5.24.12

Thailand.

I don’t know what I was expecting. For some reason I had it in my mind that BKK would be some sort of backwards airport with chaos and livestock. I know, I know. That’s ignorant. In fact, it is a very modern, very large and quite beautiful airport.

The whole flight from Singapore I was worried that they wouldn’t let me in the country. I didn’t have an address to put on my arrival card (which I had completely forgotten that I would have to fill out). My mind kept flashing back to when I went to England the last time and was basically threatened by the customs officer that I had better leave the country at the end of my two week stay… Continue reading →

5.22.12

It felt like spending the night in a B&B. Last night in Colorado. Last night in my parents’ house.

It still doesn’t feel real. I am moving, literally, to the other side of the world. I just did it. I quit my job, I bought a ticket, I packed up my stuff. Done. I don’t think that it will hit me as a reality until I have been in Thailand for more than a couple weeks.

I went to see my brother and his pride the evening before I left. Although this was the third or fourth time that I had said goodbye to them, it felt the most real. When I think about it, I realize that my youngest niece, Lillian Joy, won’t even know who I am when I come back. And it’s entirely possible that I could have two or three more “niecephews” by the time I return… Continue reading →