This is A Silly Blog...

I was reading some friends' blog recently and they had a top five list. I love a top five list. These may not be my tops, but here are a few of my favorite make me laugh/make me happy moments of the past week:

1. Well...The confusion started when Chris purposely infiltrated our cook-out last Friday night with lamb-burgers...(everyone was suppose to bring their own meat)...the chaos that ensued once Jared mixed the semi ground beef with the lamb patties was hilarious! None of us girls wanted a lamb burger! Even mid-burger, one of us had to make an exchange once we convinced Katie that she was eating the lamb burger! It's the little things in life, you just gotta laugh. The song that followed was somewhat of a mixture of the song...'I called the witch doctor, he told me what to do, he told me...ooh eeh, ooh ah ah, ching chang wala wala bing bang' and the song that goes 'Rama lama ding dong', only our song went...something like: 'lamba lamba ding dong' in honor of the lamb burger. Don't worry, while revising this blog, I became convinced that there really was a song that inspired our lamba song...which inspired a Google hunt of large proportions that provided our kitchen music today while making lunch. Have you ever heard the song...'I Know a Girl Named Rama Lama Ding Dong' by Rocky Sharpe & the Replays...?(which I now know by heart). The kitchen scene today was almost as funny as the original serenade at the cook out and if you'd seen or heard our kitchen today, you'd be convinced it should have made it onto this list.

2. I got a package on Tuesday. I love a package. I love you heather.( I do have to put in here that so many people have sent letters lately and that has been fabulous, too. If you're reading this, then that's you and THANK YOU!) The best part was that when I walked out the door to go to Bible study, the post man was pulling up to my apartment. I had never seen him before and he looked at me (I am not Turkish) and said that he had a package for me. There had been no exchange before this. We'd never met before (hence i'd never seen him before)...but sure enough, he asked me my name and lo and behold, he had a package for me! I am absolutely never inconspicuous and this would never happen in America, mind you. We just don't quite fit in over here, much as we may try. I might as well walk around with a sign on my forehead saying that I'm a foreigner and don't worry, i probably do. (smile). I guess that it's especially nice for delivery times. Usually no questions as to whether there is a delivery for us or not. I think I'm the only Jessica in my city. That's never happened before.

3. We had a sleep-over last night. No, we are not in the eight grade anymore, but we are always up for some fun! Our Turkish teacher came and we watched 'One Night with the King'. It's a movie based on Esther's story. The movie was really good and I was so proud of T. for being able to understand it all without any Turkish subtitles. She is so smart. We should have been watching it in Turkish, but it's not out here at my d.v.d. store and since the owner is one of my friend's, I refuse to go elsewhere to look. Anyways , we knew she'd like a good love story...even one from the Bible. But my favorite part of the movie had to be when she first saw the king...a greasy Fabio-looking character and she pumped her fists in the air and said, 'ooh, one night with the king'! We all just died laughing! Needless to say, she liked the movie. The Fabio-like-actor may have moved up the rank on her list of favorites right up there with Denzel. I don't know if she liked the king or the story better. But we had a really fun night, we ate some good food, and got to spend some quality time with her which is always good.

4. We called to order water today(we don't drink the water or cook with it here...) and this is the side of the conversation that I heard from Melissa's side of the phone (in Turkish):

"Hello. I need two large water bottles. Yes. Okay. Click. "

Now, I don't think that they have caller i.d., but without even giving a name, half an hour later our water was delivered to our door. We just couldn't keep from laughing. Does our accent give us away that bad??

5. We went to the beach last week and beach attire is just different here...I was coveting their swim attire once I got home and had the sunburn of my year on my back. Me and my roommate bonded with Aloe Vera, but it's tanning now, so I guess I'll stick with the one piece, but they did not let their attire stop them from having a good time. The beach is a little different here, but I love it anywhere.