Check out my Mom at the top of the Queen's Stupa at Doi Inthanon!





My Mom and I came back to Mae Sai together and we're both staying at my house now. I was so impressed with her when she told me, after an hour of staying at my house that she had a "to-do" list for while she was in Mae Sai. I thought she'd have an itinerary with trips to the Golden Triangle, Myanmar or Doi Tung. But no. She had a shopping list, not for souvenirs, but for house appliances and cleaning products. I am now the lone owner of a vacuum cleaner in Mae Sai. The word "vacuum" doesn't even appear in my Thai-English dictionary. Having mom come visit my living space is great because she notices all these things I NEVER would have noticed, even if I lived here for 5 years. The curtains on my window, for example: I'm impressed with myself that I even live in a house that comes with curtains. My mom took them down and sent them to be washed.

Then there were the really practical things that I really should have taken care of before my mom got here, like my bed with a dip at the foot because the frame sortof collapsed. It's much more comfortable now that she made me talk to my landlord about it.

The rest of this week I am going to try to make her stay a little bit more lax and try to make things more enjoyable for HER...no more shopping for the house or cleaning.