All my bags are packed....

Am I ready to go??

I just got back from a week in Laos. I leave tomorrow to start my journey home. I feel like I have been traveling for forever....I will be very happy not to be living out of a backpack or duffle bag anymore. It seems unreal to me that this experience is over. I really feel like tomorrow I will wake up and be at the farm again messing with the kids, preparing my lessons, eating rice, riding my bike, etc. I really have come to love Thailand and feel at home here. I will really miss it and more than that, I will really miss my kids. Saying goodbye to them was the hardest thing I have ever done. My last weekend I was with them they kept asking me when I was leaving and when I was coming back. I wish I had an answer for them. They then would proceed to tell me that they are going to shoot the wings off my airplane and then superman fly up and save me and bring me back to Thailand (this was all in sign, btw:). I really had no idea how attached I would become to this people and place. I wish I could tell you how special these kids are. I know I have learned more from them than I ever could have taught them. I have so much more to tell you about these kids and a blogpost will not suffice. So here are a few pictures and I will tell you in person. See you in 2 days!

Nose, Bonn, and I on our way to the bookstore.

O, Nam, Fa and I at my farewell barbeque

Fa and I at the farm

Bonn

Tuanne