What a day, Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Wow - what a day! I woke up excited for the Inauguration of Obama to be out 44th President. I don't care how you voted...you cant not be excited about the fire he has lit under this country. I am emotional thinking about this historic day... that and it is 5:30am in Thailand and i am awake and have been since I landed here at 12:30am.

I got to the airport in plenty of time so I could watch all of Obamas swearing in and his speech.
I ran to Ikes and asked to be seated in front of the TV...I was not alone in this. It was so cool to see all the people working there gather around the TV and the silence, complete silence, from everyone inside Ikes as this moment took place....of course that was ended when we all applauded after the swearing in. It was a moment I will never forget.

After that I ran to G4 to get on board a 747 to Tokyo...I was in Biz Class and on the upper deck! Very fun. 12 hours in a plane, business class or not, I can say isn't that fun. I watched a couple of movies and slept as much as I could. We landed in Tokyo and I found my way around while looking for my friend Heather...and no kidding, looking for blond hair worked, as I found her and other wedding goers at a bar. So I joined them for a drink before we all departed for our separate flights to Bangkok.

So here we are finally in Thailand... 7.5hours after landing in Tokyo...yes that is about 20 hours of flying and a while day lost. Heather found me at BKK and we found our car service and had a 1.5hour ride to Pattaya (said like Patti-ya).

We met up with Mak in his suite for a drink and to get caught up. It was great to chat with him and hear all about the traditional wedding we will be part of Saturday.

So at 4:30am we came back to our room...H crashed, I am wired. Really??
I decided to blog and then realized - WTF, I think my phone, the only one that works here in Thailand, was left in the limo. Fu*k! I just talked to the front desk and in broken English they are going to call the driver. I know Mak has the drivers cell, so I will touchbase with him in the morning - oh wait, it is morning - okay later today? Cross your fingers we will get it back.

I am going to try and sleep now. Hope you are all well...it is funny to think there are 4 guys I know coming here for the wedding, that are on the same flights I took "today" right now... just starting the journey I just finished. WOW that is a long journey....why am I awake??

Oh and we just saw on TV Hillary was approved...who were the 2 that voted no...really???
Woohoo!
Think she can help me get my phone back?