Deeds

Hi,

Our Chiang Rai weather was pretty mellow over the weekend.  That is, if you call high temps and humidity mellow.  No big storms, no drama, just sticky.

The ‘Old School Friday’ song was “It’s All Right” by Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions.  ‘Easy Monday’ will be easy, I promise: “Hey, have you ever tried, really reaching out to the other side?  I may be climbing on rainbows, but baby here goes.  Dreams are for those who sleep, life is for us to keep.  And if you’re wondering where this song is leading to, I want to __ __ __ __…”  Hint:  Singer wants a relationship.  Group name is a major part of a sandwich.

Saturday morning it was back to The Wanderer for the usual mid-morning fare.  JaiDee was his usual cordial self, starting to make friends with new staff members.  There have been a lot of changes at The Wanderer since the virus.  First there was the shut down, then the sparse reopening, and now the slow rebuild.  It’s smaller, which is better for the staff, and little improvements are all noticeable to us since we’ve been there through the whole thing.  What can I say; we’re big fans of the people, the concept, and the woods.

Sunday was a very active day for us.  I had an online meeting in the morning, so Lisa, Cat and JaiDee went to The Wanderer.  Then all of the humans went to Chivit Thamma Da where we met with 12 more people for a big lunch.  It was wild.  Our friends Sandy and Ady have been in town, visiting from Krabi, and it was a way for a little get together over food.  Our friend Lisa was there with her dog Duke, as well as Caty and the twins.  After lunch everyone came to our house to see the dogs, the art and give JaiDee and Duke a chance to play.  The girls kept the dogs quite busy on the lawn, and then the dogs did their own thing.  Duke is now 4.5 months old and huge.  The last time JaiDee saw him, he was a 10 week old puppy.  They had a ball, wrestling and biting and rolling around.  It was just was JaiDee needed, a playdate.

Today we took the van back to Suzuki for an engine mount replacement.  Did the same walk as last week, down Bus Station Street, taking in the little shops and having coffee.  We got back early and the work was done.  So nice to deal with a small dealership that has very little ‘traffic’.  When we had the Toyota, it could sometimes take half a day for a simple operation.

The second adventure today was a trip to Immigration.  We just needed information about the timing of our visa renewals and my passport renewal.  So many forces converging, but it turns out we can do what we need to do without any problems.  It’s such a relief, since nothing is going swiftly during the pandemic.  Government offices are operating with smaller staffs, which means that services take longer to perform, if at all in some cases.  Everybody is getting that things take longer and there seems to be an effort to get through it together.  In fact there’s a little scrolling message on my phone, next to the providers name that says: ‘Better Together’.  Nice.

Have a Great Week.

                      Peace,

                                Danny

“Great acts are made up of small deeds.”

~Lao Tzu