Bangkok Dreams

Sasha:
Last night I dreamt that we flew to Thailand. There were tropical trees, curbside noodle shops, and a little girl whose family we were staying with.  Oh, and there was also a casino where Ra won $45,000, and a shoot out at a gas station. . . I guess those are the parts that remind me that it was all just a dream.  In the dream I'm standing at the noodle shop, about to hand them the card that tells them not to feed me wheat or soy sauce, and then I remember that I haven't printed them yet!

We leave in 15 days, and are in a medium state of readiness- we haven't packed up the house yet, or done a trial run with our backpacks. Plans are filling in our first few weeks in Israel, I've laid out a tentative day by day of Jordan and Egypt, and I have a skeleton plan laid out against the back of my eyelids that will take take shape as we go the rest of the way.  We have travel companions coming to join us in the Middle East at the end of November, but Penguin's timeline is very much in flux. I'm delighted that we are not the sort of people who need to have everything organized ahead of time, or I'd be going crazy right now.

I have two more days of working in my shop, finishing one project for a client, and a few other projects to take with us. My fantastic assistant, Rachel, will be taking over my shop- building corsets, fur coats, and wedding dresses while I'm gone.  If you want something done- contact her at rachel (at) curvedndarted (dot) com. The last time I was unemployed for a significant amount of time was the summer between high school and college ten years ago.  It will be an adventure to live without that structure, and the feedback loop of project-completion.  I may be going on vacation, but there are no promises that it will be easy.

-Sasha