This morning was the "hunt for laundry".... which is sort of like "Hunt for Red October" but a lot less gory (and i don't think they are gonna make a movie out of it either). haha. Ya, just strolling around with my duffle full of laundry that i am not committed enough to wash by hand, ie: hoody, towels, sweaters etc. inquiring here, inquiring there, trying to find the best price where they don't charge you 25 cents per sock! for real! last time i remember we used to negotiate it by each of us sort of weighing the bag by hand, holding it in the air and bouncing it up and down a couple of times and then offering our price. A couple of counter offers later and a chai and BAM! there you have your laundry dropped off, to be delivered the next day, and NOT for the price of two arms and one leg. Anyways, I finally settled on an arrangement where they would charge me about 12 cents per piece, and only 5 cents for a sock. Funny right? But this is life here. Most of our other laundry we have been washing ourselves by hand, delicates, light cottons and scarves but some of the heavier things are impossible to clean yourself without either a machine or banging it on a big rock by the Ganga (not hauling my laundry down to the river, by the way. Have to draw the line on going native SOMEwhere)
So now i am on the computer again, so soon. Blogging. When i SHOULD be researching train tickets and schedules, but i am procrastinating that so... here i am.
Oh, and Steph, THANKS for lending me that book. BOTH those books. I tried like crazy to finish the last one before i left, i was reading like a madwoman, but still, it sits incomplete on my nightstand in kamloops. I was so close to the end!
So I was going to say, that if you need it back, please feel free to call my house after december 12th or something 554-0978(that's when harvey will be home) and stop by to pick it up, that would be cool. I AM going to finish it though, i am totally hooked. and now that we are going to Agra on the 21st of december (solstice AND full moon) i am doubly interested in seeing the fort and everything, not just the Taj Mahal, of course.
ok, really gotta go.
love you love you love you all, and india loves you too
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Hi Angie,
Always lovely to read your blog! The luxury of simply walking upstairs to the washing machine ;) Kamloops update - we've got snow... and it's COLD! Weather forecast says -18C tonight (-29C with the windchill). Brrr! Glad I'm safe and warm inside. Wondering if I missed something and it's January already... Calender still says November.
Hugs :)
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