My last post was in April and WOW!!! Life has changed for the
Onofre family. We were originally scheduled to leave San Antonio, Texas on May 23rd, however because of political unrest here in Bangkok, we didn't depart San Antonio
until June 22
nd.
For those of you who know me, you know that I was going out of my mind without having a plan as to what we were to be doing. However, NOW that I look back at it, it was all for the best. There were lifetime memories that we were able to be apart of such as ...
Watching our youngest baby graduate from Elementary school (AND she was able to eat cake at her graduation ceremony!), Watch our
Valdictiorian Nephew graduate from High School, and watch our "Star in the Making" Elia IN A BOX graduate. So while I was going crazy in my head, My heart was very full being able to be apart of those celebrations. :)
We finally received our passports (
hmmm.. after many, many weeks of waiting) and we were given the green light to proceed to Bangkok. Well, being the cocky
lil thang that I am... I was doing a happy dance and walking down a flight of stairs all at the same time and
welll....... BOOM!!! I fell... not to worry though, I jumped right back up and we were off to have our last dinner with the
Kays and the Wilson's! Margaritas were involved, so no time for crying over a fall. Right?!
Well, we went through the motions of saying good bye, see ya
laters and so on, and it wasn't until we were about 18 hours into our 32 hour journey that I got up to go to the Ladies Room, that I realized HOW FREAKING BAD MY KNEE HURT!!! So, I get to the Restroom and and WOW..it's a HUGE bruise...again, just a bump... I'm sure that it will get better! :) RIGHT?!
We finally
arrived into Bangkok, the land of smiles after traveling for 32 hours, so to say that we were tired, well, that was an
understatement! I mean come on... 32 hours... my dad and Cheryl had already slept twice (2 nights) before my head finally hit a pillow!! Yes, we were tired!
We
in processed the Embassy on day 1 and the adrenaline was in full gear, so much so, that I wore high heels that day! :) It was 210 degrees with a humidity of 100% and with my swollen feet and all ... I was in cute shoes!! :) However, I began to realize that the knee was getting no better...
So to fast forward a
lil bit... I ended up in
Baumrungrad International Hospital within a month of arriving to The Land of Smiles! I had knee surgery and I'm currently almost 5 weeks post op and I'm hoping that very soon I'll be the tourist that I want to be.
Not all has been bad though! The week that I was scheduled for surgery I was notified that I had indeed been selected for the Asst CLO position at the Embassy!!! :)
SO excited! So I had surgery on Friday and I reported to work on Wed.! Yes, crazy I know... but what's a girl to do when she wants to shop?!
So, yes we are in Bangkok... eating fishheads!!
This is Khun New, pronounced... Coon Neway... she's our maibon, she cleans, cooks and does laundry! We love her!!:)
