Sitting Shiva. Shiva: A week long mourning period in the Jewish tradition after a death. I'm sitting Shiva. Or I'm in time out. Or having a nervous breakdown. Or all three. It's been 30 days since I returned home. Home to a different life than I left with. It's been 30 days of a 90 day forced time out. It's been 30 of some of the hardest days of my life. But this Shiva is different. I am mourning my own death. The death of me in a life I used to have and a death of a

Oh Bangkok I wanted to love you. I am on to the second half of my around the world vacation. I just finished a week and a half in Italy and a week in Germany with friends. Next stop: Bangkok baby! The land where one hour foot massages are $1.50, full body massages are $3 and the street food has been rated #1 in the world. Enter Bangkok. Unfortunately I missed the memo. The memo that it is the Thai New Year- Songkran when I arrive. This new year lasts for three days and