Today Baba Andrew and Mama Audrey took Thandeka and I out for dinner at Spur. We ate wayyyyy too much. I have been staying at Thandeka's for the last few nights but told the Harms' I would be back today, so after dropping Thandeka off at her place, and picking up all of my things from there, Baba Andrew brought me home to the Harms'. But I had eaten wayyyy too much, cheese sauce and ice cream included. So when we got to the Harms', I had to use the bathroom SO BADLY I couldn't wait. Then the gate opening thing didn't work, and the Harms' weren't here. SO I went and did my business on the side of the road, between one of those electrical boxes and the neighbor's wall. And you know what kind of business it has to be to warrant doing it on the side of the road......and of course I also didn't have any toilet paper around. 

K so then we miraculously got the gate to open (too late!) and came inside. It was great, but then a few seconds after we put down my things, an alarm went off! It stopped after a while but then when Andrew decided he could leave, it came back on. He didn't have airtime on his phone - we tried to call Major Harms from the house phone - it didn't work - Baba Andrew went to the nearby shop to get airtime (just about a dollar's worth, that's all he had) - he came back, we called Major Harms --- no answer. We called Thandeka to get Mama Harms' phone number. In the meantime, Major Harms sent us an sms saying he was in a meeting until 8:00 tonight. Eventually I convinced Baba Andrew that I could stay here, just not go in the hallway that seems to trip the alarm system. So far it appears that the alarm is not sending the police directly here, so that's a blessing. Because the off-limits hallway is the one near the toilet and shower rooms. So I'm standing in the kitchen feeling and smelling like the business I did between the electrical box and the neighbor's wall.

HAHAHAHA!!! :D This is the best vacation EVER!! :D

Well I don't have much to say but I thought I'd just say something anyway because we all keep talking about xanga but not actually updating it....haha!

Anyway life is pretty good...I'm enjoying it anyway!  Today a bunch of people talked to me online randomly and I have been feeling really good ever since. I had a photo shoot of myself to try to get something usable for my business cards, and I made some pancakes with that filling I get at Bob Evan's plus I made a chocolate-caramel sauce of which I am very proud. Also, last night I had a thought that maybe I could get myself started with a website, and get the fancy flash stuff working later. So I worked on that -- I just think it would be nice to have a website to put on my business cards and to have that "virtual address" so people can find me and be able to see my stuff and contact me, etc. For instance, someone at our family reunion asked me to take her family's photos, and I had to write my info on a little notecard...if I had a website she could've looked there to see my stuff, decide if she wanted me to be the one to do it, and have my contact information right there. Also, it would be pretty nice to have pricing set on there, so there could be less haggling. I'm terrible at haggling over prices; I would go down to $0 if I could! Anyway that's all random and unimportant stuff.

The weekend was great! It was fun to hang out and laugh and freeze our butts off! And I realized recently that I really just love nature, which is pretty great b/c I like to find out more and more hippie-ish things about myself. LOL! Anyway here are a few pictures:

 
 
      

Well, Spring Break was a big success - I think it might have been my favorite Spring Break since our 8th grade Hawaii vacation. But then I could be forgetting something huge...let me know if I did. Anyway, some pictures: