So returning to India after 9 days in the US I noticed a few things that I hadn’t really noticed before; or I had noticed but had gotten used to I guess. Such as:
- man it is dirty here. Like actual physical dirt, it is everywhere. I had noticed it before but I swear it got dirtier while I was away. The morning after I arrived (I landed at around 11 p.m.) I noticed my landlord’s maid sweeping their terrace and she had collected a significant pile of dirt – and she sweeps this every day! It really freaked me out the first few days I was back, I’m a little more used to it now, but I find that I can no longer walk around my house barefoot, I must have flip flops on at all times because how dirty my feet get really freaks me out. This is why I have a maid that cleans every day; she has Sundays off and I noticed this morning just a very little layer of dirt and dust over everything – after 1 day of not being cleaned. Unreal.
- I missed all the pretty birdies here. You don’t see many birds other than sparrows or pigeons back home, here every day I see lots of pretty birdies, although oddly I haven’t seen a parakeet since coming back. I think the birds and the flowers are my favorite thing about being in India.
- It is so hot. I will continue to say that for a few months but ugh, it is hot. That said we have had a few days where it has hung just under 100 and that I can work with. Saturday it was reasonable, probably around 98 or 99 and I was able to be out and about for 5 hours rather than just 2 so I am making progress with the heat.
- Indian food is soooo good. I always knew that but I only had it once when home and I started to miss it; but I have had it almost every day since coming back and YUM! Especially the naan bread, that I think is about a million times better here.
And those are my thoughts. Well, there are others, but those are the most significant ones that really jumped out at me when I got back. Happy Monday and Happy June!!
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