First off, I am about as far from a blogger as anyone you could ever meet, as I assume you already know because it's not like I have followers so I'm guesing your a friend, relative or some random person on Facebook that I met years ago, thought you were awesome but now have no recollection of how we met. Either way, thanks for reading!
I am starting this as a way to keep in touch with everyone I love back home as I am on the adventure of a lifetime; teaching English in Thailand. I am also starting this because, as you all know I am te clumsiest person on the planet except maybe Rachel (who if you don't know got stuck on my fence by her pant leg and was face down in the dirt with her legs stuck in the air on a 6 foot fence. IT WAS AWESOME!), and want to fill everyone in on all my OMG and WTF moments that happen. I can assure you there will be many!
Most people have been asking about the flight and how it went, so let me tell you. I leave Sunday, May 3rd in which I almost miss the flight and Kat walks through security like she is a total Bad a** and asks people to let me through because I will miss my flight-thanks Kat! that flight leaves at 5:20, just for your time calculations. I have a layover in Charlotte, easy peasy. Board the Charlotte to NYC flight and fall asleep right away, as it is 10:30 and I'm an old grandma. I wake up and it is 12:15 am which would have been fine except I was supposed to land at 11:57 and we haven't even touched down yet and I have an hour an a half to navigate through freakin' JFK. I MEAN COME ON! Luckily I had stopped by in charlotte to make sure my bags got rerouted to the plane to Bangkok (FML). I get off the plane and full sprint theough this huge airport, which in all honestly is the most sprinting I have done in a long long time. I'm sweaty and panting when I pull up to Cathay airlines. It's 1:10 and my flight is supposed to leave at 1:30 am. HA it gets delayed until 6 am becaus wod mechanical issue. I am stuck in the middle with my knees touching the chair in front of me for unholy amounts of hours. Not only and I smushed by Mother Nature decided to be a huge brat right when I was leaving (sorry boys but really be greatful, cramps suck!) and my stomach was upset. Talk about unfortunate We then have to make a pit stop in Seoul to check the engine-because that is not terrifying.... This makes me and my flying compaion and friend Deirdre miss our connecting flight from Homg Kong to Bangkok. Lucky the airline gave us new tickets for a flight 2 hours later, and we get on that. We finally arrive in Bangkok to a total of approximately 39 hours of traveling and my bags aren't there. ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW?!? So I mosy over to the desk that deals with baggage and fine the sweetest Thai guy every who studied abroad in NYC and he lets me know my bags didn't get on the plane in NEW YORK so I would have to wait a whole day to get them. LOL OKAY. I then go to change my money into Baht and the lady won't take it because some of the money had red smudges on it; at this point I'm just laughing because this would only happen to me. I finally get my money figured out and hop into a taxi with Deirdre and realize we have an hour long ride which went by fast enough. We get to the hotel and it is nice enough but the bed is like sleeping on plywood but hey it's a bed so I fall asleep after my shower in about 3 seconds. We tried street vendors for dinner and yum yum it was delicious. We had pork and rice which sounds safe enough but the lady had half a pig sitting on her cart, pig foot and all so I was expecting to be puking in 10 minutes but no such luck an it was amazing.
We ventured today and it was cool but not at all what I was expecting. It is huge and hot, like Santan's asshole hot (sorry mom for the language but it is necessary and when you get here you will understand). I finally get back to the hotel and my bags have arrived!!!! I could have cried tears of joy, of course I didn't because crying is for suckers and I refuse to get that attached to my teddy Bears that Corey so thoughtfully packed in my bag as a surprise to remind me at home (aww). However, for the finally of wtf baggage travel issues, I had narrowed Corey's bookbag because my suitcase was overweight and the first thing he said about it was " don't lose this, it's been on all 5 deployments with me so keep it safe). Oops all my body wash, half a ginger ale (not sure how that got in there) and all my cough syrup has exploded. I mean seriously the cough syrup had a child proof lock on it which half the time I struggle to open. This means that bag took a serious beating, or someone opened it and just dumped it in the bag, which at this point I would be surprised. Everything is sticky and bright red , including the journal Rachel got me but hey it just adds character right?
So basically anything that could go wrong has gone wrong but hey that's what makes adventure worth while. Any ways it's 12:18 here and orientation starts tomorrow at the crack of dawn so it's bed time, but thanks for reading! Love you guys so much and hope to keep y'all (someone asked me if I was from Texas because of the way I spoke HAHA) updated and I would love to hear from y'all!
Night night
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