My future home...

...is definitely the sketchiest place I will have ever lived.  Which is saying something, considering my humble abode in Spain.  When I checked it out yesterday I found that there were two sliding locks on the inside (think really old school bathrooms or a broom closet) and a space for a padlock on the outside.  I went to tell my coordinator this morning that we needed an actual lock on the door, not just a padlock--the idea that someone could theoretically lock me out of (or in to) my own house is a tad disturbing.  She agreed, but when I went to check it out today it seems that all of the teacher houses are set up with this same locking arrangement, including the director's home.  Yeah, I dunno.  Magical holes are appearing in the walls as spaces for various wires appear--at least the a/c is getting put in today.  Beds were also added today.  Lights are in, and we do have a table.  The table takes up a good chunk of our "sitting room."  I put that in quotes because when they were telling me about moving here, they were talking about having a couch and a t.v.  This is an absurd concept--the wardrobes take up so much space there is barely room for the tiny table we have.  And the wardrobes are in the living room because the bedrooms are too small for them, meaning that we have to go out into the living room to get our clothing for the day.  Somehow magically we are supposed to have a washing machine...this I am guessing will be out back somewhere.  And who knows about the internet (a total deal-breaker if absent).  Gah.  On the plus side it means a 20 second walk to school rather than 3 minute.  And a kitchen counter space--ideally home to the rice cooker and hot plate we were promised, plus a fridge?  Although who knows where that will go.  I think the thing that is going to get to me is the lack of light.  There is no glass in the windows--only screen and wood shutters.  So in order to keep things cool, shutters stay closed.  So all light comes from fluorescent overhead bulbs.  I don't know how to deal with that.

God I hate politics.

All bullshit aside, I might get to go to Bali in a few weeks!  Pee Neat and Pee Noi (English Dept., not Bio) invited me to go for the June break.  So if we can get my visa extension processed in time, I am off to Bali with ~20 other Thai teachers!