I am overwhelmed with gratitude right now that I have a healthy body, a fantastic job, lovely friends, tiny music filled clubs surrounded by sweaty dancing bodies, a silly little shitty awful scooter that gets me where I need to go, a palm tree tunnel to walk through to get to my stairs, and a just-my-size, all to myself rectangle of an upstairs apartment where I can come home and turn on my music and stretch out on the cool wooden floor.
I am cigarette reeking, sweat stinking, rain-sprayed exhausted, and I am deliriously happy to be where I am right now.
Someone in Laos loves y’all, but someone really loves Laos and is so glad to be back. Good night.
Originally posted August 2014, on Facebook, upon my return to Vientiane after a summer visit home.
