Part of the Experience

Doing the Parking thing does wear me down at times, however when I picture myself in Thailand doing a variety of things I have listed really helps with my days. Although I have several things on my plate, at the moment this experience gives me lots of juice.
Over the last several months my plans have expanded and this adds to the total experience. I am now compiling my information into an easy one touch folder in which I journal, log, and keep track of my spending.
Earlier in the process one of my concerns was to have enough time to take off work. I have made sacrifices to build up my time and now with the mandatory furlough for City employees I will have just enough for my six week trip.
With plane ticket in hand and having saved most of the money for the this trip I am focusing on doing some extra massage sessions and a few more gift basket sales which will give me what I need to make it a Magnificent experience.

Putting it Together

Many thanks for the feedback from friends who have traveled in Thailand. So far, the best suggested resource is the "Lonely Plant" guidebook for Thailand.
Between this fantastic guidebook, Internet research, emailing contacts over there and all the wonderful feedback from friends I think I have come up with an interesting itinerary (I'll share more with you later on that).
I have made and confirmed accommodations in several Cities. Also I put a deposit on the Full Moon River Rafting Trip for November 2-3rd. My list of "things to do" has expanded in the last several weeks. I actually use visualization techniques seeing myself doing a variety of things and connecting with the people and culture.
Six weeks of this amazing experience that will effect me on many different levels.

I've been spending some time with the Rosetta Stone language course for Thai and took my first test recently scoring a 78%, not bad for the first one.

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