It’s a crazy when you take a moment to sit down and reflect on what’s been happening. Life is unfolding and the universe is pushing Mike and I exactly to where we are meant to be. Together, we’ve been making some really big decisions and our lucky stars keep shining through letting us know we’ve made the right choices. 



It was no secret that I disliked working as a receptionist. It wasn’t the job itself, it was the lack of effort I had to put fourth every day, the way my Burmese coworkers were treated and the 45 hours a week I felt like I was wasting on this island. After I had come home one day, Mike sat me down and didn’t give me an option. He told me that was my last shift and he couldn’t stand to see me unhappy for even one more day. I agreed, although I was nervous because that job was our only source of income. That’s why we have a savings, Mike reminded me. And it wasn’t long before I realized how big of a weight had been laying on my shoulders. Those first few days unemployed again, I felt so relieved. I checked out my first yoga class and had never felt so alive. Later that night, Mike even told me he’s never seen me so high. Alive, I think to myself, I’ve never felt so alive. 





As it goes “everything happens for a reason”. After Mike finished up his amazing jam session on the keys at Moov one Sunday night, he was asked to join a band. The next day we just happened to bump into the singer at another bar who almost begged him to play with her. She also told him how much money he could make off only playing for a few hours. An easy source of income. The only catch is we’d have to find him a keyboard, and on an island this small that is nearly impossible. We planned to order it online and have it shipped to the dive shop as soon as our visitors were on their way home and we got our visa extensions done with. 

Let me explain how a visa works in Thailand. In order to stay in this country for over 30 days you need one. There are multiple options but the most common for travelers is a tourist visa. Mike and I have a double entry tourist visa, meaning we can enter the country but must leave by the date stamped on our passport upon our arrival, about 2 months. After the first entry is up we leave the country, get stamped that we left the country and entered another one and than can re-enter on our second entry. However, you can extend each entry one time at an immigration office. So we headed off to Koh Samui on the 6am ferry to get to the closest immigration office to Koh Tao. (Only a 2 hour boat ride!) Once we got to immigration we filled out paperwork, handed in our passports, paid a fee, and waited about 15 minutes and were free to enjoy Koh Samui. 





We had no idea what we would do or where we were going. If Koh Tao is the Stone Pony than Koh Samui is Radio City Music Hall. We saw traffic lights and paved roads for the first time since leaving the mainland in May. We found Big Buddha and I got scolded at by a monk who directed me over to the robes. We explored the jungle and found a waterfall. We played with monkeys and swam in the ocean. It was an awesome day. The best part was as we were driving down a road having no idea where we were headed, we both spotted a small store with ukuleles and guitars on display. Obviously we had to turn around and check it out. Mikes been giving me lessons on the ukulele and he needed to find new strings since his one is on the verge of snapping. Well, when we walked inside we saw a wall of keyboards. It was meant to be. The people in the store were so friendly, and arranged to bring our purchases to the pier for us so we could continue our day with out lugging around a giant box. We even got me my own ukulele so we can play together!  We headed back in time to catch the 5pm ferry and make it to Koh Tao just as the sun finished setting. 







As I was sitting down writing this post at my favorite beach bar, enjoying an afternoon mojito and my Thursday special half price sushi roll, I checked out Koh Tao’s community page. I stumbled upon someone’s post from about 20 minutes earlier “KOH TAO FLYING TRAPEZE PART TIME JOB FOR 5 WEEKS” training provided. It wouldn’t hurt to message her



I sent a quick PM on the FB and guess how my night ended? Flying in the air. She let me try trapeze! Although I was pretty horrible, and think I fell more than I flipped, it was an amazing adrenaline rush. I’m not sure if I’ll get the job, but the opportunity presented itself and knowing that makes my heart happy.  My night ended a lot more unexpectedly than I would have imagined when waking up and I’m excited to see what tomorrow brings!