I know I haven't been writing lately, but things have been totally crazy. I guess I wanted to start off telling you about...MONSOON season. I was always wondering what monsoon season would be like, kinda like wondering what the first pang of giving birth was gonna be like comes to mind. Such obsession with the unknown, and then one day...WHAM...doom and gloom sets in. Yeah, rainy days and Mondays always get me down. You might as well throw in Tuesdays and Wednesdays, okay.
We took off for church last Sunday, the front roads were passable, but suddenly as we turned into smaller roads, the water -- which of course drains NOWHERE -- began rising to our door level.
The girls are freaking out, I'm talking to Vendan, like "Do you really think we can make it?"...rickshaws are becoming stranded in the water...So Bri reaches into my purse, grabs my camera and TA-DA...here's a picture of our first real swampy ride.
Thanks to the grace of GOD, we did't have to get out and push the vehicle to higher ground (yes, others were out there towing the line), because only heaven knows just what the gunk floating and lurking below the surface was.
Well the storm knocked out our internet for 4 days, and just when we got it going, SHA-ZAAAM, lightning struck and fried the modem. A neighbor's house had an entire wall to crack. I'm telling you a clap of thunder struck in the middle of the night that was so loud, we all saw a white light...I was just waiting for the trumpet to sound before I realized that no, the end has not yet come...it was THAT HORRIFIC, and NO, I AM NOT EXAGGERATING...
Well My BABY turned 21 the other day, and yes we celebrated. Me, Ash and Bri took off to their favorite cheese cake spot..EXTASY, and yes, this coffee shop truly deserves its name. It just doesn't get any better than this. I'm telling ya, who'd a thunk that one could find such BLISS in India? Okay we were totally silly, whacky and crazy...and our waiter...Gobbie?? I think that was his name, couldn't resist circling our table any chance he could get. Any way, he wanted to bring Ash a candle in her ice cream, but she was coy and shy.
They bring you your dessert in this huge bowl, about the size of your head, with a strip of...I don't know how to describe it other than it's like sugar coated gummy bears, but it's cut into a 5 inch rectangular block, and it sticks to the side of your bowl...like an after-treat of your cheese cake and ice cream. Well, Bri grabs hers, and lets it dangle out of the side of her nostrils. (We are just rolling, it was so funny). Why are my girls so uncouth sometimes?...I was just simply mortified).
Actually, we were the only people in the shop, or I really wouldn't have let them carry on like this....
Well, once again I joined another club...this time it was GLOBAL ADJUSTMENTS. (Yeah, like I need a mental adjustment). So John took pictures of the entertainment that night. These guys were playing instruments (I forgot what you called them and the type of music it was...cantonic?? something like that. Anyway, as soon as I get back from our cruise (I'm gonna tell you all about the drama going on there maybe tomorrow)...but as soon as I get back, I'm going to take a 6 week Tamil course at Global Adjustments. My head can only hold so much...I am trying to review my Spanish (it's been 20 years) for 3 days in Barcelona, the cruise goes to Malta, Naples (Pompeii), Rome, Florence/Pisa, Nice & Monaco. The guides all speak English...but we are on our own in Spain.
I'm sure we'll have some pretty good stories for you then. Hasta luego, feliz navidad, la cucaracha, vaya con dios, my darling! (Yeah, we are in trouble).
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