Here we go...

It's official, I have now began my last week of teaching at the Ubon SDA language school. It feels like yesterday that I came here; everything was new and fresh. And now that's not the case anymore. I have grown used to the way of life here, it's no longer foreign. 

A long time ago I stopped considering myself as a tourist here. For the past eight months I have been living and working in Thailand. I have come to know Ubon, it has become my home throughout this time. I have made friends, some I know that I will never be able to forget. 

 And then there are my favorite acquaintances; the cha-yen lady, the fried rice lady, the barista at Starbucks, the ladies with the smoothie stand, the pad thai couple, everyone at 'Italian' and the sticky rice and mango lady, (yes they are all connected with food, lol.) These people have befriended Erin and I while we have lived here, and it's a little sad to think I'll never see them again. 

It's really weird to think that everything I have come to know for the past eight months is going to end. I'm going back to reality and that's a little scary. As exciting as it is to be going home, I am going to truly miss this place and all the memories that it holds. Life is always moving forward, there's no point in trying to slow it down...here we go, the start of something new.