Today I checked in online for my flight out of JFK. It leaves on Thursday morning at 10:10 AM. When I booked this flight in May I got to choose a meal - I now remember being so impressed because there were literally about 8-10 meal types you could choose from, including Kosher, Halal, Gluten-Free, etc. Since that first impression I had all but forgotten about my meal choice... so today when I got my check-in information, it said: "Meal Type: VOM". Needless to say I experienced a minute of consternation until I remembered that it means Vegetarian Oriental Meal.
Tomorrow I am leaving Quincy for New York, and Thursday I am leaving New York for Hong Kong, where I will arrive on Friday (because I'm now a time traveler, whaaaat) and then fly to Bangkok. When I get to Bangkok I have to get myself to some hotel that is supposedly near the airport and is called The Cottage or something like that. I will sleep there on Friday night and then somehow get myself back to the airport on Saturday morning. I will then fly from Bangkok to Surat Thani, where I will be picked up at the airport by my new boss. I am pretty terrified about all of that going smoothly since I am totally at the mercy of chance and places, circumstances, and languages that I know nothing about.
I am not bringing a computer with me to Thailand, I am buying a Thai laptop when I get there. I anticipate not having my own computer until maybe as late as Saturday the 23rd. I also will not (ever) have internet access in my home. That being said, this might be the only post for maybe a week or two. Once I am acclimated I will begin posting on a more regular basis.
I have email, and I will have a Thai home address and a Thai cell phone number. Once that happens you'll be the first to know. Thank you to everyone, friends and family, who have lovingly supported me in preparing for this move. I appreciate your help and kindness and I love you a lot. I'll miss you guys mighty. I also have Skype, and I hope you do too. We can have some Skype dates, it'll be wonderful.
Until we meet again =)
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