And.... she's back!

Your dubiously-faithful blogger has returned. And is currently at work. On a Saturday. Which somehow just feels very, very wrong. I am drinking an iced latte though, which can right nearly any wrong, thanks to the strange, out-of-place Starbucks-esque yuppy coffee shop in town run by my Thai teacher and her family. Speaking of Thai lessons - namely mine - it's not going so hot. Somehow, in the period of four short weeks of cable TV, Mexican food and The South, I have managed to forget at least half of the 23 words of Thai I was up to before I left. Sad. Friends, it has gotten very bad. I struggled to remember the response to "how are you?". This morning, when I attempted to order my coffee and tell him to make it "extra hot", I apparently asked the poor barista to "heat the goat very hot". Oh well. My trip home though has done something for my language, apparently. My friends pointed out yesterday that I had used "y'all" in at least 11 sentences over the course of the day. Oh my.

Sadly, my creative method of procrastination is not getting me out of work any quicker today. I will leave you all, to your exciting Friday nights and restful Saturdays. I just wanted to assure you all that I have returned from the Land of Plenty and am thrilled, no - happy... no - content. Yes, content - to be back to my cute, gritty little border town of Mae Sot. Home of refugees, small small English, Buddhist parades, gem smugglers and really good Pad Thai. Being home with my family and friends was amazing, and it was hard to leave everyone, but I still have so much I want to do here, and so much more I want to learn... like Thai. Stay tuned for exciting stories from home - or at least pictures.