What I realized today is if you have nothing planned for the day it is extremely hard to motivate yourself to not just lay in bed all day and be lazy. (hence we have officially been here for a week and sleeping has not gone to waste) I don't know if its the jet lag the spice food? the hot air...I could probably list 20,000 more excuses but I am just going to go with
"Well this is what the queen would want me to do"....
In all honesty we did get out of the house...after wasting about an hour deciding what we were going to do (beach 2hrs away) VS what we were going to do (5 min cab to fish spa), we got a cab to KhaoSan road. aka backpackers stomping grounds.
Lunch and Spa day!
Highlights of today:
*NO BUY NO TOUCH* While street shopping this cute little artsy journal caught Brookes eye...It was covered in plastic wrap but only tapped up. Brooke wanted to see if there was lines in it so she proceeded to unwrap the book and open it. BAHA the owner (i'm guessing) came over, cig in mouth...and started yipyappin and speaking angry thai/foreign huha..... "aslkjdflkasj mam!!!NOkljekjaslk;fja;lsdjNO" He was extremely upset and looked as though his life was about to end. I said "um? excuse me how much?" He said "NO, 250 BAHT... YOU MUST BUY" Brooke looked at me... um what is going on. I said oh "no thank you.." He looked as though he was going to write his confession letter in that little book if we didn't buy it. Brooke; "Oh My Gosh um Chrissy should I just buy it?!?" me-"Legoo"....The look on Brookes face priceless.. The look on his face Mugshot.
**FISH SPA** Just when you thought a pedicure was great...Thai Fish Spa; we did it for 15 min (150 baht), the little fishes nibble off all the dead skin on your feet. I HATE feel so when we decided the experiences was worth it I just followed along. The thai man washes your feet and then you sit like you do at a medspa but these little fish come bubbling at your skin. So hilarious. It tickled so bad I thought I was gonna pee myself. Normally when the asian lady gives me a massage at the nail salon I try not to kick her in the face... In Thailand that is not an option because the whole point is to let them tickle you so that your feet are dead skin FREE. its a MUST do. not gonna lie they are open till 2am... I am thinking about doing it next time we go out at night....Tickle me thai. so groosss dude. 
The rest of the day was pretty lazy and weird... experienced a lot of kooks (cab drivers) and of course finished the day with PhaThai, Rice, Ice Cream and Eat Pray Love.
I absolutely LOVE the movie so I had to have Brooke watch it. She was a sleeper today and we both felt a little overwhelmed with all the planning that comes with traveling and being in a foreign country with almost everyone speaking a different language.
It is so easy to just live in the day....wake up, eat, sleep, watch tv.... but I don't want easy... to live doesn't mean your alive. I came here to Bangkok because I felt I was living a life that was just not me.... I want to do things and experience things that will allow me to grow into a better person. Culture makes me feel alive. It is a passion that "lights my life." Since I don't have a boyfriend to light it up I have to get creative but I don't mind. haha
Although it has only been a week...or already been a week.... I am extremely happy that I am here. This is exactly what I want & need in my life right now. Bangkok is amazing and I cannot verbalize the joy of living in this new world, 5 months is defiantly not long enough.
Eat.Pray.Love.
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