hello, goodbye.

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goodbye weekly massages. goodbye vroom vroom mio. goodbye kaosoi. goodbye butt hoses. goodbye bunbury. goodbye sweet lil puffy-cheeked students. goodbye chic studio. goodbye cheap yummy food aplenty. goodbye sweet lil' laundress. goodbye pretty pedicures. goodbye friday night arabiatta. goodbye toothless thomas. goodbye haunting frog ladies. goodbye naughty sex-tourists. goodbye smiling strangers. goodbye meandering sois. goodbye markets. goodbye oddly savory burning exhaust. goodbye frustrating language barriers. goodbye sticky rice. goodbye freedom of independence. goodbye tantalizing international accents. goodbye "we are the future of tomorrow." goodbye fluctuating color-coded daily dress regiments. goodbye suffocating nationalism (oh wait). goodbye John's Place membership. goodbye stinky moat. goodbye summertime smog. goodbye autonomy of travel. goodbye head-spinning visa laws. goodbye border runs. goodbye, goodbye, so long, see ya later. adieu. sawasdi.

annnnd ....

hello netflix. hello bathtubs. hello bureacracy and taxes. hello independent media. hello freedom of speech. hello bare shoulders. hello unaffordable spa treatments. hello legible ingredient labels. hello organics. hello eavesdropping. hello laundry. hello traffic laws. hello bills. hello corporate kenny g-scored phone calls on hold. hello penetrable walls. hello kitchens. hello authentic mexican cuisine. hello cheese. hello martinis. hello southerners. hello blue ridge. hello tangible season changes. hello bare branches, snowballs and other such winter lovelies. hello water pressure. hello m-ladies. hello 80's night. hello music scene sans pop ballads so adored by thai youth. hello indie film. hello awkward expat moments as you all reference time and again all the commercials, movies, music, hbo series and celebrity gossip that I've missed over the past year and a half. hello drumming fingers as I begin another story with "this one time, in thailand...". hello hello-hugs. oh! hello hugging. nobody hugs in thailand. hm. if I haven't lost you already, I better round this up before I do, eh ... anyway, last but not least: hello goooouda shmoo. ooh, clean un-diseased puppies I can pet and not contract mange from! joy.

so the countdown begins. we have about one week left of school ... then a few weeks for shopping, cooking classes, day trips and such. any requests for things-thai?

holler.

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Comments

[chelsea]

yay
i'm glad you're moving back. come visit atlanta, or i will come to asheville!