Give/Take

Hi,
Our Thursday is winding down and pretty soon we'll be packing the bags for the weekend trip to Bangkok. Today we went to the equivalent of the D.M.V., shopped for books and watched BamBam be a silly dog.
It's amazing that many of you knew the song but not the artist. Denny was first on the block again with the title and the original artist. For those of you who thought The Beatles were the artist, let's just say you have to go back a little. If you're still not sure about the song, here's a little more: "Your love gives me such a thrill, but your love don't pay my bills, I need __ (That's what I want) I need __..." Hint: It's obviously one word and it's a word that drives almost everything around us. Sad but true.
Somehow we got the impression that we needed to renew the registration on the truck this week. Boot, Lisa and I headed out for the Chiang Rai D.M.V. to take care of business. It took a couple of tries just to find the place. I'd been there before but we took a wrong turn and ended up driving a loop around the north side of the city. When we finally arrived we went to the reception desk and a very patient young woman helped us sift through our papers, which were all in Thai, and determined that we had until April 1 to renew. It was a wild goose chase but we got to see a part of town we usually don't see and that was cool. There's a lot of building going on here. It certainly doesn't look like the recession has hit here yet.
This afternoon we went into town so Lisa could find some books for the trip. There's a shop downtown that carries a big selection of books in English. They have a trade-in system and it really helps cut down on the expense of books. The price is high for books in English. While Lisa browsed I went to the 'Record store' to see if a CD I'd ordered had come in. It hadn't but they took my number and they'll call me. I love this small town service.
After Napa had her ballet lesson we were sitting upstairs and BamBam came up with two of her sock toys in her mouth. She'd never done that before. She likes to greet us with a toy but this took the cake. She walked around the room, tripping over one of the socks and finally settled down for a good chew. Every time she comes to our room she sniffs around the area where Daku had been on Tuesday. Next week, when he comes home, things should get interesting.
One of the challenges of going on a trip is packing the bag. Notice I said 'bag'. There is always the temptation to take more than is needed. We figured that if we started with just one bag it might help us be realistic. (Ha)
Have a Pleasant Thursday.

Peace,
Danny

"Blessed are those who can give without
remembering and take without forgetting."
~Elizabeth Bibesco

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