Vientiane has gone from the city of confusion (due to work) to the city of creepers to the city of darlings and is now the city of lazy. i like this. i work evenings and spend the rest not exploring anything. i even turned down a wedding invite yesterday by one of my students. to be fair, i’m going to a wedding with andy next weekend. it’s just been so long since i’ve had music at my fingertips, and oh my a tv. which sounds silly, but gosh, it’s been years since i’ve had a tv. it feels marvelous to lay around and watch dvds for hours and just veg in a house. it’s a wonderful rest period.

and they are flying me to bangkok, which is fantabulous. it looks like i can make it to cambodia before australia, go straight to burma afterwards, and still meet up with kjersti for a bit in southern thailand for some island reunion.

i am still confused by the fact that i am teaching a TOEFL course and administering the exam but am not TOEFL certified. things are silly.