Time to add a new post so we don't have to see that freaky picture of Mark's back everytime it loads up! Mark and I were really busy the past week because it was an "EXERCISE EXERCISE EXERCISE" week... that meant 12 hour days (14 if you count the transit from home-work and work-home with no taxis, yikes!). It was a looong week full of sweat. It's way too humid here. It almost seems pointless to shower because as soon as you step outside, you're soaked in your own sweat. Try that with about 40 extra lbs. of chem gear on. Luckily, Mark and I somehow managed to escape actually putting on the gasmask while out in the heat. But we did do it in our airconditioned building at work. We'll have to take some pictures of us in all of our gear sometime for you guys back at home.

But now to the juicy stuff... About a week ago, a bunch of people at work were trying to think of a fundraiser idea for our flight. One of the ideas they came up with was "hey! let's see how much money we can raise to get some guys on flight to shave their heads! Mark, how much would it take to get you to shave your head?". And Mark scoffed and said "yeah right, like $1,000". (everyone else had been throwing numbers like $50 and $100 out there). Soooo, it turned out that people really wanted to see what Mark looks like bald, because they somehow managed to raise $1,000 in about 3 hours! Crazy, huh? By the way, I have never seen Mark get so panicked as he did when the number was up to about $400 in 10 minutes. His face was bright red... and Mark doesn't really turn red for anything! But for his hair.... geez.

The crowd cheered "shave the pretty boy!" as this went on....
A few of the other guys at work also agreed to get their heads shaved too. Maybe they felt bad for Mark.