A&A is Back!

I’m back! I know I missed a week, but in my defense I had my whole A&A list prepared, but didn’t have access to a computer for a few days and next thing I knew it was Sunday and it seemed silly to post A&A Thursday-on-Sunday.  But, I’m back with even more awesome and awkward moments from the past week!

Awkward

• Public bathrooms.  And the woman in the stall next to me talking on her phone.  Which was on speaker phone.  Okay…
• Being serenaded by a mariachi band.  And if that was not awkward enough, the band made me and my tablemates sing along with them.  So it was like mariachi karaoke.  Oh dear.
• Going to do a program for the Audubon.  Then getting there and being told that the audience is international and they don’t speak English.  Uhhh… Thankfully there were two translators (for German and Japanese) but I still ran into some awkward times: talking before the translators had finished, saying way to much for the translators to translate, using terms/words that didn’t translate well…
• Enjoying myself on the Adventure (Lazy) River at Noah’s Ark.  And lounging in an inner tube with my eyes closed.  And then some old man’s feet smacking me in the face.

Awesome

• Elevator photos.
• Tactical laser tag.  I can’t get over how much I like it.  I went for the second time on Sunday.  I actually think I’m getting better.  And we played against a bunch of random cute guys who were all SUPER into it.  I “killed” some blond dude and ran up to the top floor of a building, and on his way back I heard him yell, “Girl! Second Floor! Pink building!” Too bad I was already far away and “killing” those teammates he was warning! Mwahahahahahaha! I definitely felt like a badass spy.
• Surprise parties!
• Finally, FINALLY getting my diploma in the mail!  It only took two months!  I was getting a bit worried that they just lied to me and I didn’t really graduate and I had NO idea how I was going to explain that to the Davies-Jackson committee and my tutors at Cambridge.  Yikes!  But all is well.  Now, if only I could figure out what I did with my diploma holder thingy.  Hmmm…
• Finally, FINALLY submitting the first part of my student visa application.  Now if only I could figure out the next eighteen parts.