Maturity

Hi,

Three flights later and we're home. Each flight was unique in its own way, and the dogs gave us a wonderful, warm welcome.

Our 'Easy Monday' tune was "Hotel California", by The Eagles. The 'Summer of Love' song from the road is next. This tune feels just as cool today as it did in '67: "Monday morning feels so bad. Everybody seems to nag me. Comin' Tuesday I'll feel better, even my old man looks good. Wednesday just won't go, Thursday goes too slow, I've got __ __ __ __." Clue: You shouldn't need one, but there's a day of the week involved. (555)

The first flight of our journey was spent in the business cabin. I like to call it 'The Big Chairs'. The service is incredible, and the food is special. We read, slept, and I watched a couple of movies. We use our mileage to upgrade for the long ride home. This time, the return trip from LAX to BKK was an hour shorter because they didn't fly up to the Bering Straits.

After a three hour layover in Taipei, we entered the plane in the 'Elite' section. These are the medium seats, with pretty good food and service. There's more leg room than in economy and that's where we usually travel.

We spent about 7 hours in the Bangkok airport. We got a foot massage and then checked in so we could hang out in the food court near our gate. Even though we slept on the long part of the trip, my head got heavy in the late afternoon. Say 'Hello' to Mr. Lag. The last chapter of the story was with Thai Airways. We went to our gate and realized we had to go down a flight of stairs. Once we were there it was obvious that we would be taking a bus to the plane. At the plane we had to climb a double flight of stairs to enter what turned out to be a giant oven. There was no air/con. As the plane began to fill it got hotter. Everyone was fanning themselves, even the staff. It cooled a little after taking off, and that's when I went to sleep for most of the 1 hour flight.

Our dear friend Tye met us at the Chiang Rai airport with our car. Yes, it felt odd to drive on the other side of the road. I put on the wipers when I changed lanes, right on schedule. The dogs went a little crazy when they first heard us. It took time for them to cool down, but it's nice to know that they missed us that much. Boot made us some food, and now we're slowly unpacking. The whole house is neat and clean, and there are little touches that tell us that Boot wanted our coming home to be special. Daku is finally lying on the floor, just watching.

It's time for Wacky Wednesday.

Peace,
Danny

"Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures
for long-term values."
~Joshua L. Liebman

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