Ohmmmmm

The weekend has brought me some relief. I am feeling much better and was able to eat something. Sam and I slept pretty much all day again, but I think it's the jet lag that's been making me sicker, so I just sleep it off. I'll adjust soon.

The Hindu temple is super close, and you can see it from our bedroom window. Since about 6am, there has been a constant (and I mean it literally has not stopped) Ohmmmmmmm. It's not very loud, but it is crazy irritating. Every now and then the Mosque attempts to compete with their call to worship, but it doesn't last very long. We're only staying at my dad's apartment for another week, but he's got to live with the ohmmming every single day. My mom is coming in February, and she's already dreading the noise (I guess she remembers from when she lived here).

So we found a place to live! It is absolutely the most perfect situation. It is close to where Sam and I will be volunteering, it's cheap, we will each have our own room, and we basically have our own apartment. We will shop and cook for ourselves, which is amazing, because I have a low tolerance for food at this point, and the most exciting part of it all is that they have a Western toilet, THANK THE LORD! Indian toilets are nothing more than holes in the ground. It will still be interesting though because their bathrooms are quite different from what we are used to. They consist of a shower head, a toilet and a sink. There is no separate shower and everything gets wet! We'll see how that goes.

On the upper floor of the house lives the youth pastor and his wife. They have a separate apartment, so we're living with wonderful people, but we'll have our own space. It's so ideal! Something to praise God for-- good health and a safe place to live.

I start my placement orientation on Monday, and I can't wait. There are still some issues with my school, but I know that God and Raj will take care of that! Happy to be here, but I'm missing home! And I can't stand the Ohmmmmmmmm.