Let’s play a little game called Bad News/Good News in Thailand!

Bad news: There’s a military coup going on.

Good news: No school today!  Long weekend!  Woop!

Bad news: Three days of diarrhea.

Good news: Between not eating for three days, the weight I lost before I left the US, and the weight I’ve lost since I’ve been here I’m the lightest I’ve been since 2009!

Bad news:  Had to go to the doctor because my lower intestine hates me.

Good news:  The visit plus the medicine he gave me cost a grand total of 280 Baht (around $9) and totally worked!

Bad news:  Too tired (from aforementioned diarrhea) to travel this weekend.

Good news:  Enjoying the simple pleasures of my new town!  Just went out tooling around on my scooter and got a delicious pineapple smoothie and saw a roadside cart selling ladders.  This led to many questions such as: “Who buys ladders by the side of the road?” and “Who’s idea was it to stack up their cart with ladders to sell?”  Also, I rearranged all of the furniture in my bedroom.

Bad news:  There’s no Memorial Day in Thailand.

Good news:  I got a long weekend anyway! Suck on that, America.

Bad news: There’s a nationwide 10pm curfew.

Good news:  There’s nothing to do in my town after 9 anyway!

Life goes on as usual in my province, so I want to send assurances that I am completely out of harm’s way to all those reading back home.  Feel free to comment with any questions!