Figured it was about time to check in and post another update! It's been just over 2 months since I've been in Thailand. On the one hand, it feels like I've been here for AGES, especially with December being such a whirlwind. On the other, I also feel like a newbie here, and I still have so much do.. which it is true! It's also weird being here during the holidays. Sure, there's Christmas decorations everywhere and Tesco is stuffed to the gills with gift baskets, but it also just feels like a regular week. I still have to go to school and teach (ok, this week it's just Christmas songs YAY), and I'm not doing any of my normal Christmas traditions. More so than ever, being away from home for the holidays really makes you realize that being with your family is what makes the holidays FEEL like the holidays (cue the world's smallest violin). MISS YA, FAMALAM. BUT NEVER FEAR! This holiday season I'm switching it up. Sure, we might be ordering pizza for Christmas dinner (OH YOU JEALOUS HUH), but come Friday afternoon, we will be headed to Koh Pha Ngan for a full week, and spending New Year's Eve at the infamous Full Moon party. Basically, I'm not torn up about it. This is when I break out my "chicka chicka yeahhhhhh" dance.

When I surface, I shall be tanner, drunker, and happier. See ya on the flip side, los interwebs.