Phillipines-Day 3

Well, if I don't make it back to the states, it's because I ate too many fried bananas while I am up here.I forgot how good they where until I had them for breakfast today. *Is still drooling like Homer Simpson.* Seriously, I could eat those for the rest of my time here, and I would be as happy as a clam. Today was family day. Mom and Aunt Jo got all the gifts mom, Linda , and I brought up there, and figured out who was getting what. Note: it is hard to shop for cousins when you don't know how many you have,how old they are, what they like or anything. It is also hard to shop for aunts when one already owns their own store, and another one who already owns her own boutique. Anyway, after our gifts where distributed and given away, we where supposed to go to the beach, however we ended up spending most of the evening in my Aunt Evees boutique shop, where my mom and I tried on clothes to take home since it rained. After that, I learned that they really know how to make things happen here. We where talking about going out to sing kareoke and drink margaritas. But since we have to get up in the morning, we decided to do it at the house. Next thing I knew my Uncle Jerad was bringing over huge speakers, a stereo system and a playlist of 1,000 + songs. Then they ordered margaritas, and put it in the right glasses, and put margarita salt around the glass like they do in restaurants, and it was excellent! I swear my moms sisters could rule the world if they wanted. But it's their time to. My grandparents here aren't in the best condition. My grandma recently had a stroke. My grandfather can't really walk now, so he hires a guy to drive him around in a motorcycle with the name of his factory "Golden Egg" on it since noone will let him drive anymore. So, he just spends most of his time cruising on his motorcycle now. It feels weird seeing them like that because my grand mother used to be able to do calculations in her head, and she can't like she used to. Ofcourse last time I saw my grandfather , he still could walk, didn't have the gray hair, but ofcourse he was stil just as stubborn. However, seeing Linda here with my mom makes me wish I had a friend that had the time and money to come up here. But,I get it. When you are in your twenties, you may or may not have the money and time to do these sorts of trips. But sometime in the future, it would be nice. I definitely plan to come back here to visit at least one more time during my life time. Anyway it is time to turn in. Until next time- peace, love, and I miss you all! -Donna