I meant to post this for almost a week now, but every day would contain something new to include which usually caused me to postpone sitting down at a computer. I even tried on my phone a few times, yet unsuccessfully!
I'll start with the most recent and work backward:
Saturday I ran errands with my housemate, Ekk. One of the to-do items on a list was to buy me a new scooter! Guess what... didn't happen. I'm not sure how many times I've gone to a shop to be told they're out of stock of what I want or I'm lacking one more criteria for a foreigner to purchase a motorbike. The origin of my problem is I'm trying to finance it instead of dropping a lot of cash at once. Looks like paying for it at once will be the simplest option, so I'm going to wait until the timing is right. Also, while we were out, we went to a mall to get a few things. Well, Saturday was a big holiday, Children's Day, and as you could imagine, the malls were packed. We were in a truck rather than on a motorbike, so we decided to avoid the nightmare of parking and navigating around the mall and parked on a back street instead. Walking to the mall, I smelled the most delicious aroma. In Thailand you either smell delicious food, pollution/exhaust, or raw sewage. I looked at Ekk and said, "What's that smell?" "You hungry?" he asked. "I definitely am now!" So we had some amazing beef soup before embarking on the rest of the way to the mall. After we got home, I ended up falling asleep for five or so hours (hence not posting this yesterday).
Friday was a fun day. To celebrate Children's day, the foreign teachers at my school hosted a "science day" at school and the Thai teachers had games. We got to dress semi-casually (every other day it's shirt-and-tie for me), we basically played with the kids, and it was only a half day! We returned that night for a New Year and Thank You party for the teachers. I won 400 baht (about $13.33, or two days wages for some staff at the school) and a rice cooker and steamer! The night was filled with prizes, some games, and performances from teachers. The foreign teachers had a skit prepared, but we didn't perform.
Thursday, I believe, my sisters confirmed that they purchased tickets (there were some problems a couple days earlier with the purchase going through completely.) So they will be landing February 2! They'll be here less than two weeks, and I'll be working most of the time, but I'll take what I can get. I finally get to share this part of my heart with my family. I tried to verbalize it before, but now they get to experience it firsthand.
I started working out again and trying to eat healthy. Not having a routine really hurt me, and then the one that developed wasn't good. I'm glad to get back into a healthy lifestyle. I'm a little sore from a couple days ago, but it's the good kind of soreness, the one that carries a sense of accomplishment. and This morning I bought so home-made peanut butter from a friend!
I'll end this post here. I'm making another post immediately after this one. It will have more words AND pictures. I'm breaking it up into two posts because I don't want to make it so long that it will bore you.
Peace,
Derek
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