I had the best last day of school I could have hoped for. We had the 6th graders for two hours, and after we spent the first hour teaching them how to tell time, reviewing the clothing vocabulary, and going over "please," "thank you," and "excuse me," we said they could pick a game to play for the second half. They'd been talking about musical chairs for awhile, but after about two minutes of playing that, the game fizzled out into something much more fun: Thai dodgeball. It's similar to regular dodgeball, but instead of the teams being on two sides, one team stands on the two sides and one team stands in the middle. Also, if you catch a ball thrown at you, you have the option of bringing one of your teammates back in or you can save the extra life for yourself. We had one kid who caught so many balls that he was like the invincible player.

It was really nice that all the kids came out to say goodbye, and I got temporarily waylaid on the stairway because I was being mobbed as I left. They also gave me a certificate. They're so nice. I promised the kids I would write, so I think I'm going to send them a postcard first before I even leave Thailand. I only have the 2nd grade teacher, Oye's, address, so I suppose all of the mail will go through her. She won't mind. She's the funny one who tries to force more food on all of us at lunch. "One more! One more!" And when we protest, she points to her own stomach and says "I have two babies on me--you only have one baby, one more!" She's quite hilarious. We went out last night with her daughter, Kare, and her friend.

We went to Riverside Bar & Restaurant, which was really nice, I can see why it's so popular. I had the best Shirley Temple of my life last night, no joke. It was awesome. I may have dreamed about it.