Jeff kindly rang me at 4-30am but I was already up. They were picked up at 4-45 but my driver wasn’t due till 5-30. after checking out, I had time for a last breakfast. The ride to the airport, in another Volvo with seat belts and speedo working, was quite quick since even in Bangkok there’s not that much traffic at that time. Then it was queue for check in – not helped by standing behind 3 American ladies who had e-tickets, especially when the compuer was “laying down”. Eventually moved to another queue and checked in, then another queue for exit payment, then passport control. I had time to snap a photo of the tug of war between good and evil, and buy some perfume, before heading tot the departure lounge where I caught up with the others. It was a relatively short time after that that we boarded. This was a direct flight so a couple of hours shorter than going up and had 2 movies I hadn’t seen before – The Lake House and Breaking up.
My son, David was going to meet me so I called his mobile while I was queing for Passport control and got his message service. Called again once I’d cleared customs with the same result, so I sent an SMS. I was just about to call his brother when he rang me. Apparently he’s having problems with his phone and has top turn it on and off occasionally. He of course was at the domestic terminal so another 25 minutes passed before he arrived.
We stopped at a mall on the way home so I could buy him a shirt and X box game for his birthday. Brian came over and we had fish and chips, then I made him look at my shots so he could see what he missed.
So it’s over. Back to work again, if not tomorrow, then the next day. The prospect isn’t all that appealing but reality and mortgages deem it so.
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