HI!
Last night we went to the night bazaar and looked around, same old same old. Jacquie then knocked on my door with an Australian guy she met at Muay Thai (boxing type sport), and asked if I would go out with them. So a bunch of us ended up hanging out with these three Australian boys: Cyril (cereal), Chris, and Tom. They were nice.

Today we had Thai class in the morning (we learned words for emotions) and then I went to the mall and bought some presents for people. It is SO hot. I was super hot walking back and looked up the weather; it's in the 90s this week. So I'm not as excited for my monk chat because we sit outside and it gets very warm.
But, tomorrow morning we leave for SUKOTHAI. I'm really excited because we have this crazy jam-packed schedule. Sukothai is the old capitol of Thailand and it's supposed to have a lot of history and be beautiful. We get to stay in hotels with pools and go on a bike trip Saturday morning :)
We'll get back Sunday afternoon and have Thai class all next week, and then we all leave for the weekend. Most people are going on village stays with families for the weekend, but I'm going with Drexler, Barbara, and Lauri Maund up north to a novice monk retreat camp thing. I don't really know what to expect, but I'm sure it'll be very enlightening :)
Our Thai Language final is coming up at the end of the beginning of March. Then, the March 5th we leave for 3 weeks in Vietnam.