Author: Micah

  • Night

    Thursday night I worked all night long to finish up two finals to give my classes Friday morning. I had been working on the tests all week, but had had difficulty making progress because of students stopping by for various things and other assorted interruptions. It was not at all my plan to spend the…

  • Food Update

    I’ve gotten a little behind in writing (among other things). This is just a quick one to let those of you who enjoy tracking my diet know that I’ve now eaten grubs and snails. I’m not a big fan of either, but I would definitely choose grubs over snails.

  • Last Day of Class

    Today was the last day of classes for this term. I’m sure there is something I should be able to say about it, but at the moment the ol’ brain is a little on the well-toasted side of things. Monday and Tuesday nights of this last week I was at school until after 9:00 at…

  • Stars

    Tonight I heard the story of the 7 chicken children. It went something like this: Once upon a time a __________ (word I don’t know) came to a grandmother and a grandfather and asked for food. The grandmother and grandfather did not have much food, but greatly desired to feed the stranger. The only meat…

  • Runner

    Today I ran with a ‘real runner’ for the first time since coming to Ubon. It was a lot of fun to run at a nice pace and talk as we ran. When I run with someone I can run faster, enjoy the run more, and feel better when it is all done, than when…