My school has closed for 5 days for an outbreak of Hand Foot Mouth Disease! Every December/January I get so jealous when I hear of schools back home getting snow days. I lived for snow days when I was in school. Finally we get the equivalent. Well, maybe a flood would be the SE Asian equivalent. But I'll take anything!
So I first thought about skipping town and going to the beach for several days. But I decided to stick around and stock up on some bonus time. I'll need the bonus time since I've bought the airline tickets to go home in April. Have I mentioned I'm coming? I found great tickets on Kuwait Air, of all airlines. Round trip from Bkk to NY for under $900! (The flight stops in Kuwait, isn't that cool!) So I fly into NY on April 26 and return on May 16. I'm really excited to come home in the spring! It's the hottest time of year here so I'm thrilled to leave Bkk. I never thought I would leave since we don't have enough time off work to go far. But since I'm attending a particular wedding (!!!!) I'm taking the time off work. My visit will be short so I may not be able to see some of you. I'm really sad about that, I really want to see all of you! But I'll likely be back again in a year or so. Then I'll be able to come for a longer period and see everyone. I would really love to come in the fall with the crisp air and brilliant colors.
Speaking of trees, there's a particular tree at school that drops grape-sized seeds for about a week each year. It was just last week. The seeds fall about 15-20 feet. That's not very far but they sure come down hard and splat the ground good. I got hit in the head several times and one even stained my shirt. The ground looked like we got raided. I caught one of my students about to eat one that landed in the sand pit. I'm glad it only lasts a week. I guess it could be worse, it could've been a mango tree. A mango could really knock someone out.
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