birthday

So thanks for all my great birthday wishes, my day was great! I spent it on the Mae Kong River in a long boat with a spiffy car engine on the back--it goes very fast...so that all that herione can make it across. We went to Laos for about 20 minutes, came back, went to the sitting Buddha shrine, rubbed the belly of an elephant for good luck, and me and the girls were blessed by a monk after we made offerings of money, insence, and prayers. He asked us what day of the week we were born because here, there is a corresponding color for every weekday. We didn't know, so we just chose our favorites...the monk seemed okay with that, and sprinkled us with holy water and admired my goyles. I am very lucky, even without an elephants belly.