And so ... after a "short day" of 12 hours of work ... Decy came to pick me up from work.  There were the normal frustrations with the job, the normal "kilo challenges", the normal traffic issues .... as they say in Indonesian "sama sama" ... its the same .... But, maybe it isn't the same. Maybe today was just a little bit better ... maybe it was because this morning I "gave thanks" before going to work.

Tonight, I had a quiet dinner with Decy at a new Chinese restaurant.  We enjoyed our personal time together.  Decy and I have now been married nearly 3 years .... unfortunately, for various reasons we have not been able to share our anniversary together ... this year is the same (tomorrow I leave for the US to attend Paul's graduation) ... maybe next year.  In the meantime, I give thanks ....

Good night, selamat tidur, boa noite, buenos noches ....