Adventures in Thailand

Time seems to be moving so much more quickly these days. I feel like I blinked and the semester is over. These last two months have been amazingly wonderful and also filled with many challenges. I'm not quite sure where to start. To be honest, this whole blogging thing feels a bit overwhelming. Like somehow I should be providing some entertainment in these words I write. It kinda takes the fun out of it when I place those expectations on myself. So, I'll heed my Mom's advice (because really, are our Mom's every wrong?) and just write from my heart. These last few weeks have flown by. There have been lots of laughs and in keepin' it real, lots of tears. Teaching has been quite the experience. While I am bummed it is the end of the semester and I still could not tell you 99% of my students names, I can say that I know most of their sweet (if not mischievous) little faces. Naturally, I came here with the somewhat misguided belief that by the end of week one I w