HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, here is a list of some things that I am thankful for this year (in addition to the usual "loving family, good friends, delicious food, etc." of course):

- air conditioning, or "air con" as they call it in Indonesia
- Indonesian-English dictionaries
- packages in the mail (hint, hint)
- little kids who like me even if I don't speak their language
- the U.S. Consulate in Surabaya and the Consular General, in particular (for feeding me a delicious Thanksgiving meal...and keeping me safe)
- taxi drivers who actually know where they are going
- off deep woods bug spray
- sunscreen
- toilets with seats that you can sit on and toilet paper
- rain...which I assume will eventually fall in Surabaya

I think that's a good start. The point is that I am thankful for a lot of things and I hope you are too. Happy Thanksgiving!