Tuesday

I'm excited because tonight is the first time I will wear a dress and the first time I will have worn makeup in over two weeks. The district governor is coming to our rotary club tonight so it's a big deal and I finally get to dress up. This will give me something to do. I actually am going to wear jewelery too, I can't wait. But before this I will read some more of my book, finish watching August Rush and study Thai.




Every Tuesday my host mother goes around the property to the 7 different god statues and brings them fruit and water and worships each one. This is what she is doing as we speak. They burn incense and offer the fruit and water up to the god's. It is very interesting to watch. A few days later she goes back and takes the fruit and gives it to her workers. Today she brought pears, apples and coconuts. I was counting the temples I saw on the drive into town yesterday and I asked my host mother how many temples were in Chiang Kham and she said well each village has one and there are over 100 villages so there are over 100 temples. I was expecting like 20 or 30 at most this just blew my mind. I asked if you were only allowed to worship at the temple in you village and she said no you can go and worship in any temple. It was just weird. Waconia has like maybe 5 churches to have 100 temples I can't even compare. The villages that have more people to donate more money have nicer temples and the opposite for the temples that don't get as big of donations.



I'm awaiting a package from my mother that should be here today or tomorrow! I can't wait, it's the little things that bring me up. Only 8 days until RYLA and then after that I might be going to Chiang Mai to hang with my friends and then the trip and then school starts back up. So all I really need to do is make it through these next eight days. Easier said than done unfortunately. No aerobics tonight as the Rotary Meeting is right after and I would be all sweaty and wouldn't be dressed appropriately. I guess the guy who brought the roller blades for me was in a big hurry and put all the other kids roller blades in his car one night because it just started pouring rain and he forgot my roller blades. He came back the next day and they were gone, someone stole them. I guess they were over 1000 baht which is only like 30 dollars but for here that's expensive. That could pay for my school lunch for four months or buy 4 pairs of nice shoes here. I can't wait for tonight and have to stop writing now because my host father is circling me because he needs to use it. Hasn't said anything but keeps circling and pacing back and forth. A very non-confrontational society.







Until Later, Dacotah Smith