Bikini strings and Thai the knot

This week has been the same same as well as completely different. We received big news from back home. We have a new addition to our family and it is not Bristol's baby (yet). Sydney went to Viva la Las Vegas and got married! Her and Chris along with two friends celebrated in style. They are having a potluck on the 17th of this month and then a Vegas theme party on July 10th. With Bristol due in May and now this news, wow! What a year to be away!!!! Missing David, Dale, and Tami`s 50th, Rob and Esther`s 30th anniversary, and now this, wow! Went to the Village Market loaded with imports from home, loaded up with stuff to make tacos and even bought a box of K.D. Back home we rarely brought that into the house, but some times you just need a little comfort food from the homeland. Did the run around and got our visa`s extended for 30 more days, so we are allowed to stay until the 30th of May. It took only 40 minutes for the paperwork to be completed and about twice the time finding where the immigration building was located. Busy place, they had 13 officers working along with a few trainees. Passport copies made, a couple pictures taken, a few baht paid, and we were off and running. After the visa business we went to visit the Germans in Kata and get the bike rental agreement extended until the end of April. We are not 100% sure yet if we will stay in Rawai, we love the area and it is nice to be able to hang our hat in one place for a bit, it's a whole different flavour when you're living in one area. It's great to have time on our side. No worries, no hurries! Well a little worry as the book I was reading kept losing it`s pages, it was hard to keep it together, (teehe) talk about stress! Went to visit the German's Mom Ingrid and give her a hair cut. It was like riding a bike, it all came back. I have not done hair for months. Poor Steve, his last cut was at a Thai salon/massage parlour. That was months ago and she cut it super short so now he is needing a fresh new look, perhaps I'll fit it into my busy schedule. Breakfast, reading, time on our notebook (laptop), beach... I think I might fit it in. Went shopping for my new bathing suit, which was funny, no change room, no mirror , and get this, one size fits all! Just try it on over the sundress. No one likes bathing suit shopping so in a lot of ways it was funny and all I had to think about was what colour and pattern. Takes the stress out of it anyways. The only modification the bikini needed was to shorten the bottom strings. Funny funny funny.......