Thoughts....

Merhaba!!!!!!!
Well...it's been a whirlwind of a week.
Last Friday we finally received our household goods!!!!! It was like Christmas...having our comfortable couch and bed, different clothes to wear, a microwave, our TV, the Wii...all the fun things we missed was awesome!!
The unpacking....was not so awesome. haha J Twice got his DVD's unpacked and put away, set up the TV and Wii and thought he was done. In the meantime, I worked my little ol heart out getting everything unpacked and put away. It's time like that in which I miss my 3 story house in DC!! lol
So basically this last week has been getting the house put together (and still not being able to hang anything  up on our walls...we're working on that!).
On Monday, the girls and I took our regular trip to the market and got our goodies for the week.  Afterwards, Amanda decided she wanted to try and find the bead store....it was an unsuccessful trip to say the least!! And all I have to say is, I am glad I was not driving!!!!!!! Turkish drivers are INSANE!! They make 2 lane roads 4...they honk to just let you know they are beside(behind, about to crash into you,whatever they are feeling) you...and basically just make you feel uncomfortable! Since I was not driving, I sat in the backseat(dying laughing, turning different colors-she says) and watched Amanda make her way through Old Adana!! We were very thankful when we got out of there! hahaha
Yesterday, Lori and I took a trip into Old Adana on the Dolmus (their bus system).  It was exciting...this was the first time for me, but Lori had been on it a couple times so she knew her way around pretty well.  It was only 1.25 TL for a one-way ride..pretty cheap! We went to visit the Adana Mosque (Camii **pronounced Jami**in Turkish) again, and then walked around to see what stores they had to offer.  We didn't spend a whole lot of time down there, but are definately planning on going back soon, as we saw different places on our way back that we would like to visit. On our trip back, a school boy was on his way home for the day and was very interested in teaching us about the different places we were riding by.  He showed us an English dictionary they were learning from in school so as we would go by places he would ask us how to say something in English, and we would ask him the Turkish way, pretty cool! Turkish people (esp. children and men) are very friendly, always willing to strike up a conversation if they can!
This weekend we are taking our first overnight trip and we are SO excited! We will be visiting Ephesus, Pumakkale, and a couple other different places so stayed tuned to hear all about it.