Joss stone keeping me company in my lonely office on a breezy Thursday afternoon. Thank god for the breeze, this heat is killing me. I finally have a cool minute to gather my thoughts about what has been happening these past few days, and months really. Time alone to think. Soft music, gentle breeze, birds playing in the trees out the window, a trumpet being played softly in the next building over. Finally, the moment I have been waiting for.

In less than 72 hours, I am moving to Bangkok. It wasn't in my original plan, but essentially, it was fate, if I was to believe in fate. I saw a school while I was in Bangkok, and it was so beautiful. It worked out so well. I didn't know where the school was, but then a friend of rin's who we were staying with said his friend's mother happened to teach there, and so we found out where it was, went to see it, met with all the right people, saw the buildings, saw the gardens, the marble walkways, the resources for the farangs, the swimming pool, tennis courts, organization, people respecting their school. So beautiful. I knew this would be a great job if i could get it.

I went to an internet cafe and emailed the director of the program who was away on holiday, and said I loved it. We discussed things further, and as it worked out, he wanted me to start on the 28th, but I am still under contract here. Then, in some bizarre flash of fate, I decided to email him on tuesday and ask him if he had found anyone, as I would break my contract if it meant I could come and work for him. He emailed me back to say bizarrely, he wanted me to come and work there, so he asked his boss for clearance to hire me, and he was going to email me to see if I had found something else. And so, it is working out. My contract starts tomorrow, and I will be working at Thewpaignarm School, English Program for the next eleven months. I will go home in September for a holiday, likely with Rin.

This leaves the logistics. Rin and I are crazily running around trying to organize a moving truck to move our stuff to his place in Chumporm tomorrow, and he will go also, I will stay with a friend until Sunday when I will fly and meet with him in the 'kok. I am truly excited about this. I am at peace with my decision. I knew I needed to make a change. I knew I needed to do something for myself. And this I have done. And Rin is doing the same, and I am thankful that we can make them work together. He has been amazing. Going away, I have seen him in such a different light. Seeing his life, seeing where he has been, meeting his friends. He is much more amazing than I have given him credit for. Which I suppose is an awful thing to say, but it is the truth. We have grown so much together this past month. There is a lot of love and equally important, friendship and trust between us. Things are going really well right now. New horizons, and both of us supporting each other.

So this means I will proably be on internet hiatus once again. I will be able to catch up this weekend, but then am flying out on Sunday, and who knows when I will be in touch again. But I will keep things logged.

I am sad to leave Phuket...this island has given me a lot. I am sad to leave the things I have gotten to know. I am sad to leave my dog in Chumporn!! I am sad R is leaving. I am sad that I won't be able to have bagles on Sundays anymore. But at the same time, I am excited for what the future will hold for me....