Here We Go

Ok I always have a ton to write and I'm always looking forward to some down time when I can uh express myself and so now's the time... atleast the next 5 minutes or so.

We own a Goldfish. We've owned her for about a month now. We had bought two but I think Fishy (Chetan named her that- I know- 'how original') killed the first one. We so wanted Chetan to have a pet and if we could we could get a puppy right away. It would really teach Chetan some lessons- important ones like he's not the only person that our lives revolve around, that other people, other puppies also have needs and heck, we'd actually let Chetan see to taking care of the Pup and in the meantime learn that taking care of a living thing takes responsibility and patience. Ok- I know- may be he's a little too little to learn these things right now but still.

Yesterday there was no scorching sun. When I walked on our marble floor, it wasn't warm to the soles of my feet. Yesterday I didn't think I was suffocating at the lash of hot air that circulates in my living room in the afternoons. Yesterday the front door was open half the day. Yesterday was a good day. The Lord had mercy and opened the heavens and sent us Rain. The Funny part about this is that it seems from the many reports I heard, that many people were doing pujas and special rituals to evoke the rain gods into sending us rain. When I heard about this about 5 times I just wanted to laugh. Man, there ain't no rain gods. There is only one Rain God and he won't be coaxed into sending rain just because you do a special dance. How sad to see that even the highly educated (ahem) around us can believe such superstitious things.

But I do think the Lord answered prayers. Not because I prayed for rain but I think that the Lord just had mercy on all of us here and on our land and he sent us rain.

Since the weather has become tolerable, the power cut people have decided that now we don't need electricity at all and didn't give us any till 11pm last night. Talk about an exercise in building patience and in accepting your lot in life.

The other day Samir actually told me, "stop your whining, woman" and ever since then I thought about what HE said and realized he was right and have decided to stop about my constant drizzle about the lack of drizzle and power cuts.

By the way, I am seeing everyday what the Psalmist must have gone through when he questioned God over and over again as to why the wicked prosper. Man, we know so many people who are just plain being unethical and are living the best life possible on earth while a lot of us are suffering. Well, you know, not really suffering. Real suffering would be what the Christians in the Refugee camps in Kandhamal are still going through. They don't even have drinking water there. That's suffering for sure. Sure does put things in perspective but my old nature tends to keep looking at me and not at other people.

I better go now. I got lots to do. Miles to run or in other words, lots to clean up and pack up before I head to Bangalore. Sure it's still 3 days away. But Still.