I'm sittin' around waiting for a September 2015 Willie Nelson concert video to download on Youtube so I can watch the whole thing, having just a few days ago finished listening to his autobiography: It's A Long Story, on audio book, and developing a new admiration for his story and his music; Nancy has been writing on her Flower Essence Society certification thesis for the last couple of hours - she's making amazing and regular progress on this lengthy and in depth document over the past month here at Thung Wua Laen - and it occurred to me that I might write an update for the blog. So here I am, and here we are.
It feels more like we live here, having been here a little over a month now, seeing certain Thai and foreign people on a regular basis, becoming familiar with shops and restaurants and terrain and routines, and anticipating another 40 days before our departure for the States. During this 40 days we'll be taking a break - gettin' outta Dodge - for a few days next week by taking the train 3 hours north up to Cha Am for a little get-a-way. Just a change of pace and a little change of scenery, like we do back in New Mexico every now and then when we feel like we need a minor re-orientation for a bit. We may or may not contact one or more of several people we now know up there when, or before, we arrive. We may just prefer to remain anonymous, get in and out unseen, and return to our temporary home back here.
Before we leave Thailand on the 21st of April we will have visited Thai Immigration again in Chumphon to receive our 1) one year Retirement Extensions on our current Non-Immigrant visas, and 2) Multiple Re-Entry Permits. These extensions will allow us to return to Thailand at any time before April 24, 2017, and to leave and re-enter as many times as we may wish, if we wish. We expect this to go smoothly and easily, but of course TIT (This Is Thailand), and anything is possible.
At the moment we're talking again about selling our home and land, and Nancy has now said out loud, and with something sounding like real conviction, that we are going to sell. She says she is now truly decided about this, but when I hear her declare it, I still hear something catching in her throat. We have some financial inquiries to make regarding all this, maybe a consultation with a real financial person (CPA, for example) to view our total financial picture and give advise, but it could be that the time is nigh, and if that's true, I'm thinking that selling might go swiftly and smoothly, but...........who can say for sure? Another option is to lease it out again. We'll see.
So, hope you're all doing well and are happy and healthy and deeply aware of and thankful for all the blessings in your precious lives. We're expecting to experience some genuine culture shock upon our return to the good ole U S of A. Lots of things to organize and deal with, so we may be pretty busy for the few months we expect to be there. Nancy is looking forward to getting back to Sherabling in October, so at the moment that's our plan.
Until next time...............................
It feels more like we live here, having been here a little over a month now, seeing certain Thai and foreign people on a regular basis, becoming familiar with shops and restaurants and terrain and routines, and anticipating another 40 days before our departure for the States. During this 40 days we'll be taking a break - gettin' outta Dodge - for a few days next week by taking the train 3 hours north up to Cha Am for a little get-a-way. Just a change of pace and a little change of scenery, like we do back in New Mexico every now and then when we feel like we need a minor re-orientation for a bit. We may or may not contact one or more of several people we now know up there when, or before, we arrive. We may just prefer to remain anonymous, get in and out unseen, and return to our temporary home back here.
Before we leave Thailand on the 21st of April we will have visited Thai Immigration again in Chumphon to receive our 1) one year Retirement Extensions on our current Non-Immigrant visas, and 2) Multiple Re-Entry Permits. These extensions will allow us to return to Thailand at any time before April 24, 2017, and to leave and re-enter as many times as we may wish, if we wish. We expect this to go smoothly and easily, but of course TIT (This Is Thailand), and anything is possible.
At the moment we're talking again about selling our home and land, and Nancy has now said out loud, and with something sounding like real conviction, that we are going to sell. She says she is now truly decided about this, but when I hear her declare it, I still hear something catching in her throat. We have some financial inquiries to make regarding all this, maybe a consultation with a real financial person (CPA, for example) to view our total financial picture and give advise, but it could be that the time is nigh, and if that's true, I'm thinking that selling might go swiftly and smoothly, but...........who can say for sure? Another option is to lease it out again. We'll see.
So, hope you're all doing well and are happy and healthy and deeply aware of and thankful for all the blessings in your precious lives. We're expecting to experience some genuine culture shock upon our return to the good ole U S of A. Lots of things to organize and deal with, so we may be pretty busy for the few months we expect to be there. Nancy is looking forward to getting back to Sherabling in October, so at the moment that's our plan.
Until next time...............................
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