Brad's Birthday

Brad waited 29 years for his golden birthday, and it was everything he could have dreamed of. (not) Instead his birthday was filled with first graders with runny noses, a bad school lunch, and a rainy afternoon. But that's what you get when your birthday is in the middle of the week and you're a first grade teacher in Thailand.

But after school we did manage to have a little fun. Two of our friends here, Jaco and Lenae, helped us celebrate. Jaco and Lenae are also engaged and living in Thailand teaching English at our school. We immediately clicked with them, so I'm sure you'll hear more about them in future blog posts. They are from South Africa, and we're hoping to go visit them and go to their wedding next March. Then they will come to ours next September. So if there's a random couple from South Africa at our wedding, that's who they are!

Anyways, back to Brad's birthday. After school, the four of us had a few drinks in our apartment before we went out for dinner. We then went to a Thai style barbecue restaurant. Here there is an endless buffet of every type of meat and seafood you could imagine. The only catch is that you have to cook it yourself. On each table there is a charcoal grill and a flat top to cook on. You pick out the food you want and then come back and prepare it yourself. The food was all delicious and we especially liked that you could cook everything to the temperature that you want. Needless to say, we'll be back to eat there soon.