Best Way to End a Holiday

After a long day and a half of traveling across two oceans and three continents I finally made it to Indonesia with all luggage accounted for. I breezed through customs and immigration and hitched a cab home. I got home to an empty fridge and an angry cat who promptly bit me in the nose. I unpacked, watched half of a movie before fading into such a deep sleep that even a kiss from prince charming wouldn't awaken me.

At six o'clock this morning I woke up and felt so incredibly relaxed and refreshed. Despite the dreary weather, I made the best of my day by showering and heading to school. I updated bulletin boards, rearranged desks, and planned my week as best as possible. At eleven, I went to visit Dini and ended up having lunch with her. It was great to see and catch up with her. She has improved greatly since I last saw her.

I left Dini's house with every intention of going to the Hypermart to get groceries since the cupboards and fridge were bare. Instead, after pulling into the parking garage, I decided to get my hair done. Best choice I made all day, hands down. They only gay man I have ever laid eyes on in Indonesia was assigned to perm my hair. However shortly into it, I was starting to doubt his abilities. I kept thinking to myself, "He's gay so it has to turn out good; oh but it looks so bad!" At one point I was convinced that my hair was going to be a train wreck and I was going to have to go to school with a paper bag over my head. But after he finished taking the curlers out of my hair, I was shocked. It looked nicer than any perm I had before. All of the hair stylist ladies kept telling me "cantik bule (beautiful white person) and complimented this guy on his handiwork. Even now, as I sit here typing this, I am impressed with whatever he managed to pull off.

So after my two and a half hour detour, I finally made it to the grocery store. The biggest happening there is that they reorganized the juice refrigerator by type of juice rather than brand. Yes, I suppose that's not overly exciting, but I was peeved when I found out that while I was on Christmas Holiday they discontinued my favorite juice "Apple Love Juice" - 100% squeezed, no additives. Now I had to find a new favorite. I brought home some make-shift wannabe and experienced the biggest epic disappointment since first arriving here (if that is really true, which it is, I guess I'm doing alright).

I really couldn't ask for a better day to end my holiday. It was relaxing to the Nth degree and I could probably conquer the world if duty called. Since it probably wont, I think I'll focus this hyped up energy toward my first day of the new semester tomorrow. Can't wait to see the kids (even the naughtiest ones) and start some new things!