The past three weeks I've been really busy with stuff at work. The museum was preparing for our five year anniversary and I had a lot of responsibilities. Actually, today will be my 12 day working in a row! Our anniversary week went really well and there was so much in it that I felt … Continue reading Recent Busyness
Some Big Decisions
Recently, this distantly familiar feeling has been revisiting me with stark poignancy. I remember exactly where I was the first time I felt it. I was in a taxi in China in 2006. My eyes started to sting, I leaned my head out the open window and looked up to keep anything from falling from … Continue reading Some Big Decisions
Thankful Thursday Revisited
Its been a long, long time since I did Thankful Thursdays. But it is a Thursday, and I caught myself being particularly thankful this morning and thought I should write about it. #1 I sleep. Every night. I’m not sure when my sleeping streak actually started but I feel like its been about 2 months … Continue reading Thankful Thursday Revisited
Becoming 30
30 has been a long time coming—29 years to be exact. But, although 30 has been on my horizon for a while, it’s now just around the corner, 360 days from now. 30 is a milestone year and for years I’ve associated it with the beginning of legitimacy; at 30, people—both older and younger than … Continue reading Becoming 30
Korea – Day 1
Korea turned out to be everything I hoped it would be. It was a welcome respite from the daily grind. Seoul was already one of my favorite cities so I was quite excited to get the chance to go. On top of that, because it was for work my flight there and the hotel room … Continue reading Korea – Day 1
Learning Lao
Now that I'm connected reliably to the internet at home again on my own computer its time for the post I promised about Lao language. Lao is a tonal language --like Chinese-- with a script based on sanskrit. There are many interesting features of the language such as single vowels that can appear before, after, … Continue reading Learning Lao
Life in LP
The other day someone told me I had an anxiety problem and I wanted to yell in my defense that LP has induced it and I was perfectly normal before arriving here. Even one day in language class the subject of worry came up and i said that I worried a lot. My teacher (who … Continue reading Life in LP
Long Time no Write
Its been a long time since I updated. I wanted to before, but I felt uncomfortable updating from my work computer or a public computer and my personal computer has been more or less out of commission for almost a month. I don't know how long it will last this time. The battery timer sometimes … Continue reading Long Time no Write
Who’s the Boss?
I am. There are two directors but they both happen to be away now. One will be returning in August, the other in September. So in the office now, I am what they call here “the big boss” or what you might think of as the acting director. And to be honest...it’s great. Maybe its … Continue reading Who’s the Boss?
A Spoonful of Countryside
I feel like a spoonful of countryside makes the medicine go down. Monday’s trip to my co-workers house could not have been better timed. He picked me up on his motorbike around 8:30 and then we went to the market to shop for lunch. We even bought live fish! After getting all the groceries we … Continue reading A Spoonful of Countryside
Feet Cry Mercy 