Hi,
Well, no snow storm today, just hot and sunny. There is a giant silver thing in the kitchen, and a small silver thing upstairs. Manuals are in Thai. What?
The ‘Easy Monday’ song was “What The World Needs Now”, by Dionne Warwick. ‘Zany Day’ is next and it’s old:
“[Spoken] Is she really going out with him? Well, there she is, let’s ask her. Betty, is that Jimmy’s ring you’re wearing? Mm-hmm…. By the way, where’d you meet him? [Sung] I met him at the candy store, he turned around and smiled at me. You get the picture (yes, we see). That’s when I fell for __ __ __ __ __.” Clue: I couldn’t write in the sound of a motorcycle, but it’s in there. She fell for a boy from the wrong side of the tracks, as they used to say.
There is something bizarre about delivery days. It never works out as planned, but it works. Our refrigerator was to be delivered between 10am and 12n. The truck arrived at 9:15am. We hadn’t emptied the old one yet, so while they unwrapped the new one, we went to work. Many of the delivery teams are husband and wife. Today’s lovely couple worked very efficiently. When it came time to bring the box inside, they actually carried it up the small steps and into the kitchen. After the set up we were told to wait 3 hours before plugging it in, and after that it would be cold in 4 hours. It worked and the food is cold and there’s lots of space.
By the sound of things from across the river, there’s a party goin’ on, and it’s going all week. Most of the time I don’t hear it, but when I do, it’s only part of the sound and that can be maddening. Last night they didn’t stop until midnight. Thump, thump, thump, etc. I don’t want to go over there, but I’m curious about how many people are out there in the cool night air on a week-night. There apparently doesn’t seem to be a reason not to go out. Things are different here and free music and fun are a natural attraction.
This afternoon we went to Central Plaza to get Lisa a new laptop. We couldn’t solve the mysterious behavior of the old one so we opted to end the craziness and visit iBeat, our local Apple Store. Now we’re sitting here trying to get information from the old one onto the new one. It’s complicated and may take some heroic research to find a solution. Technology can be wonderful and frustrating.
This evening we had dinner with our friend Rachel, who lives in the states and is the the president of The Sold Project. She has known Cat since the very beginning of her ’Sold’ experience and they are very close. We learned more about some of the recent developments and the continuing progress of the project. The project just received ‘foundation’ status here in Thailand and that will open the door to new sources of funding, which will allow for more children to benefit from SOLD.
I seem to be making progress with my dietary adventure. Today I had some spinach along with my chicken at lunch. That was a first. It’s a very slow process of adding a new food item every few days. If it doesn’t bother me then we add it to the list of menu possibilities. I miss going out to Sawadee in the Night Bazaar, but I don’t miss the pain from a tasty meal. I find myself looking for recipes based on the ‘Specific Carbohydrate Diet’, which is designed to promote intestinal healing. There, that’s enough medical talk.
Today’s photo was taken in our front yard. In the foreground is our new tree, and behind it, a cousin. In a few years we’ll have a whole new look for this corner of the yard. One cool thing about these trees is their lack of leaves, and therefore, nothing to rake up (555). We have two older ones in the back and they are wonderful.
Time for Wacky Wednesday.
Peace,
Danny
What we love determines what we seek,
what we seek determines what we think and do,
what we think and do determines what we become.”
~Uchtdorf
Gettin' Funky, Thai Style
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