Day 3 - a day late again

I really need to keep this up a little bit better. I had every intention of posting something last night, but I fell asleep. Which was pretty much what I did all day long. I woke up at about 10 am (keep in mind that it would be 4 am Nebraska time) got ready and was able to stay awake until about 1 or 1:30, and then decided to take a nap before going to a parade in the nearby village (Sam's niece Jasmine was an attendant to the Rose Queen). I told Sam to wake me up so I could go, so he woke me up at 3, when it was all over.

Just a little note about this parade; it's something that's put on by the church every year and they have a Queen (I think the queen is elected or voted on) and the Queen has a certain number of little girls as her attendants and a few boys to carry her canopy. There are lots of floats that are judged and they go to a local park at the end of the parade to find out who the winner of the best float is. It sounds a little bit like a college Homecoming parade.

Anyway, I slept right through it. Later, when I was finally awake, we really didn't do a lot, just watched movies and then went next door to Sam's brother Sid's house for a barbecue, or what was left of it anyway. I met a lot of new people, including Jasmine (Sam's niece), Samantha (Sid's friend or future wife, depending on who you listened to for the introduction) and a few other's that I don't really remember. It was a lot of fun!

We didn't stay for the entire thing, mainly because I was really tired again. big surprise.

The night finished off uneventfully by us watching movies and Dr. Who, and going to bed. Hopefully waking up at12:30 today will help me stay awake a little longer and actually post what goes on the rest of the day before I go to bed. Have a great day everyone and I'll try to post some of the pictures that I have so far.





A picture of my room (and yes, that is a cord above the bed on the side by the night stand.....it's the light switch)



The note that was with my flowers



The flowers that greeted me when I got in the room.