Day Seven: Chennai

Thursday, August 19, 2010, Chennai
8:56 p.m. India time

Today we did absolutely nothing. I got up, blogged, ate breakfast, made my bed, showed Aunty and Uncle the movie I'd made of the boys' trip to the ocean, then played a game of "Life:Twists and Turns" (A new version of the Game of Life, but not as complicated)with the boys. Afterwards, I put my movies to music, and then fell asleep. I slept almost all afternoon. When I woke up, the Man Cub was lying against me, playing his DSi. I'd had a dream that I was eating Indian sweets, so I made that dream come true. :)

I have been taking a lot of photos, especially of food.  :) I am laughing at myself every time I take a bite of something and think, "OMG, this is soooooooo good." when it's something I always swore I couldn't stand, like cauliflower, or lentils, or... Indian food.

When Raja got home we walked to an amazing vegetarian restaurant and I had a fantastic spreat of food: Naan, a couple kinds of dal, paneer curry, veg fry (this was the best thing EVER), onion raita, an onion salad, and a rasgulla in cardamom syrup. (i once tried one of these from a can. It was horrible.) We drank water, but then shared a pineapple milkshake. It was the strangest thing ever. There was a base of lukewarm pineapple creamy drink, with a scoop of ice cream in it. Odd. However, then they brought me a drink that was supposed to come with my dinner. Cold, frothy, sweetened buttermilk. My goodness, it was an amazing thing.  I walked out of there feeling about 20 pounds heavier. It was worth it, though.

I'm still trying to upload my video, and I'm going to work on my photos, too. The connection is pretty weak here, so it might be a tomorrow thing.

Anni leaves for Australia tomorrow. She's made some major sacrifices at work to sped time with us, and I am very grateful. I'll miss seeing her beautiful face every day. She is more like a sister to me than ever, and I'm glad I had the chance to spend real time with her.

For someone who slept all day, I'm exhausted. I'll try one last time to get this film uploaded, but then I'm going to bathe and go to sleep. I'll post more tomorrow.

Until then, be good!