Showing posts with label parents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label parents. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
A Word of Caution Brought to you by my Parents
After a very long procession of emails back and forth, I was finally about to Skype with my parents this morning in Bangkok. As planned, I am going down to Koh Samui to meet up with Jamie but instead of taking the overnight train, I'll be taking a bus. (I'm in a PC cafe waiting out the next 30 minutes).
Anyways, after updating them on my itinerary my parents wanted to give me a piece of advice:
Mom: Casey, your father and I watched a show about the tsunami that happened in Phuket 5 years ago. Be very careful. I want you to notice anything that does not look right with the water. Watch the water.
Dad: Yeah, but watch out, 'cuz those things happen really fast.
Mom: That's right. So if you see anything strange- RUN! Run very fast!
Dad: Go where the animals go. No animal has ever died in a tsunami. They know things. We don't. But they do.
So instead of relaxing on the beach, working on my tan and sipping a fruity cocktail with an umbrella in it, I'm going to have to spend the next few days checking on tidal discrepancies and monitoring irregular bird migrating patterns... in case I need to save the people on Koh Samui and ensure that we will all be here to see 2010 (which is ONLY 2 years away from 2012...).
Anyways, after updating them on my itinerary my parents wanted to give me a piece of advice:
Mom: Casey, your father and I watched a show about the tsunami that happened in Phuket 5 years ago. Be very careful. I want you to notice anything that does not look right with the water. Watch the water.
Dad: Yeah, but watch out, 'cuz those things happen really fast.
Mom: That's right. So if you see anything strange- RUN! Run very fast!
Dad: Go where the animals go. No animal has ever died in a tsunami. They know things. We don't. But they do.
So instead of relaxing on the beach, working on my tan and sipping a fruity cocktail with an umbrella in it, I'm going to have to spend the next few days checking on tidal discrepancies and monitoring irregular bird migrating patterns... in case I need to save the people on Koh Samui and ensure that we will all be here to see 2010 (which is ONLY 2 years away from 2012...).
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Why My Parents Rock:
Because they know EXACTLY what I'm missing from home:
Items include:
- Sour Patch Kids
- Red Vines
- Milk Duds
- Mike & Ikes
- Orville Redenbacher Kettlecorn
- EasyMac
- Nutella
- Jello Cookies N Cream pudding and pistachio pudding
- Cherry Jello
- Sloppy Joe seasoning packets
- Bottles of Dayquil and NyQuil and Dayquil tablets
- Hunt's tomato paste for Grandma Lucy's brown sugar/bacon 'sghetti
- Full size fitted sheets and pillow case
Hoooray! Only glitch - the Nyquil somehow leaked and got all over my sheets (boooo) but I just pulled them out of the wash and they are cough syrup stain free! Can't wait to put them on my bed and snuggle into them. I'm so sick of the hospital sheet the school gave me to put on top of the mattress.
Anywho this totally made my week. I am so glad I'm not sick anymore, plus I got open class over with, and now this lovely package came- the icing on the cake!!!
Everytime I pop a Milk Dud in my mouth or decide I need to treat myself to a cup of EasyMac, I'll appreciate my parents that much more for being so thoughtful and all around awesome.
You know how it was when you pulled your PB &J sandwich out of your brown bag lunch and not ONLY were the crusts cut off but it was cut into a cute shape like a heart or a star and you got a little handwritten note? Yep, that's how I feel. :)
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