Jet-lag like woah

Today was really nice.  This morning, we got to see a blind child receive instruction in braille and O&M.  He was a super cool kid, and so funny!  Mickey did a little teaching, and it was amazing to see this really bright, but timid boy come alive when Mickey showed him that he could do some things on his own.  After that, we went to work with the future O&Mers.  We worked on two-point touch and becoming comfortable moving.

Then, we were reminded that it is indeed monsoon season.  It poured all afternoon and evening, and me without my umbrella.  We walked the mile back in the rain because we couldn't get an auto-rickshaw to stop for us until we were already soaked.  :(

So, this jet-lag thing is insane.  Last night, I stayed up at dinner so that I'd be able to fall asleep when it was time.  When I got home at midnight, I did fall asleep, but I woke up, miserable, at 4:30, and couldn't sleep again until 7.  So, I'm up to like 12 hours of sleep since Sunday morning.  Still, it's 12:30 on Thursday here, and I'm too awake to sleep.  I hear it passes in a few days.  Still, everything is so exciting and new that I'm still good to go, even though I'm sooooo tired.  It's India.  There's no time to be tired.  

I miss meat already way more than I thought I would.  I've not been that long without it, but I think knowing it isn't everywhere makes me want it more.  Many (maybe most?) south Indians are vegetarians.  Lunch for us tends to be rice and other spicy vegetable stews.  Tonight, we went to a restaurant that serves meat, and I LOVED it!  It was 500 rupees, which is really expensive for food here, but that's only about $10, so it was worth the splurge.  It was AMAZING!  It was an all-you-can eat type place, kind of like a Brazillian steakhouse, only they bring around all kinds of amazing appetizers, main dishes, and dessert.  We ate and ate until we were just about sick.  Lauren and I figured it was all good since we'd really just had rice for lunch and we were sure we'd walked it all off!

So, far, it's been amazing.  I'm still processing and struggling to put into words how this is different from our world.  Maybe I'll get there soon.  Hopefully blogging will help.

Well, I'm off to try to sleep.  We'll see how that goes!