Hot Season Comes Round Again

It is getting hot again.  Sweltering, dripping, exhausting.  I just finished a successful visit to our provincial Immigration office for my annual renewal of an “Extension of Stay in the Kingdom” based on retirement.  Paperwork beyond belief.  I had it all in order, and it went smoothly.  An additional hassle was having old visa stamps from my old passport transferred to my new one, but that went well too.  The office is new, spacious and air conditioned, and everyone there wore face masks. 

Re:  The Virus.  I had been planning to bail out of this heat-infested tropical hell before April, our hottest and most horribly humid month, and fly to America to see the springtime blossoming from April into May.  But the Covid-19 pandemic is making travel anytime soon questionable.  I have two cousins’ reunions, one in June and one in August, and I will have to wait and see how feasible it is then to travel. 

I have stopped going out unless absolutely necessary.  The pubs, such as my beloved Rock Pub, are all closed in Bangkok for the rest of this month at least.  I’m not sure about movie theaters as of today.  My father-in-law is 87, frail and with a long history of breathing problems, so I do not want to bring a virus home to him. 

I have books aplenty as well as DVDs.  My exercise routines always peter out in the Hot Season when it’s just too damn uncomfortable to move. 

We are all well so far and can’t complain that much.  I will try to update this blog more often in the future. 

-Zenwind.

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