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After school Rew and Leaf picked me up and we went to the swimming pool at the stadium. It was a blast! Rew jumped off the high dive (lowest jump, about a meter and a half) for what I think was the first time. I watched, and was safety and encouragement, and he had a great time. He told me after his parents wouldn’t let him do it because they would be afraid he would drowned, so not ot tell them. I felt good I could safely empower him to be brave, and do such a cool thing. Sometimes its parents jobs to be too safe, and friends jobs to help with taking risks and growing. I dived and jumped off the first and the second (10 feet?) and it was so fun. I had one great feeling dive of the higher one and then stopped while I was ahead. Leaf consideratly bought me a coke. We sat pool side and drank them together. I wouldn’t take it in the pool (I figured that was a global rule,) so he passed me a cap full while I was treding, which was adorable! Paw came, as the sun was going down over the mountains, and Rew showed him he could jump. We jumped “duigan” together.

One of the best things about going to the pool has been that I have gone three times in maybe as many weeks, and each time I can clearly remember how much (little) I could communicated compared to the last time we went. The first time I didn’t even know “swim”. Or “good job”. This time we were making jumping plans, and leaf offered to go buy m a soda and give it to me, and we talked aobut what kind, how much it was, ext.

Paw came to pick us up after and we (all four of us) rode the montercycle home together.
Love, Gigi

p.s. did I ever mention yet my aunts keep bringin home Rhinocerous beetles? They attach them to sticks of sugar cane by tying strings around their horns. A few days ago there were about 10 in our living room. My brothers put them on eahcother to make them fight or make the two backed beetle. Or they swing them in circles by the string attached to their horns until they fly. It’s the kind of pet every thai kid has a least once. Even my Khun Boo (grandfather – super frial) held one no problem.