Thought

Hi,
Here's what I know: There are gekos in the hotel. We'd seen one somewhere else, but last night we saw one by the elevator. It scampered up the wall and just hung out on the ceiling. They're a common sight, and a welcomed one since they eat bugs. Nature's exterminator. Hmm, the natural order of things I guess. Anyway, it's just a trip seeing little yellow lizards hanging about. One more thing, we don't hear sirens. We heard one for the first time today, in the traffic, but it's a rare sound.
It's raining again tonight. It was nice all day and then at rush hour, Blam! the rains came hard. We ate in the hotel for the first time (for dinner). More on that later. I just wanted to mention the rain as an intro to these lines:
"...crying's not for me, 'cause I'm never gonna stop the rain by complainin', because I'm free, nothing's worryin' me."
Any hints I could give you would void the whole process and give you the obvious answer. Think about it.
Today, Thursday, was a special day. We went out yesterday with our new driver friend, Supat, to look at houses. We drove through many neighborhoods, and discovered that right off main roads, it looked just like the countryside. Hmm. He called us later in the evening and said he may have found a house. Well, we went to see it today and feel in love. It's the house we'd rent for a year. Lots of beautiful wood, concrete block walls painted redish-brown, Thai-style architecture and lots of lush green yard space. It has three bedrooms (one is huge), and two bathrooms. One is Western (needs a bathtub) and one is Thai (will try to explain later). Hmm, can you say 'compromise?' Also, there is just a Thai kitchen, witch is very different from what we're used to. We had Supat take us to Jen's tractor store for a little more discussion. We returned to the house in the afternoon with Jen and Pui. We had heard that Jen was a tough negotiator and we got to witness her doing her thing. We'll know in a few days if we get the house, but it looks real good right now.
Now that you know almost all our business, what in the world are you up to. We don't have much drama to feed off of, which is great, but it would still be nice to know what your life is like, in that States, in the L.A. heat.... Can't promise I'll answer right away, there's so much to do here. Trips to Big C, testing coffee, shopping for appliances, the night bazaar, etc.
The rain has stopped, and I'm feeling like going out to the little store and getting something. Don't know what, but I'm out of cookies and I haven't located the little rice cake dessert that brought me all the way here.
Have a Thrilling Thursday.

Peace,
Danny

"Both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought.
Napoleon Hill


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