Laurie's World

Full disclosure: I’m getting a foot massage while I write this 😇.

I’ve decided that I deserve a treat every week! Each weekend, starting three weekends ago, I go to Le Sky and get a massage. It’s a nice place down by the Russian market! The first massage I got here was a footie, I’m sure I told you about that. Then last weekend I got a back & shoulder massage, today I’m back to the footie! While in all honesty the back massage last Saturday was truly excellent, my lower back is still painful to the touch from it! I asked for medium strength at that…..so unsure what full stength would have done to me 😝. So footie it is. These feet need a lot of work tbh! The massage is $10 for an hour. I forgot how strong  💪 these ladies are. I usually don’t  tip for massage in Thailand but it’s clearly a thing here. So I tip $2 and then I decided after the first week when I walked here that I can walk home, but need to get a grab to get here. My feet get grossly dirty and I’m all sweaty if I walk here even though it’s only a 12 minute walk.  I know they probably don’t care, but i feel bad, so I get the grab now. It’s 3,600 riel (which is about 88 cents). Totally an acceptable  amount. I also tip the grab driver 1,000 riel witch is about 25 cents. So all in, it’s just over $13 and is a really nice and reasonable way to celebrate the arrival of the weekend.  The girl doing my foot massage right now ‘found’ the site of the incision on my right foot of my ankle surgeries when I had the two ligaments replaced in 2018 and again in 2019. I could have used her when I was rehabbing those surgeries and the area needed massage to break down scar tissue. 😅😅 Massage is also a little weird on that foot sometimes since I have no feeling in part of that foot now.

(edited to add this after getting home) ALSO, the best part of this massage……as long as I booked a massage at either 5:30 pm on Friday or 10:00 am on Saturday (check for Friday @ 5:30 pm), and was here on time (which I was), I get a coupon for a free 30 minute back and shoulder massage! It’s a special promotion for the month of September called “on time promotion”. Hahaha! Are people not known for being on time here?? 😅  so I have my coupon in hand 🤩 and will be heading back to redeem 😎

As an aside to my tales of massage, I have officially survived 5 full weeks of teaching here and I’ve been here in Phnom Penh 6 weeks total! Crazy how it feels like a really long time since being at home, but at the same time, it has gone really FAST. Two more weeks of school then it a one week break!! What will I do with myself?? I could get out of the city, but supposedly that’s what everyone else will do, so maybe I’ll just stay in the city and enjoy that it’s quiet. After that week, Troy comes in two weeks, then 11 more days and I’m done my contract!!!! Totally doable when you look at it like that.

To address the questions of what happens after Oct 26th?? I’m still not sure to be honest. East-West will keep me on in either first or second grade if that’s what I want, or explore other roles if I want. I just don’t know yet. Last weekend I found a part of town I really like over by coconut park. I now have a real estate guy looking for me. He found a 3 bedroom place on the 39th floor of a building that allows pets and it’s $1,800 usd per month. It has a view of the Mekong river. I think from the 39th floor, a view of something amazing is 100% guaranteed probably 🤣🤣. If we stay this might be a good option for us! Stay tuned on this!! I didn’t hate my job this week, so anything is possible at this point

TTFN

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