Day 2 in Iran

ay 2
So, I went to bed last night about...12AM here? Something like that. I woke up at...4, maybe 5? Because I had to
pee sooooo bad! I have been drinking too much tea and I have been in and out of the bathroom constantly, haha.
Anywho, I was just kinda laying there for a while thinking. I finally got bored, grabbed my Harry Potter book,
and sat by the window and read with the lighting from the sunrise. After that, Baba woke up and we talked
a little bit. Then everyone else began waking up and we started getting ready for the day. I took my
first shower here, and let me tell you...nothing like home, at all! Like I said, the shower is on the
same floor as the regular bathroom. The water was really clean, so it reacted wonderfully on my hair, lol.
After everyone got ready, my Aunt, my cousin, Mehdi, and dad went to the Bazaar.
Once we arrived at the Bazaar, we walked around outside looking before it got really hot. While we were
walking, people kept staring at me :/ everyone could tell I was a foreigner because of my light colored skin.
Also probably because of the way my hair was, but I can't help part of it, because it's so thick! Haha. We
finally went inside and there was SO much jewelry. I cannot wait to go forreal shopping there. There were so
many beautiful things, and the amazing thing is that it's REALLY cheap...for them, not, but for Americans in
US Dollars, very cheap. Baba and my Aunt started getting tired, so we left and my cousin and aunt got my dad
and me ice cream. Today I had real ice cream haha, my dad had that weird looking stuff again. It smells really
weird and tastes like lime...ew :/ Anywho! Once we did that, I found out we were going to my cousins RIGHT after
and I forgot to bring an extra shirt. So we went back inside and found some small clothing stores and I bought
a really cute shirt :) only 7 dollars! The only thing bad about it is this one part of it is on from hot glue,
so I bet it'll probably fall off, but in other words, cute! Stephanie will love it because it's purple. OH! Did I
mention? One size fits all :) yaaay!
We left and went to my cousin, Muchgan(sp?) so we could have lunch. I was big chillin with her two daughters
Tara and Taranoom. They showed me their room, which was very cute! It had those light covering things that
change the color of your room. I always thought those were fascinating. Then they showed me that they play
instruments. Tara plays piano and Taranoom plays violin. After they showed me that, they showed me pictures, and
I thought it was really funny, because they had a picture from Thanksgiving or Christmas from whenever I was like
10! It made me excited lol. Once we did that, we watched some Mr. Bean and then my Aunt Ozra came and my cousin
Sahroosh and his wife...uhh...I can't remember her name, I'll write more about her later..I think we're hanging
out later. Anywhooo! We ate..and I saw it was fish :/ ew, but my dad told Muchgan that I don't eat fish! So she
made me chicken! Yayy! After that, we all sat around and were just talking. I was impressed at how well some people
spoke English! I was talking to Sahroosh, and he was telling me how he's finding fun things for us to do, and I am
excited! I love playing with the younger kids, but I like the older ones too :) after that, Ozra and Sahroosh and his
wife left. Everyone was still talking, and I began getting uber sleepy, so they let Baba and me take a nap.
After sleeping for 3 hours, we woke up and went back into the living room and Tara, Taranoom, Mehdi, and I played
some more Spades. I think I am slowly getting the hang of it. Afterwards, they showed me some card tricks, and then
I taught them how to play ERS! They LOVED it! I was like "Do you guys want to learn a game we play in America?" Their
eyes widened and were like YESS! It was adorable, haha! So i taught them and we played for a very long time. They caught
on fast and LOVEDDD it! We left and came back to my other aunt's house (Ame Narges) and we all continued playing
there. After a bit, my Aunt Farideh, her husband, and children, Teena and Parnian came. Parnian is about 20 something,
she was very nice. They were so excited to see me! It's so adorable how they come up and kiss my cheek and are so
excited. She played with us some, and then they all had to leave except Mehdi. Once they left, I changed, we just
ate some, and we're just big chillin. Everyone is watching the World Cup at the moment.
So one thing that I find very interesting I have noticed about the men. Here, the older men are very...umm...
demanding? I guess? Idk, I see them more as controlling..but the younger they get, the more they don't. My
older cousin's husbands are controlling I can tell, but Sahroosh, was very kind and wasn't at all. I was telling
my dad how I noticed that and only him and my Amu Abaas are the only older men that aren't as demanding as the other
men. I am so glad that Baba isn't that bad, lol. It makes my life easier.
Well, I am going to go read. I'll write about tomorrow, tomorrow! :)

Shayda :)