SO now is still a period of adjustment. I am living a life now that is so completely different then what I left behind, and not only that but its stretching my limits and testing my character in ways that have not been challeneged in a long time. SO in many ways I think that eventually this will be something that enriches my soul and awakens new parts of my life but for right now its just like FUUUUUUCK! Haha



Rainy season officially kicked off today with about 24 hours worth of rain and Jon and I decided to brave it this morning during a somewhat "lull" in the downpour…needless to say five minutes into it our bike ride to the internet place it turns into a right torrential rain- faces stinging with pelts of rain, absolutely soaked and splashing through 3 foot puddles was an experienceJ we walked into that place and literally had to ring out our clothing~so we have been trapped inside all day ( but did get out for lunch at this place called warung sulawesi) a warung is a food stall kind of, the one we went to you just walk up to a counter and point at what you want from a display case of curries, vegetables, meats and other indecipherable things! It costs about 15,000 a plate- 1.50 US or so and its amazing! Warungs typically have "homemade Balinese cooking" and tend to run out of food by mid afternoon and close down.



The beach is about a three or four minute bike ride from the house and until today, we have been there everyday! The waves are pretty big and jon and tim love to go out and body surf ( aka get smashed up or as meg says "caned" by the waves) After Puj gets hammered a few times she makes her way back to where I like swim- right after the break where I can still stand. Sorry, call me a wuss, but I have had my fair share of drowning scares, myself or watching others, and I respect the ocean when it comes to power. The current is pretty strong out by our beach – we go to one close to Ku De Ta beach which is north of Kuta and Double 6 beach. Less people, less hagglers and really really pretty. SO far its been my favorite part of my daysJ



Its pretty lonely at first getting out here- I know that im with friends but its not that kinda of lonliness. When you arrive in a foreign country and attempt to make it your home, it forces you to make so many adjustments and changes that it is often overwhelming. Jon calls it a 'make shift life' out here. There are so many things that you have to create for yourself, adjust to, or in general , just work with. Like the other day at Amed, the beach we went snorkeling, our hotel room had no cups. We had brought some beers back for a game of cards and within minutes, had fashioned our empty water bottles into tumblers but cutting the in half with a pair of mainucre scissors….make shift!