Back to Plan A- Chiang Mai

I wasnt sure how I would like coming back to Chiang Mai after living on the beach for so long, but Chiang Mai has so many of its own lovely qualities, and is so nice for a city. I stayed at my normal guest house where the Thai owners have become friends. I was surprised, walking around town how many people recognized me from restaurants, etc, too. There are lots of good restaurants here too!! Chiang Mai feels like home to a certain degree.
Things seemed to work out in perfect synchronicity. In one day, I rented a motorbike, and effortlessly found a really great apartment, an American style gym, and got a job offer for when I finish my TEFL. Things seem to work out when you live in the NOW.
My apartment is on the trendy Neimmanheiman road, and has a pool. Its still just a studio, no kitchen, but its a good size, and has TV, fridge, A/C, and is furnishedit feels so luxurious!! There seems to be a nice mix of Thai and farang there. The girl at the front desk is super nice, a future friends I think, and I was able to sign the lease in English. It felt good knowing what I was signing this time around. Ive decorated it with cool stuff from the Sunday market and night bazaar. Chiang Mai is the center of textiles, and all the things they produce here are so lovely: all this stuff would easily cost ten times the price in the US! I feel like I am living like a queen here! I dont seem myself staying here forever, but life is so easy here.
Ive been hanging out at this trendy coffee shop across the street. Here I am, adjusting to wearing more than just my bathing suit and sarong, and everyone there is decked out, but Im practicing being myself, and Im foreign, so Im allowed to look weird : ) I met some cool Thais there, so its my intention to continue to expand my social circle, and hang out with more Thais, and learn the language a bit better. I met these lovely gay Thai guys here who run a non-profit AIDS awareness NGO, so Im going to possibly volunteer with them.
I also just ran into a friend from the island, and she is taking an Eastern Arts healing course, and they volunteer with giving reiki to Cancer and leprosy patients, so I might do that as well. I know reiki! Lots of options! I love how the universe works because I was just saying to myself how I would love to volunteer somewhere!
My TEFL course starts next week, so I should be all settled by then. Im looking forward to it!!