You know, I want to blog, I really do. I think about my blog, sitting here, lonely and silent, reaching out to all of the people who have given up hope of ever reading a new post. And I even create little blogs in my mind. But actually getting past work, past personal emails and onto this site, actually getting the blog to upload, resizing the photos, and posting the whole thing is way more work that I am interested in. I blame it on the rain. The never ceasing rain. And the server that keeps crashing at work. And the stupid internet cafes that are closed now in the evenings and on weekends because the tourists have all fled from the ridiculous amount of water pouring from the sky. Again, it comes around to the rain.
Ooops. Laura, ha ha, just kidding. No rain, all sun. Please don't cancel your plane tickets. I am sure that by mid-May we'll be back to pure sunshine and happiness!
So, do you think it is better to take bucket showers but know that there is a possibility that at any moment you will have hot water from the tap or to just give up and rent a house with cold water showers but constant water flow? You would think, with all of the rain God has provided, that my water tank would be overflowing. But it isn't. And the water from the street appears to not be flowing to my house at all. Today someone came to look at the situation and with a few turns of some knobs near the sidewalk had the water flowing once again. I SWEAR I have turned those knobs the same way every day, even while praying for water, and nothing has happened. It was definitely a conspiracy. They turned on the water at some neighborhood water factory right before coming to see me and then "oh so miraculously" turned it on at my house while mocking me. I am not amused. And then, as soon as they left, the water flow from the street went out again. Who can possibly navigate this strange, there is so much water in the streets that we could actually swim along the ditches but no water could possibly be routed to your house, system of water allottment?
Now I am actually running late to a meeting while trying to blog. And I haven't covered my trip to Cambodia (amazing), the arrival of an absolutely giant box of Easter candy from a friend in the States (yum-am trying not to eat it all since it is destined for small needy Burmese children but I can't help myself around bunny shaped marshmallows!), Jeremy's departure (torturous-I hate goodbyes), my puppy's early death at the hands of an evil driver (the week of mourning following accounts for my silence on the blog site after returning from Cambodia), my recent UNICEF workshop which has revealed to me just the level of inexperience I am dealing with on my team-but also the exciting new plans we have for the project, my addiction to Gray's Anatomy as seen on my laptop computer since someone forgot to pay my cable bill this month, or my possible job options.
Hmmm. I can't do much more than this right now. So I promise to try a bit harder to get on here in the coming days. And I have resized the Cambodia photos so prepare yourself for Amanda + Jeremy + temples temples temples. :)
Love from Bang Niang.
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