Yesterday was pretty ordinary, didn't do too much exciting. However when Marcus came home he had an invitation for us all to join the men he works with for dinner at a local Thai BBQ restaurant. I wasn't too keen at first but thought we had better get the kids out of the house and into some fresh air. Glad we did. It was a buffet style restaurant, but the majority of the food was raw. What you do is gather up all the ingredients you want to eat and take it back to your table where there is a clay pot full of super hot burning coals with a tin tray that sits over the top. You pour in some water around the base, which after some meat juices and veggies and noodles go in, becomes a soup as well. Then on the top you get a big piece of animal fat to grease it up and place your selection of meat on to BBQ. A very clever, and fun way of dining out. And the best part is it only cost 90baht per person to eat as much as you like, that's about $3.30 Aus.
It wasn't a very hot or humid night and I felt quite comfortable until the hot coals arrived and boy did I start to sweat. And on top of that I had to run around after Lillie who runs laps up and down and all over the restaurant. The Thais love the kids, they just stared at us all night, still makes me feel selfconcious. Luckily we had Marcus' colleagues to interpret for us and we were able to get a great selection of food to eat. The down side is that you don't stop eating, it's constant cooking and eating.
There was a local cat the kept hanging around and Judd and Lillie loved to play with it, it was very friendly. Then to top off the evening a baby elephant and it's trainer walked right up to our table! Judd was beside himself, so was I. I have never been up close to an elephant before, all I wanted to do was to touch it and give it a big cuddle. He was so cute. Judd got to feed it and give it a pat and we asked if we could get a photo with him too. Unfortunately I only had my camera phone on me so think it was too dark for the elephant to stand out. I hope to upload it to our computer and get a better look at it. It was such a lovely experience, I really want to take Judd to the Elephant Park now. There are a couple around here.
After a few beers and the Thai men were getting stuck into the scotch, I decided to take the kids home so Marcus could have a male bonding and drinking night without us tagging along. It back fired though as they stayed out far too late. I fell asleep sometime before midnight but woke with a fright when Marcus' watch alarm went off at 12:00 and I realised he still wasn't home, he didn't have his wallet on him so he had no identification if something bad happened. I started to stress and feel sick, I quickly called him to check up on where they were and thankfully they were still at the restaurant but they were all quite pissed and one of them had to drive Marcus home, which of course made me stress even more. The Thais are very relaxed about road safety and they don't care about drink driving or speeding or seat belts. They are quite stupid in that regard. Thankfully Marcus wasn't too bad and he drove the others home.
I was angry with myself because I called him like a jealous, crazy wife and I was scared and lonely thinking about all the terrible things that could happen and I would have no way of knowing where is was or who to call. I am not comfortable enough in this country to have my husband trekking about on the piss all night, while leaving me at home alone. Maybe in a few more months, but not right now. I don't like having all of these negative silly thoughts, but I seem to have no control over them, they pop into my head always at night and always when I am really tired or stressed and it just makes the whole situation worse and they spiral around in my head making me feel anxious and slightly crazy. I have gotten better at handling them these past few years, it used to get really bad, but I guess being away from family and friends and having such a big life change it has made me more susceptible to them again.
I would like to study a form of yoga or meditation to try and learn some new techniques in managing my mind and body, but I have to take things one step at a time and firstly I need to get my family settled into our new country, get Judd settled into school, then I can start thinking about doing some special activities just for me.
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