Hampton Inn Waco Tx

September 18, 2009 (Friday) – Caddo Mills, TX (120 miles)

Not another flat tire! This morning when Wendell went out to start the disconnect process, he discovered we had another flat tire on the trailer. First he tried airing it with his portable compressor while we ate breakfast but to no avail. The park manager told us there was a tire shop a short distance away so Wendell called USAA Roadside Assistance and worked out an arrangement ...

Dr Rister of waco, induced me feb 2nd. five hours later my daughter was born. alot of family and friends were there to see her. i was soo happy. Jeremy and I are soo happy and blessed with her. we stayed at his dads a few days after being released from the hospital. she was 7lbs 15oz. and 20" long. and she came out with a broken arm -poor baby. but it is completly healed now.

... Bridge. I then rode through Louisiana and was very impressed with Shreveport, then into Texas when I finally started South towards Mexico. It was a vey long day ending as the sun went down. The day ended on a great note as I had dinner at a Mexican Restaurant called the Taquiera El Mexico and had Pollo! Distance travelled : 541 Miles (856 Km)

Waco, Texas . . . a step closer to the origins of my insanity. The place where I grew up . . . It's the day after christmas; it's a good day for shopping, a good day for economy boosting . . . - seems more like a good day to throw a dead bird in the air and believe its flying when its really falling. The American heart, a middle aged realization . . . this decay, another kind of growth . . . Yesterday's holiday ...

This time I will hold to it.

Still cant be Healthburger, and the mild heart-seizures that come with it. It was great to see old buddy Denton and his family. If he would actually get the hell out of that town, might actually visit him more often (joking, kind of).

Well, the time is growing near now. There's about two weeks until we leave for Thailand. I'll admit I'm a little worried because we haven't received our letters of employment or our visas yet. Hopefully those will get here on time or I guess we'll have to go late or something. I'm starting to get a bit more excited. We've got our orientation tomorrow and we'll all finally meet. Our ESL teacher's training is coming up soon too. In the meantime I'm ...

... getting the apartment all cleaned up. I tend to throw my laundry everywhere, lol. I really thing thus far the waiting is the hardest part. Getting all the paperwork together was a little difficult but really didn't take too long. The people I'm working with are prompt and helpful. I'm sure when it comes time for immunizations I'll be singing a different tune but until then, sayonara.

... things to bring along. It's difficult to find a program where you can teach yourself Thai. I'm going to Best Buy tonight to check because the local Books A Million didn't have ANY books on Thai language. They did have a few guide books though, and I found the Lonely Planet and Let's Go series to be extremely helpful during my stay in Japan. There's always online too, although Amazon.com did not have as many as I thought they would. I did find Pimsleur's ...

Bonjour Enfin de la chaleur, il a fait jusqu'a 80 degrés F auj on a du mettre l'air climatisé tout un contraste avec le -30 C à notre départ. Beaucoup de vent encore aujourd'hui, sommes arrivé à notre hotel vers 18h30 apres avoir soupé en route, beaucoup de fatigue, malgré deux courts arrêts pour magasiner un peu nous avons quand meme ...