Well that was hard. Possibly the hardest. Four hills that almost killed me, the pollution and the 4:30am race start was all a bit much. It was a big race as it was their 30th anniversary and i felt deflated when I finished. But then I learnt that the 25 fastest overall women runners got a trophy and I snuck in that range and managed a prize! Before that I swore I was never running again, and now I might just do so!
Saturday night we had Janelle and family and Nadia and family around for dinner. When Janelle said she was moving a few streets over last May, I predicted we would rarely see them. A move even a few streets away is big in Bangkok. And sadly I was correct. People use to think Willa was my daughter I had her almost every weekend. Now I barely see them. I was super happy when they accepted our last minute invitation. Nadia and family I do not see nearly enough either, so it was a great combination. Luis cooked his Ecuadorian ceviche and meal all day. It was delicious.
School has finally calmed down, reports are in and current batch of examinations marked. It means I have been out twice this week. So exciting! Wednesday was regular date night, we went to a sushi place I usually love. Well a Japanese restaurant to be exact, it is super cute and usually a win. But our choices were poor and I was slightly disappointed. Still nice to be out of the house and catching up. Yesterday I went for the first time to a monthly Euchre tournament. I usually avoid to my competitive nature. I should really only play games with people who know and love me and will forgive the competitiveness. Instead I played opposite the Head of School and could not rubbing in our win. Trying to learn to tune it down! It was a fun night and to be fair their was a lot of heckling within the tournament. No winner yet as it is a combination of many nights, but I came out with all wins, so a good start.
Sunday I had a 10km race. It was a fairly competitive one and I cannot say I was not disappointed to not take home a medal. At the same time I was thrilled though as knocked about four minutes off my best time. That was definitely something I was proud of and in most other races I would have placed. This one I just had to look at my time and not get down about it. I then went home and somehow convinced Sebastian to go on a bike ride with Lyndsey and family. We had an amazing afternoon and we were both thrilled that we ended up going. It was truly a perfect day.
That title makes it sound as though they were on the same day. They were not. Friday I celebrated Kerry's birthday after work, nothing big, just a few ladies getting together. Saturday I then had a Mummy and Sebastian Day. It was nice to catch up with some ladies that I had not really spoken to since we returned to work in 2026. And then Saturday our building had no electricity and I spent the day keeping Sebastian occupied and I hope happy. We went to school and played, then to lunch, next to buy a watch and finally ended up at our pool to have an afternoon with his best buddies.
This week we had our monthly meet up. My choice and sushi it was. I love this near by place. Even though not veggie speciality, the avocado roll is beyond delicious. I am so thankful to have Mark here and we had a great catch up.
We have been lucky enough to spend sometime with Brad and Cooper here in Bangkok this week. Cooper, my best friend's son is starting a two month trip here in Thailand and Brad is here for a month. In a few weeks Mandy will be joining and I am very much looking forward to that. In fact, February is looking like a busy month for us. Tuesday they can to see the place and last night we went for dinner and then showed them one of our roof top spots.
