More rain

It's pouring with rain again - lightning, thunder, BBC World and CNN down, channel showing the tennis down. The latter is a particular bummer - I was enjoying watching Lleyton Poowit being beaten by someone younger and better than him. Quite well-timed, though - it didn't start raining until after I returned to my room with my dinner haul.
Didn't get up to anything too exciting today - went to Thai classes, had lunch with Kate, Seamus, Tyler (the beautiful baby) and Benjawan (Thai teacher), talked about food in Thailish with Benjawan most of the afternoon (this passed as learning, I think) and then headed home. It's so hot in the afternoons at the moment that it's hard to go anywhere without drowning in sweat and becoming really listless. Kate and Seamus' Thai friends and acquaintances are horrified that they're out and about with the baby so soon - she's supposed to be confined for a month! Why are you letting her out?! Your baby will get sick! Naturally, both mother and baby are perfectly fine - serene, even.

I've been generally more chipper today - I guess I was right yesterday, the ups and downs are probably just part and parcel of the adjustment process. I'm not used to spending so much time on my own, so it's a fairly steep learning curve. Thank goodness for Skype - I still find it vaguely unbelievable that it's free! Things are slowly falling into place here. I'm more familiar with getting around (in songthew, which are the main mode of public transport here), my "essentials" in Thai are improving, Phil's coming to visit on Thursday, plus Zach (American guy who understands irony and sarcasm, unbelievable) is moving into a place nearby in the next couple of days.

Noted with interest that Charles Taylor's trial in The Hague started today. 18 months, they reckon.

What's happening back home?