Sorry it's been so long since I've written anything, but the past few weeks have been quite eventful.
Three weeks ago, it was Thanksgiving, and to celebrate the occasion, we went south to a city in the mountains called Kodaikanal. We spent Thankgiving with about 5 other families. While we were there, we hiked a mountain, swang on a rope swing, which was hanging from one of the many giagantic trees up there, and (of course) had Thanksgiving dinner. For Thanksgiving, we actually got to eat Turkey! Turkey is rather difficult to find in India.
Two weeks ago, we were preparing our flat so that we could move in as soon as possible. We had to clean the flat from top to bottom. Also, we had to paint two rooms. We painted the foyer a gold color. In addition to that, we painted my room gray. Another thing we had to do before we could move in was buy matresses and sheets. Plus, we had to move in the little bit of furniture we had and get our den and kitchen set up. After we did those things, we were ready to move.
Last week, on Monday, we took all of our belongings (as far as we know) from the guest house, and moved them, and ourselves, into our new flat. Our kitchen is completely set up, thankfully. Other than that, we have a couch, a love seat, a chair with an ottoman, a coffee table, and an armoir, with a flat screen tv and a dvd player in it. Then, we have matresses on the floor that we are sleeping on for the current time.
We have been searching for a church since we got here. Sunday, we went to a church that we had never gone to before that some friend of mine from youth group invited me to. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and hope we make that our church. It was the only church that had quite a bit of people my age in it.
Yesterday, I was sick for the first time since we got here. It was just a common cold, but because I was running a small fever, I got to skip out on language! :) On top of that, we got to see part of an Indian funeral take place right across the street from our flat. The entire time the funeral was going on, there was a guy blowing on a conch shell while playing a small drum. After performing many Indian rituals, that we couldn't see because of the crowd of people surrounding the body, they placed that body, which was covered with a red cloth and lots of flowers, on a ladder like stretcher. Then, they placed the body on the stretcher in a Qualis ( a vehicle sort of like a Montero) and drove away.
Well, after these eventful past few week, I am quite looking forward to Christmas vaction. It will be nice to have a bit of a break, even if it won't be the full two weeks like back in the states.
-Birdie
Three weeks ago, it was Thanksgiving, and to celebrate the occasion, we went south to a city in the mountains called Kodaikanal. We spent Thankgiving with about 5 other families. While we were there, we hiked a mountain, swang on a rope swing, which was hanging from one of the many giagantic trees up there, and (of course) had Thanksgiving dinner. For Thanksgiving, we actually got to eat Turkey! Turkey is rather difficult to find in India.
Two weeks ago, we were preparing our flat so that we could move in as soon as possible. We had to clean the flat from top to bottom. Also, we had to paint two rooms. We painted the foyer a gold color. In addition to that, we painted my room gray. Another thing we had to do before we could move in was buy matresses and sheets. Plus, we had to move in the little bit of furniture we had and get our den and kitchen set up. After we did those things, we were ready to move.
Last week, on Monday, we took all of our belongings (as far as we know) from the guest house, and moved them, and ourselves, into our new flat. Our kitchen is completely set up, thankfully. Other than that, we have a couch, a love seat, a chair with an ottoman, a coffee table, and an armoir, with a flat screen tv and a dvd player in it. Then, we have matresses on the floor that we are sleeping on for the current time.
We have been searching for a church since we got here. Sunday, we went to a church that we had never gone to before that some friend of mine from youth group invited me to. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and hope we make that our church. It was the only church that had quite a bit of people my age in it.
Yesterday, I was sick for the first time since we got here. It was just a common cold, but because I was running a small fever, I got to skip out on language! :) On top of that, we got to see part of an Indian funeral take place right across the street from our flat. The entire time the funeral was going on, there was a guy blowing on a conch shell while playing a small drum. After performing many Indian rituals, that we couldn't see because of the crowd of people surrounding the body, they placed that body, which was covered with a red cloth and lots of flowers, on a ladder like stretcher. Then, they placed the body on the stretcher in a Qualis ( a vehicle sort of like a Montero) and drove away.
Well, after these eventful past few week, I am quite looking forward to Christmas vaction. It will be nice to have a bit of a break, even if it won't be the full two weeks like back in the states.
-Birdie
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