Well I sure do now.
I have just realized that I am being more independent than i've ever been in my entire life.
Not only am I living in a foreign country, but i'm currently living in a house alone!
Anna and Manop have been gone for the last few weeks and get back the beginning of next. What does that mean? Well, I lost my roomie. So that would leave me, the lizards, the mosquitoes, and the bed bugs to fend for ourselves. Yeah you read that right. Bed bugs.
"Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite"
I heard that quite a few nights before i'd go to bed when I was little. Unbeknownst to my parents though, I would always turn my light back on and check for those mysterious bed bugs they always spoke of. My child eyes didn't know what they were looking for, and sure didn't know what they'd do if I found them, but I would check anyway. Well, 10 plus years of checking and no finding, I figured they didn't exist and gave up the hunt.
Well my friends, I guess I gave up the hunt early and am now paying the price, they exist. Okay, so I guess I don't know if I officially have bed bugs. I just have these incredibly itchy bumps all over my body which I was originally blaming on the mosquitoes, but now we are just not so sure... the whole thought of it freaks me out though.
We all talked about this as we watched a monkey sleep the other day. How could you ever hate anything that is sleeping? Everyone, animals included look all harmless and innocent. I'm a sucker for seeing people sleep. Drool and all ha. But APPARENTLY bed bugs don't agree. They pray on those peaceful, harmless, innocent victims. Hate em.
Anyway, got a little side tracked there.
I've done the living away from home thing. But never totally and completely alone! No one to be accountable for, not even roommates. No one to ask me if I want to help them with dinner or watch a movie or listen to music or have impromptu dance parties in the kitchen. Honestly, life just sucks when you're alone. I've never done it before and I don't really like it. Don't get me wrong, I like, no I LOVE my alone time. Just not to this extent I guess.
Maybe the fact that I am in this mysterious house in Thailand adds to the whole hating being alone thing.
Such as, the second night I came back to my empty house all my lights were off. I specifically remembered leaving some lights on so let's just say I was wiggin out! The neighbors lights were on so I ruled out a power outage so obviously the only other thing it could be is an Asian murderer waiting for me on the other side of the door. Well luckily I am here to report that it was a power outage, it just hit the other houses later? Don't ask me how that happened cause I sure don't know.
Let's just say it was an experience i'd rather not live again.The rest hasn't been too bad though. I got to go to Bangkok with the crew to break it up and now i'm getting good at the whole Thai food market thing. I just keep remembering food words Anna has said and walk around saying them until someone starts handing me it. It works out nicely, they get a kick out of it, I get my food, so we are all happy!
Being so independent in Thailand is kinda fun I guess, but i'm done. Anna should just come back now, i'd be alright with that. Sadly she's got a few more days. But i'm a big girl. I can fight these Asian murderers, lizards, and bed bugs with my eyes closed!
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