Home, Sweet Home!

Wow... I've finally made it home. After two months of a wonderful adventure in Thailand and Cambodia (with an hour mini excursion into Laos), not to mention about 72 hours of travel, I'm back in Oregon! I love it! It was a little strange at first, but I'm getting used to it.

Flushing the toilet paper here leaves me feeling a sense of dread. I feel like the toilet's going to clog as soon as I flush it. I fight the urge to throw my paper into the trash. It's getting a bit better everytime I use the toilet. So now I'm going as often as possible. ;)

Funny thing: in Thailand, the girls that dress really provacatively, aren't actually women. They can even have a good amount of chestage, but they still lack estrogen. I don't know how they pull off growing a chest, I never asked. I got home and went out to eat with my team, and saw a couple of women dressed in really short shorts, low cut shirts, and their stomach completely showing. My first thought? "Oh, look at the transvestites!" Then, of course, I realized that they were indeed women. How bout that?

Another difference between here and Thailand and Cambodia. You have to tip your server when you go out to eat! It's actually an insult there, so don't do it. But here, it's pretty terrible if you don't. Crazy, huh? It was wonderful eating and not having to worry about having enough left over for tip.

While I miss Southeast Aisa, I'm really glad to be home. The smells, the comfort, all of that stuff, was something I missed. I would go back in a heartbeat. In fact, I would also become a full-time missonary if God so called me. But I would always look forward to visiting home. Throughout the life-span of this blog, I will fill in all about my trip, but for right now, I need to go to bed, as to kick my jet lag. Wish me luck.