November 1, 2005

Happy All-Saint's Day! I have to get this down before my ALMOST 25 year old memory forgets..Dave and I hosted a halloween party last night, with costumes. I think everyone did really good considering they don't really sell halloween costumes in Thailand. But before I go there I have to write about an equally exciting event that happened on Sunday. The Canadian Embassy hosted the Terry Fox run at a park in Bangkok. I saw it in a paper and thought it'd be fun to run a 5k race, Dave agreed and so we set off to raise money for Cancer. Only problem is that Dave and I haven't been out for a jog in a while. We've been riding our bikes and playing tennis, but no running. My goal was to run half and walk the other half and that was no problem, even in the Bangkok heat. The problem was the next day. haha..we were trying to get ready for the halloween party all day and our feet and legs KILLED. We got served by the Terry Fox run. But it was fun and I'd do it again.

So our halloween party was a blast. I spent most of the afternoon making YUMMY Magnolia's recipe cupcakes. OH MY GOSH! I found all the ingredients here, it cost me a pretty baht but it was worth it. They even sell Gold Medal flour. YAY. I can only make 6 cupcakes at a time in my little microwave/oven and I made 2 dozen cupcakes that take 23 minutes for each 6. You do the math on how long those suckers took. We made guacamole with Thai avacados (who knew) and had so much more food and drinks that people brought. Oh, I forgot about our costumes. I'll have pics on my website in a few but I was a photo album and Dave was the King of Hearts. hahha..good times.

The craziest part of the night was after everyone left. We started to see an ant trail forming.. we've had huge ant problems lately. If we leave a crumb of anything we'll have a trail within an hour but we cleaned right after the party so we wouldn't have any problems. So Dave took our new ant spray and went to town in our bathroom. That nasty smelling stuff took over our bedroom within minutes and it was way too strong to sleep in there. So we settled on our couches in the living room for the night. But without A/C, ughh..it must have been in the 90's (we're on the 12th floor). I sort of gave up trying to sleep after a while but thought maybe I could catch some zzzz's in Cheddar's room, which has a bed and A/C. I still can't decide what was better, no A/C or Cheddar attacking me for 30 minutes. I was curled under the blankets and he just wouldn't give it up. I locked him in his bathroom, thinking that would help but then my cat allergies kicked in. haha. I still thought the sneezing and itchy eyes was going to be better than no A/C but alas, I gave up and moved back out to the couch. I finally slept for a few hours around 5am. What a night. I was so pissed at Dave but it's pretty funny now!

Second semester starts next week, which I'm really looking forward too. Sweet.