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"How vain is it to sit down and write when you have not stood up to live…" – Thoreau

It’s been chilly here in Thailand for the past few weeks. The calendar will soon roll over to December and the temperature will drop even more. The days of 95 degrees Fahrenheit are all but memories of April, May, June, July, August, and September. Now I wake up and walk to get a taxi and feel the crisp chill of a 75 degree morning.

(Pause for your cursing to subside)

Yes I know what I just wrote and I realize how ludicrous that sounds. I am a Wisconsinite; I wear shorts in the spring when it hits 58 degrees (which is almost 60, which is almost reasonable shorts weather). In December, a 50 degree day feels like a tropical treat (courtesy of global warming) and I deem jackets optional. How easily I forget having been surrounded by this paradise for the past year. It’s been over a year since I’ve seen snow. The only ice I’ve seen has been at the bottom of my cocktail glass and I don’t feel the need for air conditioning anymore. The only possible explanation is that I have been in Thailand too long.

I’m sure I will look back at this entry with the same envy you have right now. I return to Wisconsin January 28^th, just in time for that thick Wisconsin snow. I will see my breath, lose feeling in my ears and toes, develop a sniffle, and yearn for those “chilly” Thai mornings.

* The forecast for Saturday is 88 degrees, so I guess I can bring out my shorts again.