A lot seems to have happened since our Phuket trip. First, Jim and I have now driven our car twice, although it is still very stressful to drive here. We are contemplating hiring a driver - maybe sharing one part-time with another family in the building. It's very cheap and saves on stress of potentially hitting a motorcycle taxi - if it weren't for the multiple motorcycle taxis that zoom in and out around the car, it would be much easier to drive in Bangkok. Second, we got to celebrate Halloween three times - at our building, at Max's school, and at the U.S. Embassy. Max was happy to have multiple occasions to wear his "Eyeore" costume (actually, it was just a donkey costume I found here, but was the closest thing I could find that
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