This weekend I found out that I am a little bit of a MacGyver....who knew? I had the "wonderful" experience of hand washing my clothes on Saturday. That was interesting since the instructions for the laundry soap were in Indonesian. But, I figured it out and got my clothes clean. Well, once they were washed, I needed to hang them to dry outside. I quickly realized that my little drying rack was not going to accommodate all of my clothes. Luckily, I had purchased some rope at the store. After figuring out how to tie up a laundry line (the walls around my backyard patio are 15-20 foot concrete walls without any places to tie up rope), I was ready to hang my clothes up to dry. Well, the rope was hanging at an angle, which meant all my clothes would slide down the rope and end up in the dirt. Bagawgan! (that would be Amanda's word for SNAP!) Oh, and I forgot to purchase clothespins. Double Bagawgan! Ok, so here's the MacGyver part of the story, it turns out that bobby pins work like clothespins. Yep, I hung up all my clothes with bobby pins...and they stayed! Bobby pins do squat for keeping my hair in place so it's good to know they are good for something. Ok, so the other MacGyver story is that masking tape works to fix a leaky faucet. Ah, I love these problem solving adventures!
As I was getting ready for bed last night, I discovered this thing slithering across my floor. Thing is the only way to describe it. At first I thought it was a worm but, upon closer inspection, I discovered it had legs. Eww!! I wanted to scream at the top of my lungs for someone to kill it for me but, I do not have a knight in shining armor (or any brothers or dads) in Indonesia and I quickly realized that no one would be coming to my rescue. I know you all know how fiercely independent I am but, when it comes to creepy things, I am all about being girly and letting someone save me. So, I got out the broom and dust pan and started attacking the thing. I cut it in half but, it wouldn't die! Again, Eww!! Eventually, I got all the parts swept up and dumped them out the front door. Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! I hate creepy crawly things!
Interesting Indonesian Fact Of The Day: To say that Indonesians are obsessed with being married is an understatement. Every time I meet someone, they ask if I have been to Bali and then they ask if I am married. I say no. Then they ask if I have a boyfriend to which I respond no. Oh, and one girl actually said, "Are you sure?" Pretty sure if I had a boyfriend, I would know it. If the person asking me this question is single as well, they let me know and then tell me how sad it is being single and how they want to be married. Sheesh! Oh, and when we did introductions at school the first thing people stated, after their name, was their relationship status. Example: My name is Alex. Single. I teach math. We single expats have a good laugh over this.
I finally figured out my address here and where I can have people send things! I have a big list of things I wish I had brought with me and things I miss from America. So, if you would like to send me any care packages, just e-mail me. I will let you know what I would love to receive and the address where you can send it. And a big THANK YOU to anyone who wants to send me a piece of home!
Much love!
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