Change of Plans

It’s been awhile since my last update, and we’ve done a bunch of travel since then (for which I will continue to write posts), but it’s now two countries and two motobike trips later… and we are going home. Met with the downside of motobike travel, The Hubs was off running a few errands and was hit by a couple of college students on another motobike. He got knocked off the bike, but thankfully, his injuries are minimal compared to what they could have been. A few contusions and a minor fracture will keep him on crutches for the better part of the next few months, and so we are making a return to California for him to convalesce and us to reassess.

The original plan was to be on the road for about six months and then check in with ourselves (and our finances) and see where our adventure would take us from there, be it home or onto another continent. But we’ve been handed a different opportunity for this reflective time. A hiatus, if you will. It’s funny how life can change in an instant.

It’s been an exhausting week dealing with the logistics of three hospitals, two insurance companies, and the canceling/changing/making of travel plans to accommodate a man who was already too big for most things Asian. But if these are our biggest worries, I can handle that. I can handle a lot more, actually, so long as The Hubs is okay; a fact for which I continue to feel so incredibly grateful. That and the unbelievable kindness and generosity of the Thai people who have helped us along the way and often in the face of significant language barriers.