I think my body hates me..

I was very optimist last night after taking my cough syrup, but the night didn’t go so well. I was up at 4am feeling awful. I will do one paragraph of complaining and then I will be done (don’t you dare skip over this paragraph!) My throat is now really sore from coughing and clearing it. My head hurts from my coughing and I just overall feel blah. There, ok, I feel better already!

I did get up and go to breakfast (the weather in Vietnam is beautiful in the morning and night!) and met two older couples from Australia! It was nice talking to them (they are in Vietnam for 2 weeks sightseeing) and especially talking to them about Australia as one of the couples is from the gold coast which is where we will be the first weekend.

After breakfast I came back and loaded up on medicine and honestly just bummed around for a bit. I feel so silly that I just have a cold, but in another country it just seems worse (that’s my excuse at least). I was honestly hoping to feel a lot better, rest in the morning and then head out to the orphanage in the afternoon, but that was not happening. I know Thoung is going to be so mad at me that I haven’t showed up in two days, but I don’t really want to get him sick and I definitely want to feel better by the time my mom gets here!

I knew I couldn’t/didn’t want to stay inside all day, so I started thinking of things to do. The air is so bad here that it gets me coughing when I am outside, so I figured I would aim for an inside activity. I then remembered Bobby Brewers, which is an “American” type restaurant with a movie theater on the top floor. As long as you order food you can sit and watch the movies they play (in English with Vietnamese subtitles). So that is exactly what I did. I brought my blanket and spent the afternoon cuddled on one of their loveseats watching “The Last 3 Days” (very good, although got my heart racing too much!) and “Fair Game” (I liked that it was based on a true story). And to be honest, that was about all the excitement my body could handle for the day!

After a shower and a PB&J sandwich, I am ready for some more cough syrup and a good night sleep!

Hugs and kisses from a lazy bum!