Thailand Trip (Day 1 and 2)

Day 1:
Mom and Dad drove me to the airport today. We stopped at a Vietnamese restaurant in Ft. Collins, CO on the way. Left Denver at 3:00 Mountain and arrived in LA after 5:00 pm Pacific. Mike arrived at about 7:30 pm. While waiting I camped out at the interesting International terminal. Mike booked the car from EZ rental. They were low cost... the office was a trailer on blocks. Given the fact that it was late, they did not have a compact car, so we were "upgraded" to a minivan. LOL. We arrived at Aunt Carol's and Uncle Richard's after a drive across LA.

Day 2:
Visited Grandma this morning. She warned me about Thailand and showed me several maps. We also had a good chat about life and caught up. She was afraid that I will have to sleep on mats and eat strange food. Also, she is worried about malaria and weather, two legitimate concerns. I saw cousin Holly and Ryan after that and their kids Evan and Josh! Great kids with lots of energy. For lunch we had In and Out! Awesome! Cousin Heather and Franklin will come over soon and we will all eat dinner later.

The Semester in Review

The semester was a great success. I attribute part of this success to the fact that I tried to become a minimalist. With that said, I was anything but successful at times.

In the beginning of the semester Sean helped me with my room. We tossed out all sorts of junk and left the bare necessities and some limited decorations. The clean room really helped in a lot of aspects. I spent less time shuffling through junk, and more time with friends. More time on homework and less time looking for misplaced papers.

By mid-semester the room was a mess. In some aspects, I was back to my old ways. At least I realized this though.

Move out proved once again how minimalism can calm ones life. Even though my room was a mess compared to earlier in the year, it was lightyears better than freshman or sophomore move out.