Sunday, May 10, 2009

one of those days

I think that there should be a law against people asking if you are sick because "you look awful". Seriously, that just isn't cool. I am slightly ill actually, but I think it is allergies because I keep sneezing non-stop which does make my eyes kind of puffy.
Anyway...along with my sneezing I'm just generally very discombobulated. Why, you ask? Well, both my driver and my maid are going to be away starting tomorrow so I will have replacement people. My maid's son (who speaks some English; she speaks none) came by last night to tell me that she is going to her village for 12 days so someone else would be cleaning during that time. Realistically I almost never see her but there is a comfort level I have with her so it will be weird to have someone else there, I'm pretty sure I will obsessively check every room until she is back to make sure everything is in its place.
Then this morning my driver and his dad picked me up together to explain in a unique Hindi/English combo that they are going to their village tomorrow because (I think) my driver is getting married. They have a substitute driver set up who they said is "safe, doesn't drink and doesn't smoke", but I have such a comfort level with my driver that I will really miss him.
So here I am all discombobulated but also feeling a bit selfish for feeling so. It is odd since I'm so new to having "help" how quickly I've become comfortable with it. But I'm happy that they take time off too and that their lives don't revolve around mine.
Just one of those days I suppose.

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