Broken flip flops, and other life altering tragedies

I am trying(without much luck) to limit myself to 2-3 coffees a day now. Without all the caffine, I find I overheat less. Went for a 1.5 hr walk down beach and back this morning. On the way, I blew out a tire on the highway… my flip flop broke on the road. I had bought them 2.5 yrs ago in Ranong for 49 baht($1.5can), but it took me an hr of looking through boxes of them to find a size 12. At 37.5 cents every 6 months, I’d have to say that was money well spent. The tide line of the beach has odd things washed up from the storms at sea. Many of these are single flip flops. I took a look for single rights in a 12, but didn’t have much luck. Good thing I bought another pair this year in Ranong, the night before I took the boat. Got home from the walk around 9:30a. Took a look at my fruit and decided that I’d better prep and eat some of it. So it was a breakfast of fresh pineapple, orange, apple, and grapes with yoghurt. I totally gapped out in the “supper”mart and forgot some watermelon… oh well, next time. I really like having the kitchen. I’ll save a ton of cash, and can eat at my leisure. I can also eat something small, as opposed to a full meal at a restaurant. I went to the main house and ordered some more ice for tomorrow, then came home to charge the laptop and listen to some tunes when the generator kicks in at 11a. Getting over the feeling that I should be doing something with my time has been tough so far. I hope that I will soon realize that there is no timeline and that I should be treating this part of the trip as my “vacation”, not that there is really a LOT to do around here anyway. I guess it is just something that living in Canada causes you to feel…. Guilt, if you do nothing. I know this will pass… it sure did last time. Dana, I highly recommend this place post BKK landing. Maybe we can come down when you get here?!? Good medicine! This afternoon, I cooked another batch of food today, so that the chicken won’t spoil. Everything else should be fine, but I was informed that meats have about a 3-4 day shelf life in the cooler. This should work out well, as I won’t buy more that 500g, or so, at a time. Watched the last 2/3 of “RocknRolla” this afternoon when it was too hot to do anything. Pretty good flick, but exactly like Lock, Stock… and Snatch. So if you like those, you’ll enjoy this one too.