Krispy Kream Mother Crackers

So today was my day off. I woke up the kids and got them ready then road the ferry with them to the European side. There I met up with the other nannies for our weekly help group. It is laughter therapy. The Brit, Aunt Josephine, and a new girl, Lucy Lu were all there. We laughed a lot. We discussed the fact that most nannies phones are tapped, especially for the very rich families. As we were joking about it The Brit told us that she would let here employer buy stuff with her credit card because a lot of companies won’t take Turkish cards. Then she got a phone call and her employer asked her if she could use the card but not to tell anyone. We busted out laughing. So for the rest of the time the girls took turns saying things into the phone, mostly the names of drugs. It was great. The rest of the restaurant kept looking at us because not only were we speaking in English but also we were also very loud. People in Turkey are always quite. Malls are creepily quite even when they are full.

I am going to warn you now that if you ever thought I was cool that veil is about to be ripped off of your eyes. I entitle this next section, “Yes I am a Nerd.” After that I made my way down to the Historic district. I walked a good bit of the way and that was nice. I then took a train to the Archeology Museum. I walked in the museum gates dizzy with excitement. I walk up the first building in the giant doors and there to greet me is a giant marble statue of, I believe, Gilgamesh. I started crying. I cried a lot actually. Room after room of marble, glass, iron, bronze, and clay artifacts. Statues, mosaics, dishes, glassware, bones, and pieces of buildings. I have read about these things all my life in books and watched countless hours of History Channel programming and there they were so close I could touch them. I walked around with red eyes and my mouth open. I am pretty sure I looked crazy. It was sheer bliss. I can’t wait to go back. One of my favorite parts was the funerary collection. Tons of crypts and gravestones. I saw Egyptian sarcophagi from the Ptolemaic period. That is cool because they had hieroglyphics and Greek writing. My favorites were the headstones of the gladiators. They also had the headstone of a dog. It was a day of magic!

At 5 I had to go meet the Graphic Designer for bible study. On the way to the ferry I over heard two boys making fun of my backpack. It is not uncommon for me to hear “sabbangee”(foreigner) while walking down the street. What was uncommon was that they were talking about me in English. They were commenting on the fact that my backpack made me look like a tourist. So I turned around and said, “Don’t judge me.” They were surprised. I laughed and they smiled and we road the ferry across together. One was from Holland, 20, and the other was from Austrailia, 19, and they are in Istanbul studying Arabic. Once at our destination we had a Chi while waiting for my friend who picked me up and we were off. The Graphic Designer and I mad tacos for dinner so I was pumped! She also told me I was going to be staying here in the apartment by myself as a kind of hotel for the evening; awesome! Then when I thought it couldn’t get any better she and her friend Sandra Bullock, the resemblance is scary, took me to Krispy Kream. Yes that’s right there is a Krispy Kream here. I was in heaven. Then the Graphic Designer dropped me off at her apartment and went to help her pregnant friend. I took a shower, watched a movie, and went to sleep.

I slept in until 9:40, had a quite time and then left. It was so magical and refreshing. A true blessing from the Lord. I feel rested and ready the tackle the weekend. Pray that this grace lingers. Pray for the family, pray that the Lord will show himself mighty here, that the Lord’s wisdom will poor from my mouth, and that I may be known here for my love. Thank you and I love you all.