In between

The weather is lovely. I may be one of the only ones who loves the sunshine and humidity!

Last week I went to visit Baby Sister in New Jersey. I learned some very valuable things. One, always turn on your away message in your email. Two, I need a GPS. I need verbal directions. I carefully wrote out the way I needed to go and got to the end with a minimum of panic until I turned down the road I thought was the right road. But Baby Sister's camp was nowhere in sight and I began to get nervous. Finally I pulled over and called my sister. "I'm not sure where I am," I told her. It turned out I was actually right around the corner. I had panicked too soon. An apt reflection for most of my life at the moment, really.

Baby Sister was greatly amused by my reactions to life in the wilds. The bunk bed had ancient gum stuck to the headboard and wisps of spider webs. I was afraid to go to sleep because I didn't want to touch any of the walls. I also really don't like having other people fill up my gas tank. "It's so funny," said Baby Sister. "In the city you just know how to do things and where to go. And out here you're just hilarious!" So true.

Right now I'm trying to find the right balance between proactivity and patient waiting.

My tomorrow my baby brother graduates from high school and then my parents will leave Thailand forever. I can't think about that too closely.