Got rain? Got bugs!

As I am heading down my path, Tee-ha rides up on his bike to make sure the ice came. I guess he didn’t hear the girl come the night before. I tell him all is well, and I continue on. At the end of my trek down the beach I stopped by to get my clean linens. I used the washroom first, and when I came out to wash my hands, I noticed a rather large spider on my breast pocket. I casually brushed it off, but not before the manager lady that I normally deal with, saw it, and basically ran off! Good to know that creepy crawlies bother the locals too! I hear her talking to the staff in the kitchen, and I can only imagine she was saying how big it was, how I was so casual about it, and that I must be really brave and strong! Anyway, I paid for my stuff, and headed home. Had a couple of bananas for breakfast, and leftovers for lunch, before heading to the main house to use the computer. I uploaded a few more entries to the blog, and wrote Steve Kain about his travel plans to Thailand in April. After I was done, I paid Chiyoko for another 2 wks, and asked to borrow a few items to help with the lack of power outlets. Unfortunately, she didn’t have what I needed, so I will either have to make do, or buy my own in Ranong in 3 days. I spent the afternoon, organizing some more photos for uploading at a later date, and around 3pm, we had a major rain storm roll through. It lasted about an hour, and I took some video for you all. Right after the rain let up, a HUGE termite hatch happened. You could seem them all in the grass, and trying to gain altitude in the last of the rain. Normally, after one of these, the night sky is just filled with them, and if you have any lights on, they swarm to them. Filling the house with 100's of them, until they lose their wing and walk away. This leaves a big clean up the next morning! Wings everywhere! And forget about cooking… the last time this happened I had just started to cook some food with 2 fried eggs. Thankfully, I only had one that landed in the meal, and I was able to spot it before I consumed it. It reminds me about home when we would have a lot of Leatherjackets, or Daddy Longlegs in the summer… whatever happened to those anyway?! I guess it is a bad sign when you remember certain species as a kid, and you don’t see them anymore 30yrs later. I decided that there would be too many of these things flying about tonight, so I would treat myself for my first dinner out in almost a month. After a shower, I went down to Silver Sands, where I do my laundry, at about 6pm. I saw my manager lady(Thais seem to work 24/7) and asked if I could eat and she said yes, I grabbed a seat in there nice covered outdoor eating area and ordered a beer to start. There was an awesome sunset, but I forgot to bring my camera yet again. Once the first beer was done, I ordered another and also my fave Kapow Moo. She asked if I wanted it “spicy”, and I said “Phet Khap”(spicy, yes!), to which she was shocked!. She also asked if I wanted a fried egg, which is usually served with the dish, to which I also said yes. The second beer came, shortly followed by the meal, which was delicious! She cooked it a little differently than in town. Rather than ground or minced pork, this was sliced, but equally as good. Once done, I had one more beer before I called it a night. It was now dark, and I had a 20min walk ahead of me. I paid her, told her cooking was delicious, and let her a nice tip. The walk home in the dark was uneventful. I have 2 lcd lights, and the moon was out and high, so I could really see well. Got home just before 8pm, had a few beers, turned on both Pink Mountaintops albums and drifted off before 9pm, yet again!