1 Month Down...9 To Go

Yep, been here 1 month now. I'm not gonna lie. The first 2 weeks were rough! I was super homesick & missed my family & friends so much! But the past 2 weeks have been MUCH better! Especially last weekend! A group of us went to Kohnam, the closest beach to Surat, 1 hour away. It was beautiful! We had a beach party, ate really good food, got burnt, went swimming. Very nice & relaxing! I've me some really cool genuine people. Amy, from England, guess you could call her my bestie here, moved in with Dez & I, so that's been fun! I finally feel like I'm getting settled. Work is another thing though. I just don't feel like I'm that good of a teacher. I'm learning though. I'm not very creative though, and at SE, the teachers are suppose to be creative with our lessons, etc. We don't follow a strict curriculum, so it's up to us. I'm definitely feeling the pressure from that.
But I think it will only get better. We may go to Kohnam again this weekend, and then next weekend is a long one, so a group of us are heading to Krabi. Sweet! Then we only have 1.5 months till we are off ALL of Oct! I just found out that Chad (my friend from Dallas) is going to Singapore &/or Dubai in Oct so I'm totally gonna plan to meet up with him!
Oh yeah, 2 weekends ago I met up with my bro & Nicole in Bangkok! It was SOOO great seeing them! We stayed in Bangkok 3 nights. Every night was a late one. The first night they got in at 2am, so we stayed up till 7am! We had so much to talk about! The sun was actually coming up! Crazy! I haven't done that since....well, my going away party...guess it hasn't been that long. Yikes. My bday is 1 month from yesterday...my last year to have nights like those. So, getting back to Bangkok. We went to a Muay Thai fighting match. Was really cool, even got a little bloody (which I didn't like), had front row seats. Did some shopping on Khao San Road, ate a lot of Thai & non-Thai food (had at least 1 turkish chicken pita sandwich everyday i was there).
My friend from Dallas, Justin, that I worked with at Media Plus is coming to Thailand in a couple of weeks, so I'm really hoping to meet up with him while he's here. Hmmm...that's all I've got for now. About to meet up with some peeps to go swimming before heading in to teach 2 classes. Yesterday & today I've had the mornings off...been soooo nice! Gonna join a gym that has yoga classes this week. So excited about that! Can't wait to get back in to yoga again! I've missed it! And I found a guy that wants to train for a 1/2 or full marathon in Feb that's on Koh Samui! SWEET! Lots of exciting plans! Life is good. Love you! Miss you more!

xoxo