a big, ole, sloppy kiss. Rachel, who had my camera, had perfect timing on this one!

There's so much to tell, but for today, for this post, I'll leave you a picture of the whole reason I went to Thailand...