First impressions...aren't everything

It often seems as though I go through life making one mistake after another, always hoping to at least never make the same mistake twice. After an incident of poor communication while traveling with my Mom and Tiana to Slovakia, (I had arranged for us to be picked up at the train station, but had neglected to exchange a description of ourselves with our transporter, or a set meeting spot, and needless to say we had to get a taxi to our accomodation.) I attempted to learn from this previous mistake and contacted my guesthouse to pick me up from the airport, holding a paper which said,"Melissa." Bravo for my follow through and great ideas, too bad nobody showed up to get me.

It was 10:40 when my plane landed in Chiang Mai and After 12hours of traveling I was tired and desired a bed as I have gotten acustomed to passing out around 10. I'm not sure if an airport security guard helped me out of kindness or to get the tired looking white girl out of the way, regardless, he put me into a cab and gave me an assuring nod (words in the same language were not exchanged) that I was off in the right direction. Indeed the cab driver took me to the right guesthouse, however all the lights were off and it was locked up for the night.

I was about to park myself on a bench outside the guesthouse for the night and only changed my mind to make more of an effort moments later with my first two Thai mosquito bites. I could even hear Tiana in my mind telling me how rediculous I was to just give up at the first chance without even trying. All it took was for me to walk back outside, find a mobile number on the awning, called it and in moments the woman running the place came down to let me in. Life is so simple. I was so tired after a long and emotional day, saying goodbye to Tiana for the second, and last time, in my life was not easy. I wanted to hate this woman so much for putting me through unnecessary stress, but you know, she was so sweet, kind, and apologetic- she kept grabbing my hands and bowing her head in apology that luckily I realized how it was really not a big deal. I got to where I needed to be and all was ok. And most importantly, I had a bed to sleep in and a shower to cool me down.

My own bathroom, in my room.