I finally did it!

I am such a procrastinator - it feels like sin now. I realize its not something that is going to be redeemed, now that I am in my 30's, so I accepted the fact that I am a natural born procrastinator. But it does not soften the feeling of being "bad" when I lay things off. Like what you ask? Well, like this blog for one. I have wanted to chronicle my thoughts, actions and the parts of my life that are ok to be public for yonks!, but kept putting it off. So here I am ..... and I think this blog is going to mostly be about Thailand, and my adventures here. I arrived September 6th. We found out in March 2008 that we were moving. The anticipation had been so high that when Mike called me that one afternoon (which was not a common thing to do) I knew we had orders to move. I took the news negatively, and had to be calmed down when I went off into one of my tirades. Shamefully, I had to look up as to where Thailand was exactly on the map. I set my expectations low, and have been pleasantly surprised how that meter went up some when I settled. I had the headache of getting the house ready for rent, closing down the child care business, graduating and other stresses. He had to leave early, and before that he had to leave for training so I was left with a list of things to do. I did not believe I would get through it. I honestly thought I was going to go mad. Moving within borders is a headache, but try moving overseas - that is a migraine! What to take? What not to take? What to sell? Who will buy this oversized vehicle? (Someone did!) and shots! and passports! and trainings to attend! (I did not go to them), and all this stuff that suddenly was in the "urgent" pile. When I finally got on that plane I had to blink and start breathing because I had forgotten how.

Being on the plane was a nightmare on its own. I am not great with flying. The children whom I feared would cause me to swallow the Benadryl medicine were actually good. The youngest one slept when it was time to sleep; sat in his seat when he was supposed to, and ate when he was supposed to. My daughter was a great help, and was little Ms. Independent. Though when my son was awake he talked a storm about everything. New mothers out there arm yourselves with knowledge because once the whys? come in you will have to know the answers. For surely to lie to their innocent faces would be awful. So there we were on the plane to Bangkok. Excited. Nervous and tired. I had cut my hair earlier in the week so I was sporting my new hairstyle trying to keep it looking pristine so when the hubby saw me he would be reminded never to leave me again - now try doing that with what? 16 hours in flight or less than that? Head up. Hair in place etcetra. LOL.

Next day at our new apartment (which raised the bar a notch on my scale of what to expect in Bangkok) we hung around, and then took a gander outside the vicinity and to one of the Malls. Yes, one of the Malls. Who would think so many Malls existed in one place and were all accessible in minutes? Some are grand with stores whose names we pronounce well, but prefer not to go in. Some have items of interest, and others we associate with in terms of price. But such an array of stores. We had our first Thai meal in Thailand. Mike has always been for spicy food, and I could see he had already adapted to the local food. It was good though. We took in sights, and sound, and ......crowds. I also took in the fact that I was one of the few dark skinned people, ok! tanned is more like it... amongst a sea of very fair looking people. The girls are pretty. They are tiny. They are fashionable. Did not notice the males much. Are there more women than men in this city? Hmmm. Anyways we took it all in. More on Bangkok and my travels later. I am glad to be on finally.