Friday, January 1, 2010

2009 For Tim

A lot of Tim's year can be summed up in one word: work.  She generally works a lot of hours each week.  She will usually leave the house by 8:00 – 8:30 a.m.  On the early days she might get home by 7:00 or 7:30, while on the late ones she might work until 10:00 or 11:00 p.m.  She also works Saturdays, but those are generally of the 9-5 variety.

Tim was on TV and radio here in Thailand a few times during the course of the year promoting her business.  Incidentally, her bus terminal served as a location in several movies and music videos.  A few weeks ago, she was watching a Thai movie and said "Hey Brian, that's my station."  Sure enough, it was.

While running her own business does consume a large amount of her time, it does have its benefits.  She is able to take time off when she wants or needs to.  So when the kids are off work or have a special event from school, she is often available.   And while her late schedule usually precludes the entire family from having dinner together regularly, we have breakfast together every school day, and Tim and I bike with the kids to school. 

If there is one thing my dear wife loves in addition to her family is to travel.  We took a family vacation to Singapore during the kid's spring break.  Tim had to visit the states this summer for immigration purposes, and while there got to visit the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon and Antelope Canyon.  Yeah, a lot of canyons. 

When I returned to the states in October, Tim took the kids to Hong Kong.  We had originally planned on going to Japan for ten days, but we had to postpone because Tim needed to be here for a few days for business. 

One of the things that Tim really wants to do while we are here is to see Thailand.  There is still quite a bit of the country that she hasn't seen.  She has basically lived in the U.S. since she was fifteen, so this time here has been a great opportunity.  I know I am missing some places, but she visited Phucket, Kanchanaburi, Chiang Mai, and Ayutthaya this past year.   The trip to Kanchanaburi was one of Tim's favorite in Thailand because she sat down and planned it out herself. 

Phucket provided some excitement of the frightening kind as Tim and Jacob were caught in some sort of cross current when swimming in the ocean.  For a time she felt like she and Jacob were getting drug out to sea.  Fortunately, she was able to get them both to safety. 

Tim's struggle with the iPhone has continues.  At the end of last year, she (with the help of Aleena) broke her iPhone.  This year she managed to ruin another one and Aleena also played a role.  Tim was at the beach with Aleena and had the iPhone in one of the cases that strap to your arm for jogging.  She forgot that she was wearing it and Tim, Aleena and the iPhone went swimming for the better part of thirty minutes.  The iPhone didn't recover.

Tim started jogging again this year.  Four or five mornings a week she will get up at 5:30 a.m. and go out and run.  She goes that early so she can be back in time to bike with the kids to school and because the weather can get pretty hot and muggy when the sun comes up.  And by "can get", I really mean "usually is". 

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