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It's almost unbearable. Sleeping is a chore and I find myself waking up once or twice in the middle of the night every night now. I just want a fan or some a/c! I'd even take an Egyptian man in a loin cloth fanning me with a giant palm leaf. That would do, I guess...

It was especially bad trying to sleep last night because I had this awesome sunburn - tan lines are pretty awful - that made it 10x worse to try to get to sleep. I wanted to wear as few clothes as possible but still keep my door open to allow for cross ventilation but those two things don't combine very well especially when there's a 14 year old boy in the house.

You know that awkward unspoken relationship that forms when you see someone in their underwear that you weren't supposed to see in their underwear? Yeah... Last night I opened by bedroom door to let in some cool air and whoops! There was Marek across the hall in the bathroom, skivvies only. Hahaaaaaaaa... there was a split second of eye contact and I pretended not to see anything and quickly removed myself from sight. I stood alone in my room with my hands out and eyes open wide, eyebrows raised, not moving for a few seconds until I figured out what to do with myself. In the same moment, he pretended to have something important to say to Jarek and called him into the room. I know that move, though. I've done it before. There was nothing important to be said. It was a cover-up, an instinctual reaction to neutralize the awkwardness and provide some explanation as to why he had the door wide open while he was doing his pre-bed routine.

I'll leave you with that thought. I'll write more later about my Slovakian adventures! How often can you say "yeah...just went to Slovakia for the day. No biggie."

Lots of love and guess what only 9 days fools!