Reasons to Laugh

In life, there are two types of moments worth living for: heart-touching moments that want to make you cry, and moments when you laugh so hard, you cry, and you almost pee your pants.

The following are the latter.

1. On the airplane to Bucharest talking to Catalin, the Romanian guy. 

Catalin: (finishes talking about his work, his family, his life) "So what about you? What are you?" (Grab my hand) "Besides white?"

2. At the kindergarten reviewing animals in English and discussing whether or not the kids had seen certain animals.

Hannah: Has anyone here seen a dog?

Kids: (most raise their hand)

Hannah: Has anyone seen a hamster?

Kids: (two raise their hand)

Hannah: Has anyone seen a tiger?

Kids: (no one raises their hand) No! You no see a tiger!

Hannah: I did! I did see a tiger- at the zoo! Has anyone here been to the zoo?

Kids: (obviously not knowing what a zoo was) No!

Hannah: I did! I saw a orange tiger, and a white tiger!

Kid: No. Tigers are only orange.

3. Carley talking to orphanage worker about how we have to be home by 8 at night.

Worker: What? You're adults? Are you going to Catholic school?

Carley: Pretty much. It's called BYU.

4. Chloe bought this neon pink tulle at a thrift store.

5. We went out to eat some traditional Romanian ciorba (soup) and we all ordered mystery soup pretty much, because it was in a different language. Mine was good with chicken and veggies. Carley's tasted like warm sour cream with tasteless grey floaties that had the consistency of way overdone shrimp. We all leerily tried a little, but Carley was afraid to keep going, so we left the bowl mostly full and went home and googled it. Google translate goes directly to "belly soup" and the restaurant menu went to "tripe soup"- from the stomach linings in a sheep or cow. We kept laughing. Classic language barrier.

6. Sunday dinner. Madeline and I were frying delicious bread for bruchetta with fancy olives, and I had a little too much fun bringing out the warm bread, so we played up the waitressing role with a napkin on the head. :)

7. Elevator. Because squishing 5 girls in a 2.5 by 3 foot sketchy Romanian elevator with doors that open inwards and you have to hold shut so the elevator doesn't get stuck was the funniest thing that happened all day.

8. Kinder surprises. Chocolate so smooth you die, with little toys inside. Enough to make college girls excited about plastic robots. :)

 9. Scented toilet paper. That's right. Our butts smell like peaches.

10. Mentioning you are interested in Romanian dancing, and having a Relief Society sister stand up and teach you right then and there on the spot by singing the traditional music herself. :)

11. Delicious options in the meat section.

Turkey Kidneys: 

 Turkey... make a guess:

 And turkey hearts:

It's a good time. :)