Hi Gram!Habits are hard to form and easy to break. There are things that we want to have done but don’t want to do in the moment. This is similar to what some people call “level 2 fun” – things like working out in the morning aren’t always fun in the moment, but after we…

Hi Gram!It’s been a while since I wrote. I took a few days off back in January for travel, and that was my undoing. After my travel, I was exhausted for a few days, then catching up felt a little daunting. As more days went by, the task just kept growing bigger until I didn’t…

Hi Gram, Sorry I haven’t written in a few days. It turns out that the last meal we had in Luang Prabang made me pretty sick. I felt my energy drain right away and thought it would be minor. I was lucky. My body was polite enough to wait until we were at the hotel…

Hi Gram,After the past few days being a little same-same, we finally saw some change. Today was a little different in that we checked out of the hotel around 1pm and went in search of food. We hit up a place we had stopped at before for a late evening sweet, and it seemed pretty…

Hi Gram, Happy New Year(ish)!! The past few days have been fun, but nothing to write home about. I’ve done my usual morning walks, came back and had a lovely breakfast, wandered around town a little, had some lunch at a different restaurant each day (Tammak Lao was our favorite), lounged around the hotel, did a little…

Hi Gram,Today was exciting and terrifying in such a rewarding way! We got up and did our normal morning walk – where I got a pic of typical parking here – and breakfast, then headed over to rent a car for the day. We want to go see some sights outside of the main tourist…

Hi Gram,I slept well last night and woke with energy with my alarm this morning. Nattiya still needed a little more sleep, so I left her in bed while I took my morning walk. The weather was a little warmer even though I got an earlier start, which led to a pleasant experience. I even…

Hi Gram,It was rough getting up this morning. We’ve really been pushing it all day for the past few days, wearing ourselves out. The resulting exhaustion, a slight headache, the comfortable bed, and the cool weather made an ideal mix to resist the alarm. After hitting snooze a few times, though, I woke Nattiya and…

Hi Gram,My alarm went off this morning, but I instantly decided that today was going to be a rest day, shut it off, and went back to sleep. We got up around 8 and headed down to breakfast, where I had a delightful cup of tea with cayenne and sugar. Nattiya tried to stop me…

Hi Gram,Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas from halfway around the world! We got up early this morning with plans of great adventure to celebrate the holiday. The air was crisp and cool when we walked down the street past piles of vans and busses unloading tourists, all eager to partake in the ceremony. A proud…