February 17, 2006

What a week. I have officially completed my first year of teaching at the collegiate level. YAY! We still have juries but that'll fun. I get nervous for my students..anyway, things are winding down and I love it! I can't believe I have a summer vacation. Last year we didn't get a break b/c we moved here right after finals. Teaching rocks for the summer vacations!

We have a busy weekend planned..lots of errands to do. The foot massage place downstairs rocks my world right now. We've been twice in a week and I want to go again this weekend. I actually fell alseep during my last one. She probably stopped working until I woke up again..haha.

The weather here is getting hot! The humidity is up around 90% and it'll get higher through April. The a/c broke at school today which didn't help matters. I can't believe it though..I liked it much better when it was dry. April is the hottest month here and coincidentally enough, there is a huge water festival that happens in the middle of April. I guess everywhere you go, you get soaked with water! How fun is that! I may go to Chaing Mai in the North for the festival, or go into Bangkok with friends. I think it'll be so fun to see..and experience.

Dave and I were supposed to go to Chaing Rai this weekend. It's located at the intersection of Laos (pronounced Lao), Burma (technically Myannmar) and Thailand (called the golden triangle). I guess there are still hilltribes that export local products. I think there are several "tour" companies where you can trek to the villages but I think they're really invasive. I suppose tourism supports their economies but I think I would feel like going to a zoo...staring and looking..like I was intruding. It makes me feel uncomfortable....especially since I'm not a tourist here. Not that they'd know that..anyway. We had to cancel b/c there's too much to do this weekend. Lame huh. Well, we do live here so I guess we can go whenever we want. SCORE.

Hope everyone has a nice weekend...oh, I have a new baby cousin!! Her name is Grace! YAY!