July 24th

Leave Seattle at 2:00 pm.  Arrive in Seoul 11 hours later.  One hour layover.  Arrive in Bangkok at 10:50 pm on July 25th.  I have had this plan and date in my head for a week or two now.  Since then, I have been in tears at least once a day.  They are not tears of regret, but tears of stress, sadness of missing family/friends and the lack of time (and how much needs to be done) between now and our departure.

In the next two months we need to get Thai Visas, pack our house, sell things, get the house rented...and the list goes on an on.  If our life was a roller coaster, we would be on the loops upside down.  But the end of this ride is almost over and I am starting to get a good picture of where it will end.

Majority of the paperwork for RIS is complete.  This has allowed me access to review the school's benefits and list of things we will have access too.  Overall, we are finding living in Thailand will be relatively cheap with our dollar 1US:30THB  Here are a couple examples:

- Nanny/maid (live-in) will run us about 8000 THB ($250 month)

- Rent of a 3 bedroon house in a gated community with access to a community center and pool 25000THB ($800 paid by school)

- Noodles from a cart of the street 25 THB ($0.80)

- Movie ticket at a theater  1200 THB ($4.00)

- A three course dinner at a nice restaurant 500 THB ($16.00) 

We have also looked up attractions that we want to start visiting once we arrive.  We will start taking notes right away for our upcoming visitors to ensure people a high quality vacation.  Here are a couple things we plan to do with our weekends in Bangkok:

Wade found this place, Siam Park.  It is located right in the area we will be living.  I love a good water park.

Last time we were in Bangkok we went on a bike tour.  It was AWESOME.  This is one of the first things I want to do when we arrive.

Take a Thai cooking class.  I love to eat the food, I might as well learn how to make it.

Turn Wade into a real "Thai" man (Red Bull included) from one of the amazing markets.

We will leave the Ping-pong shows to those who are really adventurist (Drew).