Saturday: Marathon Day!

Hello everybody!!! I thought I would start putting my emails up here for those who don't already get it. For those who do, sorry this will be a repeat. I also thought I should share more of my Cambodian experiences on my blog instead of just food. :)

So, yes as the title explains Saturday was Marathon Day! Yup, I ran a marathon. I never ever ever in a million years thought I would say that! On Friday night we drove up to Siem Reap and I ran the Angkor Marathon. I haven't told any of you because I wanted it to be a surprise! I'll just say this I never want to go running in Cambodian weather ever again!! I was exhausted after!

JUST KIDDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :). There was no marathon. Actually there was, but not running. It was the marathon of life. The opportunity to make a joke out of it was too good. Hopefully it added a smile to your day. :)  So, now on to reality. Saturday was crazy. I woke up at 5:45am to go to institute until 8am. Then I pedaled as fast as I could on my bike to the school for a service project at a local Khmer school until 11am. Then I pedaled as fast as I could home,  grabbed some lunch, sat down for a minute or two, and then went to dance rehearsal from 1-4pm. I literally came home and just plopped down onto my bed for a half an hour. I was too tired to even take a shower. Eventually I cleaned myself up and then I was a bad girl and didn't do my homework. I watched The Little Princess instead. Pretty good trade out I must add! It almost made me cry. Then I joined mom, dad, and the Wilson's (Area Authority) for dinner. Needless to say, I fell asleep pretty quickly, and it was a very deep sleep. Anyway, that's what my Saturday's are going to look like until Christmas. I'm kind of regretting having put so much on my plate, but I guess it's all for a good cause. 

Like I mentioned above, I'm helping with a group of kids in a service project. We go to a local Khmer school in Takhmao and teach them different subjects. I'm in a group with my Khmer friend and one other boy and we were teaching English (introduction phrases). Well, apparently we over-estimated these first and second grader's English speaking abilities. They didn't know anything, so the whole thing kind of was a disaster. It went fine for the girl who could speak Khmer, but for the other boy and me, it was anything but productive. The kids just kind of sat there looking at us with blank faces. And then came recess. (dramatic music). I have never had so many kids hanging on my shirt all at once. They literally jumped on us, clawing and grabbing at our shirts and pulling as hard as they could. It was kind of funny (at least now it is) because most of our shirts were about 5 inches longer after. We definitely have more planning to do, so hopefully next time will be better. 

Just some other news of the week: I didn't have school on Wednesday and only a half day on Thursday because of Parent Teacher Conferences. They take those very seriously at my school. I have to say that time goes by very strangely without holidays. It's like there's no benchmarks. It seems like Halloween, or news of it, just popped up out of nowhere! That's about it though as far as I can think. Have a great week! I love you all so much!

Love, Kenzie