Long enough...

I've been in Thailand the past 2 weeks...doing a visit to the WMF folks there, and then taking a little break...

I was gone long enough....

That my feet were completely clean when i got home

That I got used to seeing a clean, organized city

That I got used to the quite

That I rested…and let my guards down

That I put on a few pounds

To play and dance in the rain

To share great meals with amazing folks

To read some great books

 I was also gone long enough....

That the drive from the airport was hard, really hard.

That I forgot how many people sleep on the sidewalk here

I forgot how poverty often looks

That the thin layer of black Kolkata dust has settled on everything

That i wasn't quite prepared for "re-entry" this time around

That it feels good…and disorienting to be home…