I’m feeling ambivalent today – got lots going through my heart/soul/mind….thought I’d write it down (this is one of the times where having a melancholic mood can derail the day):
1. High – took Dad out in town to shop and enjoy Chiang Mai/Low – Clutch in truck finally bit the dust and I drove home in 2nd gear.
2. High – we leave for a visa trip/vacation on Wednesday/Low – can’t find our ATM card.
3. High – We’re going to New Zealand for a grand total for $900!/Low – Our “kiwi” friends informed me how curvy the roads are there! Agh! (This might be my first vacation where I’m perpetually on Dramamine)
4. High – Someone is here to feed the cats/Low – today one cat didn’t show up for breakfast. We’re down to just Shadow/Extra-low: telling the kids he didn’t come home today after they get home from school.
5. High – Singapore Universal Studios that aformentioned Dad is springing for!/Low-it’s sandwiched between grueling hours at the Thai Embassy so we can get back in the country.
6. High – flying cheaply on United to the U.S./Low – My ticket pimp and brother is laid up with a broken tibula (or whatever) and flights are packed…
7. High – getting to defend my dissertation at 9AM on April 2nd/Low – getting ready for it!
7. High – my husband never really has lows – no corresponding low!
We are in the “get packed for Visa drudgery, New Zealand beauty and nature, Buddy returning home with kids, me flying to US, defending, buying blocks of orange cheese and enjoying an asundry of lovely American wonders for 3 days, dropping Dad off and coming back to Chiang Mai” stage of life.
Dad and the "Family Size" pizza from Pizza & Pasta!
A travel blog is coming up! Stay tuned (we leave to Singapore on Wednesday, so I’m sure by Thursday night I will have something to say about immigration procedures and uber-clean Singapore) And more than anything – pray. Any number of strings could unravel a lot..we love you all.
Jen