Up and Running!!!

I am pretty sure that we have all had those extremely frustrating moments in our lives where the only “reasonable” course of action is to jump off a cliff. Fortunately, Cambodia doesn’t have many high peaks. Not to mention I am far to lazy to strain myself in efforts to reach a place high enough to cause any damage anyways. So, FINALLY after a long stretch of irritating Khmer network complications, my blog is accessible and ready for my amazing words and photos! …….. I felt your eyes roll on that one! So with all my time to work out a ground breaking post and probably much anxiety on your part wondering and waiting for my latest blog entry, I give you this……please enjoy the following SEZKAPOW train wreck! haha

This past week could almost have been documented and submitted to Animal Planet or discovery channel! We have all heard of “Shark Week” right?!. Well I give you….*trumpets sound in the background* …wait for it…” Rat Week”!  I wish that I was joking! Actually I wish it WAS shark week instead. I could handle running into numerous sharks in all the dark stairwells I find myself climbing to reach people. Or starring at me in the corner of someones living room I was visiting. Rats on the otherhand…..different story. The bizarre thing is how many people say they NEVER see them. Glad I have the talent to spot ’em!! Also glad they are so big! In efforts to forget certain occasions I am not going into details, but I will clarify that our home and area is not where you would run into these critters.  I will also leave this reference some may know……Monty Pythons search for the Holy Grail and the Killer Rabbit scene! Its all I had running through my head the entire week!

I also have another gem to add to Abby’s ever growing book of NERD 101! At the gym the other day while I was “sculpting my guns”, Abby decided to finish her workout with some gorgeous lunges! Now why she didn’t go to the usual stretching area, I don’t know. Oh wait, I do know, the stretching room is upstairs and there was no A/C that day so it was too hot. Back to story!  So Abby found a generous area to show off her skills.  This is also the location of the Buddist mini shrine most businesses have to make daily offerings with incense and food to their ancestors.   While she was doing what most people would describe as a controlled exercise, she kicked the bowl of food over!  I honestly just can’t even see how she managed it!!  But she did! Too bad we obviously are sisters otherwise I might easily have pretended I didn’t know her. But no….had to walk out the door and hop on the back of her moto! haha

One last tidbit that may have been touched on previously. Rose scented things. EVERYTHING is rose scented. Products that advertise fruit scent are actually ROSE SCENT. Unknowingly I even bought a package of tissues that were….ROSE SCENTED. No proper warning, come on people. So when I was sick the other week, every sniffle felt as though an older woman had personally  handed me each tissue from her purse!  Serves me right for buying the cheapest tissues.  By the way, I hate rose scent! DISCLAIMER: Sorry for rose scent lovers or old ladies that give out tissue, I mean no offense

Well thanks everyone for reading!  I hope you like some of the photos I am attaching. Please remember to comment or email any feedback.  I love knowing what you think!!  Also, I realize that some of my stories are crazy and make this place sound disgusting, but honestly, if I am capable of living here anyone can!!!  Worth all the sacrifice!

These kids followed me the entire time I was in this hallway yelling in English ” HELLO HELLO HELLO!”

This is fairly typical dingy parking spot we might find for our motos while downtown. Abby almost fell in a puddle in the background! LOL!!!

Just a view from an apartment looking down at a bustling street market!

Weddings and funerals are set up in the middle of streets basically everywhere. They are LOUD, ugly and annoying because they block traffic! Last week we pasted one after it had rained earlier and people sat in water up to their ankles………oh if only this could be MINE!!!

Took this photo from my bedroom window. Didn’t realize we invested in riverfront property!!! By the way, this is not crazy but normal….apparently!! it was raining only for 20-30 mins prior. Can’t wait for 5 months of rainy season to start!

I found our new couch!!!

They moved our bikes to the front and had to fish them out! Lets just say it took a little while….

While I was waiting for the moto to fished out i took this photo.

This huge bowl…..”TAKE THAT AUNTIE MARIAN’S MEGA SALAD BOWL! KAPOW” jokes

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