I'm falling into a routine here, at least somewhat, so I'll probably be posting a little less frequently than I have been. I figured I'd give you an idea of what my daily life looks like, though, in the meantime.
My mornings start between 5 and 6, when I wake up. I eat breakfast, take a shower, get dressed, and clean a little. Then I walk to Satish's house to use his internet and Skype with people (so far just Jeff and parents). Around 10, the driver comes and we leave for the office. It's a different group of people who goes every day, and I haven't really figured that out yet. One day it was Satish, Anand, Rahul, Rahul's wife, and me. Yesterday it was Rahul, Sheila (his mom), and me. Sometimes it's just Satish and me.
At work, I go upstairs to my "cabin" (cubicle) and set up my computer and make a list of the work I have to do that day. Lately, I'm running out of things to do because project coordinators are being slow to send in reports and I've already gone through all the ones I have so far.
At 1ish, I head down to the cafeteria for lunch. Lunch is always rice and dahl, some fresh cucumber, carrots, and onion, and two vegetarian things to go with the rice. My favorite so far was Tuesday, when we had something that had a texture like artichoke heart, but I couldn't figure out if that's what it was.
Around 5, or whenever my brain is too fried to continue working, I pack my stuff up and read or surf the web until someone tells me it's time to go. That can be anywhere from 5 to 7:30. When I get home, I clean a little, sometimes I read, sometimes I try to find Sharda (turns out Rayshu is a pet name, so my neighbor friend is actually called Sharda). Night before last, she taught me to cook a little, and we plan to do more of that. Last night, her mom told me to come with them to a birthday party for some neighbors, so I did that.
I've been tired the last few days, and I'm running out of work, and I'm pretty much out of food at home. I haven't figured out yet how/where to go food shopping. I'm not supposed to go out alone after dark, but I usually get home around sunset. I could go in the mornings, but that's my only time to Skype. I still don't have internet at home, which is annoying but not terrible.
I'm not in the best of moods this morning. When I get in to work, I think I'll talk to Alok and see if he can make me feel better. I'm already hungry again (my breakfast was mostly bananas), and there's a long while before lunch. Anyways, I'll maybe post more about the birthday party from last night later. For now I have to get ready to head to work.
My mornings start between 5 and 6, when I wake up. I eat breakfast, take a shower, get dressed, and clean a little. Then I walk to Satish's house to use his internet and Skype with people (so far just Jeff and parents). Around 10, the driver comes and we leave for the office. It's a different group of people who goes every day, and I haven't really figured that out yet. One day it was Satish, Anand, Rahul, Rahul's wife, and me. Yesterday it was Rahul, Sheila (his mom), and me. Sometimes it's just Satish and me.
At work, I go upstairs to my "cabin" (cubicle) and set up my computer and make a list of the work I have to do that day. Lately, I'm running out of things to do because project coordinators are being slow to send in reports and I've already gone through all the ones I have so far.
At 1ish, I head down to the cafeteria for lunch. Lunch is always rice and dahl, some fresh cucumber, carrots, and onion, and two vegetarian things to go with the rice. My favorite so far was Tuesday, when we had something that had a texture like artichoke heart, but I couldn't figure out if that's what it was.
Around 5, or whenever my brain is too fried to continue working, I pack my stuff up and read or surf the web until someone tells me it's time to go. That can be anywhere from 5 to 7:30. When I get home, I clean a little, sometimes I read, sometimes I try to find Sharda (turns out Rayshu is a pet name, so my neighbor friend is actually called Sharda). Night before last, she taught me to cook a little, and we plan to do more of that. Last night, her mom told me to come with them to a birthday party for some neighbors, so I did that.
I've been tired the last few days, and I'm running out of work, and I'm pretty much out of food at home. I haven't figured out yet how/where to go food shopping. I'm not supposed to go out alone after dark, but I usually get home around sunset. I could go in the mornings, but that's my only time to Skype. I still don't have internet at home, which is annoying but not terrible.
I'm not in the best of moods this morning. When I get in to work, I think I'll talk to Alok and see if he can make me feel better. I'm already hungry again (my breakfast was mostly bananas), and there's a long while before lunch. Anyways, I'll maybe post more about the birthday party from last night later. For now I have to get ready to head to work.
I'm going to miss your daily posts if you cut back - I'm hooked :). I understand your mild frustration - when I worked for the military, I never had enough to do, so I would get my work done then work on Sunday School lesson plans, read, etc...
ReplyDeleteI like that you have someone at the office you can talk to about these things, and that everyone is involving you in their lives - birthday parties, etc :)