Oreos

I am not sure what day it is, or how long we have been here….I do know we left our home for 20 years Friday at 7:00pm, and we arrived here Sunday evening. It feels so weird not having a return flight! We aren’t leaving. For the first time Paukline wasn’t at the airport to greet us…And Sakai wasn’t with us. It’s just the three of us.

I couldn’t wait to see Marc’s expression when he first saw the house. Ari and I had already been here, and we both had the same experience. At first, we were like holy crap, what have we done? The house is huge, and nice, but not American AT ALL…Yes, we have flushing western toilets, electricity, wifi, and air conditioning….Still….Marc had the same feeling…..After a while that feeling goes away and the house feels like a home. The Lao furniture in the living room however, It is made of Rosewood. It is beautiful, but I cannot imagine sitting on it for more than a second. Concrete is sure to be softer. Finding a comfy sofa isn’t as easy as it sounds though. Everyone I have asked, laughs and says you will not find a sofa in Luang Prabang. Maybe have one sipped from Bangkok, or Vientiene. Uh yeah, that would cost a fortune. Im sure we can have some cushions made though. Someone here has to know how to sew. I mean really, the night market is full of sewn items “made by local Lao”.

Ok, need food and it is 7:30 and Ari has been asleep for hours. What to do? I suggest we walk around the corner to the Chinese Market, aka Target, and we can get food there. We leave a note for Ari in case he wakes up. Let me tell you, there wasn’t one thing there that wasn’t processed or contained preservatives you have never even heard of. I wouldn’t feed my dog anything there. Except for Oreos. So I guess that is whats for dinner. Holy shit…What are we going to eat? Processed crap? I think we have all become vegetarians….There is a local produce market on our street. We have seen lots of people coming and going late afternoon. Apparently, they also have every type of “protein” in the mornings. Freshly slaughtered protein..Maybe we will be vegan (except for Oreos). Shit what have we done?

Time to try to sleep…I know the roosters will start their crowing soon….They don’t really know how to crow though. None of them know the last doo….