“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again.” – Andre Gide
I am so happy and grateful for Aing and Manow for taking care of our house and cats whilst we were away. Aing is a responsible friend who we can trust and it is by chance that we met when I advertised free English lessons for uni students and she was one of only a couple who responded. I’m also still in contact with the other, K.P., so that was a worthwhile chance to take at the time.
Everyone was asking me why I wasn’t drawing pictures of Amy, so I thought I’d prepare a little surprise for our 11th wedding anniversary. I started with one of us together and then ones with Amy and one of her friends. I then sent these digitally to her friends and asked them all to send them back to Amy digitally today. It was fun to plan all this and it got me a lot of practice with sketching.
Gratitude Journal
I am so happy and grateful for the TV in our hotel room last night. The porter switched it on when bringing in our bags and I thought it was weird to turn on the TV. As I was waiting for Amy I switched channels by total coincidence they had the ABC Channel and the Swans game was being shown live. I managed to watch the first half before we had to go out for dinner.
I am so happy and grateful for the electricity at our hotel. Not something that you would normally think about but as it became so intermittent in the last couple of days I was relieved when it came back and I could poop and shower. And aircon! Could we have survived without it?
I am so happy and grateful to the boat driver yesterday who took us around to snorkelling locations and to a quiet beach to eat lunch – he showed us many things and I could feel he was a good person despite not being able to understand each other’s languages. He picked up garbage wherever he could despite knowing that it’s a losing battle and the only way to fix it would make him jobless.
I am so happy and grateful to the hotel driver who met us at the beach to take us back to the hotel. I noticed him immediately because he was wearing a Sid Vicious T-shirt! Today he’s wearing an Anthrax shirt. He looks like a dodgy skinny local but is, in fact, very nice – to us anyway.
I am so happy and grateful for following Amy last night and her convincing me to go to The Library in Hat Yai. The cocktails here were fantastic and despite not wanting to drink I decided to go for it and enjoyed many delicious cocktails and had a lot of fun.
I am so happy and grateful for my iPad – I can read comics and books and right now I’m watching Sydney v Richmond at the MCG. It’s a replay and I know Sydney won but it’s great to be able to watch us play so well.
I am so happy and grateful for a nice long refreshing sleep. So deep I don’t remember any dreams – still sleepy now with eyes unable to focus properly. Time to do a little exercise and shake the cobwebs loose.
Kim Chi was acting strangely last night, looking scared and hiding herself away. This morning she didn’t show up at breakfast time and by 11.30 Amy and I were both starting to worry as we leave tomorrow morning for 5 days.
Finally, Amy found he hiding behind our long grass outside our gate. I quickly saw that she had a big, clean hole as a wound in her side so we had to bundle her up and take her straight to the vet where she will have to stay until we get back. They said that the wound was not infected but just needed to be cleaned and checked daily.
In balance I think animals bring more joy than worry but as you get more the potential for problems seems to increase. I still like the idea of a dog but I’m not sure of the wisdom of having one.
I am so happy and grateful for this to be the last day of school and now I can enjoy 4 weeks away from there. I’ve enjoyed teaching this year and I’m grateful to everyone I have worked with there.
A nice way to end the school year. Reading, drinking coffee, visiting Matt, collecting marijuana which made my car smell fabulous, reading some more, taking Cap to the vet, teaching Maeve, playing guitar and now I’m going inside to watch YouTube and read some Mo Yan and comics. Tired and happy.
Weight: 78.0kg
Resting heart rate: 56
Gratitude Journal
I am so happy and grateful for the fan in our bedroom last night. Our aircon stopped working so all we had was the fan. Luckily it was enough and even I woke up feeling cold. Without it though would have been very uncomfortable. That fan will have more work to do as we don’t know when we can get the aircon fixed.
Today was a good day. I felt calm and enjoyed being at school even with not many other people around. Champ complimented me on my lesson plans today too – it’s nice to get some positive feedback on your work.
I also found out that next semester I will be teaching the same classes as this semester. That’s kind of nice though I may have to find new approaches to the two classes who are not so good. Anyway, it’s a good challenge.
Tomorrow is our last day for a month and I’m looking forward to this time off.
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