A Mystery Solved!

I finally found out how to get a hold of the calendars I see everywhere of HM. Apparently, banks give them away. Now I have to see how many banks I can visit in the next seven days! I think it's interesting that banks distribute these, free of charge to people. There's a lot there to think about. I'm going back to the market tomorrow and perhaps I will find some pink shirts. (I've seen so many variations, including ones with the king playing his saxophone. I hesitate to ask people I don't know about their shirts, however, because I don't want to offend them.)

I visited a museum at my mom's university. It was a very interesting mix of displays. The main display was in honor of the Crown Princess, but much of the rest was about the history of missionaries in Thailand. I found this really weird until I remembered that the university had originated as a missionary run hospital. I also found some helpful books in the library. It was a very satisfying day!

I've been thinking about the pictures I've been taking. I've had requests for more pictures of Chiang Mai itself. I have to confess, I hadn't even thought about taking pictures of "normal" things here. I thought it would bore people, until I realized that actually, the every day that would be interesting to someone who'd never seen it before. And I guess, I want to capture these things for myself as well. I only have a week left, and of course the inevitable countdown has started in my head. I've been balking at taking pictures in our muubaan (neighborhood) because I don't want to think about leaving yet. But at the same time, I've started thinking about getting back to PA and getting excited about settling back in there. It's nice to be excited about going back to the States. It'll make this last week much easier.