MY SISTERS ARE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU JESUS for letting my sisters make it to Chennai. Yes, Dorothy and Judy braved storms and flight delays and layovers and plane switch-0vers to come and see me in Chennai. I am SOOOOO happy. I got them h0me, they slept ALL DAY...They were supposed to come through Paris on Delta, but ended up on British Airways through Heathrow a day later ...but they made it. We are just chillin'... we went to the Asiana for dinner at the Wild Fire. We were going to Farmhouse, it was closed for an hour, headed to Lydie's, she was closed....headed to LeMeridian...and Rajah (John's driver) said it would take 2 hours in rush hour traffic...so we just went around the corner to Asiana. They have great Thai food...well that restaurant was closed on Mondays. Seems like a bad omen to me, nothing was giving way...so we just went to Wild Fire, the other restaurant there. It was a beautiful dinner, and we had fun sampling each others food. Dorothy took pictures of the appetizers and desserts. I feel like a stuffed potato. After a good stiff drink of south Indian Coffee (boy will that put hair on your chest), I think I've got my second wind.

Judy says: "I'm still sleepy with jet lag, ask me about India tomorrow. I'm a stuffed potato tonight"...
Dorothy says...: Dorothy is out. I tried to wake her, but she has crashed. So much for staying up all night and watching movies and talking.

We broke into a rendition of several gospel hymns on the way home from dinner. (Totally freaked Rajah out as he was trying to maneuver through traffic, but hey...you know the Spence girls can sing at the drop of a hat...Papa would be proud of that. It was a good day, just wait until you see what I've got planned for them this week...hang on. Oh, so you want to know a little bit more before you check back? Okay, we are going to Temple Bay for the night and we are going to have the happy feet treatment where you put your feet in water and fish come up and eat the dead skin and crud off of your bunions and calluses. Well, you know John with his athlete's feet has already refused to take the treatment. I'm sure he'd be drawing back a nub after the fish got through nibbling on him. Judy said it would be payback for all the fishing he has done...give the fish a chance to get even with him. HA.

HEAD SLAM

Last night I got a call from John and went out on the deck and jumped in my wicker swing that hangs by a thick metal chain from the ceiling.. I got one big push off, and KABOOM...the screw in the cement holding the thick metal chain gave way, and I crashed to the floor with the heavy metal chain whacking me in the head...I was on the phone with John and screamed...and he had hung up seconds before it happened. I sat there dazed, waiting to see if blood would gush forward. Thank God that didn't happen, but I couldn't get off the floor. The girls didn't hear me scream, they were sitting in my bed watching BABE...(I love that movie)...Bottom line, my head feels so sore. I'm getting another ice pack, took a mega dose of Advil, and I am going back to bed.

NO 4TH JULY BANG HERE...

Look closely at this picture, look very closely. Do you see any fireworks going off...Nope. Actually, this is a panoramic view of the city of Chennai from the top of St. Thomas Mount which I wrote about awhile back. In fact I took the picture about a month ago. I was reading the local paper today, "The Hindu", and wow -- the title of the article is: "Life of St. Thomas to be captured on silver Screen".....Yes, they are gonna make a movie about Thomas here...."Thomas is believed to have brought Christianity to India, founding 7 churches in Kerala before before being martyred in Mylapore in 72 AD." I wonder will it be in Tamil or will they have the English version as well.

Anyway, back to the 4th...well John had to go to work and Briana had to go to school. No, Ash and I did not get any barbeque ribs, but watermelon abounds here. I really miss seeing the fireworks. From the news it looks like there's "fire-a-plenty" in California right now...Yep, I miss home.

Bree was furious...no 4th of July day off? She just couldn't understand why they wouldn't celebrate that date here (go figure)...and in her rebellious mode she refused to wear her uniform to school, opting rather to wear some bizarre outfit in protest. Being the ever attentive mother that I am, I just said..."Fine with me, kiddo". I just told her to be sure to give me a call if there was a problem, and have a nice day. ha.

Well, I forgot to mention that we did get our VONAGE GOING. Thank you to Rich and Stephanie for making it happen. Thank you Ted for telling me to get a fast ethernet switch, which is why it didn't happen sooner...I just need an EASY BUTTON for life here. Now, if only customs would release my two digital converter boxes so I could watch tv, I would almost feel like being "home" when I walk into this house. They are holding my ozonator that I ordered from ebay as well. I'll let you know when I get that again and will update my "What's Marsha Up to Now" blog when I continue body ozonating. See Judy/Fannie to call me, ya'll.