There is a song from the Paul Simon best hits cassette that my mom and I used to listen to that came to mind yesterday.
Yesterday it was my birthday
I hung one more year on the line
I should be depressed, my life's a mess
But I'm having a good time . . .
It's official - I'm 29 with no job and no home - but oh my god I'm so happy!
I had the greatest birthday yesterday in Chaing Mai. After several weeks of not shifting my weight around on the back seat of Doug's motorbike - I finally rented a bike of my own.
After a brief lesson in an empty parking lot the day before, I hopped on the motorbike and was off. Both Doug and I were a bit nervous - but I did awesome. We went to a national park that was about 75 km outside of Chiang Mai. There was a fair amount of traffic on our way out - which I am thrilled to announce I managed to perfection.
After such a splendid performance on the automatic Vespa-like bike, I decided to rent a manual motorbike today. We road up to Pai which is 135 km outside of Chiang Mai where we are spending the night. The ride up to Pai was a blast - we went around a lot of hairpins.
The hours spent on the motorbike allow me a lot of time for contemplating and I've been spending the last two days thinking how grateful I am for my freedom on many levels. I feel so grateful to be able to have this time to explore around Asia. I'm also so thankful to all of you who have been keeping up with the blog and posting and/or sending me emails. It's such a moment of excitement to get an email from someone from home and hear from you. I miss all of you so much and I'm so thankful to how supportive you've all been.
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How can we not support someone who can figure out what she wants to do - even if it changes frequently - and then go off and do it with such flair, excitement and joy. We love you and trully appreciate the experiences the feeling through you. Keep up the excitement and joy for us too.
Love
M, S & K
Happy birthday, Erin. I hope you had a fun day (and that Doug remembered)!!
We love you Erin! And I'm a little amazed that you stayed safe on a manual bike. It sounds like you're truly having a great time.
Love, Ethan!
I think I am going to cry. What a great entry! First I will say Happy Belated Birthday. Second congrats on the motorbike. I will assume you kept your eyes on the rode unlike JB when we were in Sonoma. :-) And lastly I am so happy that you are having the time of your life and creating such awesome memories!
Now back to the IUAT I should be running :-P
Erin: I was told that you got my ecard for your birthday. I love reading about your adventures and I have been telling your parents how wonderful I think you are. I bought you a camera case today and will take care of the knife (even though you may have bought yourself one) soon. I am getting really excited about India.
Love you
Grandma Mary
Im proud of you, E. Can't wait to see you in ONE MONTH!
Happy Belated Birthday, Erin! I'm so STOKED to hear that you are having so much fun in Asia. These are the days... =]
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