Moving Mo Boxes

Today, we brought a bunch of boxes to the house in Rattapoom. Nobody was around so we got playful and had some fun with taking photos. It was also a rainy day so it added a different kind of atmosphere to the photos than the recent ones taken at the house. The final move is encroaching. This weekend, we're thinking of taking a few more boxes to the house. And on Monday, we will have the use of a pickup truck to take some tables, chairs, appliances, and everything else as well. 

Though we are indeed moving everything to the house in Rattapoom, a district of Songkla province, we won't be moving into that house just yet. That's right. The move in between moves will take place first. I talked about that in my last post about the transition underway. I don't want to give it all away at once. The gist of it is that Ying happens to have another house somewhere. Not only that, but it's a house she had built and she put all her energy and focus into the design and construction of it. It's her dream house. 

We'll be taking the opportunity to live at Ying's dream house for the next little while. How long we stay there all depends on government restrictions. Right now, schools are still closed. Apparently, the government postponed a decision to have schools start teaching online in June. And unlike any other time in Thailand's covid timeline, there are thousands of cases being reported daily. The Indian variant has also entered the country and infected 15 people. 

So it looks like the lockdown for schools will continue for another few months. We're going to spend the remaining time at Ying's secluded house in a remote location. We will hit the road on Monday after moving all our things to the house in Rattapoom. The house was supposed to be completed by the end of this month but it doesn't look like that will be the case. The contractor working on the wooden mainframe of the house went back to his hometown for a funeral and won't be back for another 10 days. 

That's fine as we don't need to immediately move into the wooden house just yet. We will be sheltered elsewhere for the time being. By the time schools reopen and we get back, the house should be fully constructed. It might be one month or it might be two or three months. Hopefully it won't be any longer than that for the sake of the greater good. However, if the greater good is to remain at home then so be it. If there's one thing for certain, it's that the future is totally uncertain. And that gives me incentive to stay more present in the now-moment.

This is the only photo in this post that was taken yesterday. Today, most of the boxes and things in this photo were taken to the new location. 

Here is a partial glimpse at the factory in front of the wooden house and a full glimpse of Ying expressing her thumbs-up style positivity. 

The concrete foundation for the first floor of the bathroom has been laid.  The two-floor bathroom will be the only concrete part of the house. The rest is all wood. All good.

There will be a bathroom on the ground floor and the second floor just in case somebody can't hold it in for too long.

Here is the completed version of the triangular area that was underway in my last post. Nice.

Yellow Beaming Sun

Ace Beaming Salute

Would you trust this guy with your wood?

"The yellow watermelon was this big!" "Really?" "Yeah, and it had 'Ace Beaming Sun' written on it!"

Mr. Bean-ing Sun

Here's a divergent use for a plank of wood. She turned it into a hand fan.

This is somewhere between a pose and a "Don't take my photo!" - somewhere right in the middle of those two ends.

New Neighbours 

This photo has already been captioned by the writing on the wall.

"Most of our neighbours come and give us a good sniff but this guy just wanted to hold his gadget towards us the whole time. Humans are weird!"