On to the Placement

I got up at 8:15 and washed my hair in a bucket, It never felt clean after that, Learned how to flush a toilet using a bucket, brushed my teeth with bottled water over a questionable sink. The projects abroad people told me to be ready at 9:30, but called at 8:30 and wanted me to magically be ready then. I asked for 20 min and they let me have it. How annoying. Then I repacked everything and went to breakfast, I met this guy from Canada, had chenna bhatori for breakfast. then we went to the office and I got to watch other people fill out their forms. Then we went to a shop, I bought and Indian cell phone. Then we drove the Canadian to his placement. It was nice to be able to share fears with someone.

While they dropped him off I had to wait in the car. Everytime I wiped my face tons of dirt came off. It took about a half hour, I would have rather gone in with them then sit in a hot car being stared at.

After that we went to my hospital. It looked nothing like the picture of it they gave me. there were tons of people waiting to see a doctor. Only the dr's offices are air-conditioned. Time to freak out again (and I was doing so good). I'm supposed to be there at 7am. Then they took me to the house. Jhansi is so nice she gave me lunch, and was worried that it was too spicy. She has a dog, his name is Doggie. I met Zelda who would be staying for the whole month with me and Cordelie, who would be leaving that night. Everyone was really nice. I wasn't really a fan of the guy who dropped me off.

Zelda and Cordelie showed me the house. The whole house is really nice, the bathroom has a western toilet and a shower. and apparently the water comes from someplace special and you can brush your teeth with it. I just took a shower and I feel a lot better, almost clean. Tomorrow we will go to the internet cafe.

Today was really just a lot of driving. I saw an Indian weigh station, which looks nothing like a US weigh station. And there was a lizard on my wall for most of the afternoon. Now I have a headache. I'm split about being here today part of me just wants to go home, and part is excited to see what tomorrow will bring.