Tourist Faux Pas and other happenings...

***Pictures will be posted at the bottom of the page on a quasi-daily basis - feel free to skip my rantings and scroll down, but there's no baby there yet, so don't get your hopes up!***

First of all, no Grabbing and Running today. Bummer. We're all disappointed about that, but prospects for tomorrow look good. In the words of our guide, "hopefully and probably". Answers like that are never acceptable in my real ife, but I've had to get used to them in this adoption process for sure. We've come this far, so I guess another day won't matter, but I hate thinking of Kenna in the orphanage even one day longer than necessary.

Did I mention it was hot here? Today was even hotter and stickier than yesterday. It's hard to do a whole lot whilst melting away. Y'all know that B's keeping the room iceberg cold, and it is actually refreshing and not bone-chilling. FYI - the hallways are not air-conditioned. Odd, I know, so you pretty much start sweating on your way to the elevators (which are slow), and it just gets worse from there.

Since all our internal clocks are messed up, B was up at 430, and decided to walk around the lake. No joke. But the funny thing is: he was not alone. Apparently the entire city wakes up at 4:30 and subsequently power walks around the lake, or joins into a huge outdoor aerobics class up and down the street to blaring Vietnamese rock music. The video is quite humorous. If I can figure out how to upload it, I'll post it. B said it remined him of that scene in Ferris Beuller's Day Off where everyone is dancing in the street in sync. That's just crazy to me. I have been awake at 430 a lot in my time, but never have I once felt the urge to join a street party at that hour!

B and S went to the Ho Chi Minh masoleum today, and saw the Presidential Palace. I'm not big on seeing dead people, so I'm fine with just looking at their pictures. And I passed the Presidential Palace on the way to the FiviMart yesterday, so I'm good. The officials at the HCM tomb were not going to let B in because he was wearing shorts and flip-flops....attempts were made at wrapping a sarong around him, but after much frustration and consternation, they just waved him through, cursing under their breath, I'm sure. I would have paid good money to see B walking around in a skirt during that tour! Also, I'm told that he alarmed some schoolchildren with his giant feet. Meanwhile, C and I hung out at the hotel while I finished getting ready for our G&R, should that have happened today.

We did a little shopping and then came back for a swim while waiting for the phone to ring again. Again, I am amazed at the shopping here...so much fun!!!