Happy Birthday to me!! (the accidental tickle story)

So I got to spend my 29th birthday with little orphans in the middle of a township in south africa! Wow. It's tough not being with family and friends on special days like your birthday but if this trip has taught me anything it is that life isn't about me! HA, did you all know that! No, but really, being able to give my time and energy on my birthday was a neat gift. I still will need a LaRoses fix, hint hint, to anyone who wants to chip in for my b-day present when I get home! ;) No but I did have a nice bowl of yogurt and some meusli, so it's all good. Amy gave me her Pepsi light and a beautiful card and I couldn't ask for more! Got lot's of Happy Birthday's on facebook and some very sweet e-mails (Chad) and I did get a birthday day tickle. OK I'll explain. . . so basically the main move with these kiddos is the tickle. They laugh - it's great. So for three days straight you are constantly tickling little kids to make them laugh and yada yada yada. So Amy and I are the others are sitting at our table in our tiny kitchen at the orphanage and Amy is talking to me and then all the sudden she moves in with a pointed finger right to my side. I dodge the side and then she goes for under the arm. This all happened w/in seconds and I was kind of like, why is she tickling me? This isn't something we normally do. Then Amy catches herself and starts to laugh and we all start to laugh, realizing that all you do all day is tickle and the tickle reaction spilled over into non-tickle time adult world! HA. We had a good laugh over it. The accidental tickle. We are even closer now than we were before thanks to the kids. If you don't think that's funny, well I don't know what is! Thanks for all the Birthday wishes! Much love . . . Amanda