The whole school was off today, Friday. We needed to take one of the dorm girls, Julie, into Abeh to get an x-ray on her wrist. She hurt it during a soccer practice. So the kids, (our kids), and Julie piled into THE GUS BUS, and drove the hour to Abeh, with Emma and I feeling like we would throw up the whole way. Between the roads, the heat, the bumps, the terrible shocks on the bus, and numerous other factors it is hard for us to make the drive without feeling nauseous. When we got there, Garth dropped the kids and I off at a store with a play area and took Julie to the hospital. Garth said it was disgustingly gross-holes in the walls, nothing had been cleaned and something that looked like blood was splattered on the wall. Well, the hospital said they could not do the x-ray because their power was out and we would have to try another hospital in a town called WAENA. So, after some French fries from KFC, we drove to WAENA and found a clinic there and had the x-rays done for only 50.000 rupiahs. (That’s cheap!) And got home by 1:00.
Sophie told me today in the bus that she was the karate one in the family. I said, oh, really. How is that? She said she was the karate one because she has moves that could really hurt somebody.
The kids had a fun time in the play land. You can buy tokens and then play games or ride on little rides. The rides are so different than in the States. No seat belts or safety laws. The music was so loud I put earplugs in the kids ears. But it was a nice change of pace for us anyways.
Speaking of nice, I am going to go spend some time with my husband. Have a great day.
Love,
Rachel
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