So I've taken a bit of a hiatus from the blogosphere and who knows, maybe no one reads this thing anymore. However, I'm making it a resolution of mine to get all caught up and rehash the details of my past, present and future in SE Asia.
Since I last posted I was able to spend a month back in the US enjoying the amenities, food and luxuries of home. It was so incredible slipping back into a not-so-forgotten time when I spoke English all the time, didn't have to wear baby powder to stop sweating and where snow is a way of life in December. I found it much easier to readjust to life after being away for over a year than I anticipated, well that is to everything except the cold! It was so comforting to know that not a whole lot changed while I was gone and that my family and friends are still the same and still there, in the flesh. After the initial smiles and screams and hugs and more hugs, it was as if I'd never left; it's that kind of stability that gives me the ability to make all these seemingly wild decisions to live and work and travel to places so unfamiliar and different from the stability.
I will say that it was a bit strange coming back to Thailand after being home. I've never really had a place that I've come back to because I live there. It's hard to explain, but it was just a weird feeling getting back to BKK and negotiating with the taxi driver in Thai to show him I wasn't some foreigner that he could rip off, but someone who was coming back to a second home. I had a place to go, an apartment to open, clothes to wash, things to catch up on, people to see and work to do. Yet, much like home, life in Thailand continued without much interruption while I was gone and, much like home, I've found myself slipping back into the routine.
Work is going well and the more I'm there, the more I'm learning and the more comfortable I'm feeling. My apartment is surprisingly clean and I'm happy. I guess that's something I can be thankful for, an ability to find the good things about wherever I am and truly take advantage of the opportunities I've been given...hmm now, where is the next place I can live?! No, I'm kidding-sort of. I still feel like there is some more I can learn from my time over here and I plan to see that out and then move on from there. That's what life's about right? Living and learning...
I really do want to get all of this caught up as I approach the one year anniversary for some of the travel stories! So, please keep reading, commenting and letting me know how you're doing. Thanks for everything and Happy 2011!!
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