Watching & Waiting

Wow, I haven't been keeping up real well lately. I was sick with a nasty cold last week, so I just never got around to getting on. :( I'm feeling much better now, though. :) Well, we are a short 5 days away from leaving for our trip to America. Mitsu and I are getting really excited about it! Of course, the baby is blissfully unaware, but I'm sure he will be nothing short of delighted to land in Chicago and be done flying for a month. We're just hoping that he does well on the flights. As long as he doesn't have any signs of diaper rash, and isn't sick at all, he really should do okay. He did wonderful on the flights to Japan and back this May. We are also hoping that the flood waters here in Thailand don't reach the airport. Eastern Bangkok is flooding, and Don Muang airport has been shut down due to being flooded. Of course, we use Suvarnabhumi International Airport, and it's still fine. We just hope it stays that way. The Thai government says it's doing everything possible to protect the international airport, and keep the waters from reaching central Bangkok, but if there's one thing I've learned about Thailand, it's that you can't take anything the Thai government says seriously. We went to our local 7-11 last night, that is literally 30 seconds from our building, and it's been cleaned out. All bread products, water, and instant noodles are disappearing fast.

Not one single bread product left:

Most instant noodles have already been bought:

Absolutely no water left:

Of course, our area is absolutely fine right now, but by looking at the shelves at 7-11, it seems that Thai people around here think that we are going to get a lot of water, too. Let's just hope not. We really, really do want to go to America next week!

We didn't do anything real special yesterday. We bought a lot of souvenirs for people back home to bring to America. Mostly Thai sweets and snacks. I have no idea how well that is going to go. Asian people don't tend to like sugary sweets like we used to back home, so Thai sweets might not be as sweet as my family would expect. Hopefully they don't show their disgust with them openly, haha.

We ate Japanese food last night, which was delicious, of course. :) I took some pictures of Tomoyuki, sitting on his Dad's lap, trying to eat his rice with chopsticks. He absolutely loves chopsticks. He desperately wants to use chopsticks to eat. I told Mitsu that as soon as it seems possible, he needs to start helping Tomoyuki learn to use them. :)

 

He'll get the hang of it eventually! :)

I think we're going to be going to the grocery store today to get a few things, just in case we are stuck inside due to the water.

Well, that's about all I've got for today. Everyone just keep hoping that the airport doesn't get flooded! THAT would be awful.




Take care!