A Day Off

 

We said goodbye to Cynthia and Maceo

The card game, "Lost Cities", once again travelled with us to Thailand!

When Cynthia and Maceo offered to drive us to Mae Sot last Tuesday they did not know that they would both feel sick to various degrees and would end up staying an extra 3 nights. Between a bad cold, migraines, sinus infections, and difficulty breathing due to air quality (it's burning season here so kind of like forest fire season back home) they not only stayed the extra 3 days but didn't even get to really get out to explore Mae Sot, join us for any of the ministry opportunities, or even really play in the pool. Today, however, before they checked out of the hotel, we did get the kids together in the pool for a few hours of play time while Cynthia and Lindsay went out to grab coffee and bring back some lunch.

Before spending time at the pool in the morning, however, we were able to catch the first 1.5 periods of the Cougars-Chiefs first playoff game! Go Cougars Go!

After the pool we ate a quick lunch around the pool and got cleaned up before Cynthia and Maceo had to start on the 5-hour drive back to Chiang Mai. Once they left, we did some journaling with the kids and finished off the movie we had started the night before.

By mid-afternoon we were ready to go out exploring so we took a Grab to a market and wandered around. It was hot, however, and Juliet was quick to point that out. James also really wanted to buy a tie-dye t-shirt he saw (with the $0 he had saved up) so we decided to extend him some grace and purchase the 100 baht shirt for him (that's like $3.85 CAD). We then walked to an amazing little Burmese restaurant Dave introduced us to for dinner. The restaurant is called Mingalarbar, which means "hello" in Burmese. I just realized that I have switched from saying "Myanmar" to "Burmese." As far as we can tell when talking to the Myanmar people, they also interchange it.

We came home shortly after 5:30 and took the kids to the pool for a few hours where Lindsay played with them for a bit and then we sat and played Lost Cities. This is a card game we actually brought to Thailand with us back in 2009...except it was during that trip that we had the bug spray explode (this post even exists to immortalize that event lol).

We finished at the pool, got ready for bed, and watched another movie with the kids. We are finding that we often have a time in the evening after things have wound down. We also want to keep the kids up a bit more in the evenings to get used to it, but will have to revert them back to a more standard bedtime once we get back home.

Tomorrow is Easter Sunday and we will be meeting up with Dave and Louise for lunch (and a possible Easter Egg Hunt!), going to a baptism, and the church service. We will see what all happens!