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This and that. I'm bored.

I'm supposed to blog...

I'm at Butterfly Herbs for the first time in a month. I got my Fire-and-Ice (chocolate-cayenne) milkshake from Zack (think Judi Dench in the movie "Chocolat").

I picked up my mail. A merit badge pin from Sum1 Is Home! and a card from WakeUpAndLive️~scary 2024. Both delightful surprises.

I haven't sent a card out in a month; so I should! But... not today.

It's been maybe 5 weeks since I've crossed the river. I seldom go out. Today is a bit flaky (very light) but it is winter. We can go below Zero degrees Faherenheit here in December but nothing below 10 is forecast for the coming week. On the other hand it's 66°F in Maha Sarakham (Thailand) at 4 a.m. with high temps this week 83-92. I wish I were there (not for the heat but because it's the best time to visit; it gets brutal after February).

Checked December 22 / January 19: $1,213 to BKK on American/JAL with horrible layovers and poor legroom but better (33") on the return trip (now showing $1,133!). For $1,856 on United/ANA the legroom on the long flights is excellent (34") but poor legroom coming back. American/European airlines skimp on legroom (personally, I consider that criminal).

Well... need to check alternative dates into BKK and HKT (Phuket).

Found out that I need to stay in a SHA+ hotel for one night... that's doable as there are places available for under $30/night.

There was an hour of sunshine this morning. I can take snow; delight in it, if truth be told; but gloomy skies do not help my mental state.

I'm watching three Thai TV series: Bad Buddy (Genres: Comedy, Romance, School, Youth; good chemistry and acting; 8.7 rating), Baker Boys (Genres: Food, Friendship, Thriller, Comedy, Romance; mixed reaction from me... at times it seems silly, 7.6 rating) and 55:15 Never Too Late (Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, 8.1 rating) where the actors are paired up (age 15, age 55) in a very intriguing story line of 'second chances'. The sets of actors look like they are related (doubt it) as the resemblances are uncanny.

Yes, I'm bored.

I added on the Newsfeed:

Busy for some, boring for others. This is the time of year I escape this gloomy dead town. In December 2019 I was in Costa Rica and then in Taiwan for February 2020. Haven't left town since... literally.

Too many people assume that their personal story is like every else's. I see it here as people assume that I'm celebrating Santa-Commercialism or it's secondary holiday, formally know as Christmas.

Maybe more people could ask before assuming? Beyond holidays... with no family locally and with covid-restrictions and closures (two out-of-business, one moved... just in my block) I live in an increasingly ghost-like place.

Busy doesn't apply to me. Depression? Yep. Anxiety? More general than specific. When one does nothing there's nothing to talk about. Hard for me to connect with people with "First World Problems".

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