One month...

I have been in Thailand one month.  Just a few points...

• I have not used a squatty potty yet and I am very proud.
• A porta potty squatty potty (great new tongue twister) might be the grossest thing ever.
• Kids are the same everywhere.
• As are office politics and catty women.
• I will never get used to washing dishes in the shower.
• No matter what pretty scenic picture you see, just a few feet away will be the gut retching stench of sewage.  It is good to keep things in perspective. ;)  What a gorgeous walk to work!  Just don't breathe in.  
  
• Thai food is not healthy.  At all.  Not even close.  If I want to fulfill that fantasy that I'll come back slightly fitter, I'll have to eat like a westerner.  Fried chicken, fried fish, fried rice, fried noodles with a side of 7/11 snacks is a common breakfast lunch and dinner.
• There is no salt, but a bowl of sugar will be provided at most tables.
• They love sweetened condensed milk.  At home, unless holiday time, I can maybe find a dozen cans?  This is only a portion of the sweetened condensed milk aisle.  There was much more.
  
• I could willing live off of Isaan sausages, pineapple, persimmons
• and Koala Cookies.  
  
• If it weren't for the occasional Black Friday commercial on Pandora, I wouldn't believe it is November.  I'd have a hard time believing it is even September.
• It is pretty sweet here and I've met some great new people.