How am I? OK. Yesterday I felt the results of helping my friend move and my back wasn’t in great shape. So I was a slug and did nothing but watch DVDs. It’s good and bad because it doesn’t stress the back but it also makes it stiff. This morning I’m washing my clothes which is a primary reason I come to the flat, he has a washing machine, but I am also thinking I want to leave today. It is not my place so there is no coffee here and I didn’t think of bringing it with me.
So what happened this week? Not much, as I said it was the end of the festival season so there weren’t many people around. My co-worker will be returning this week. He timed it well that if he came earlier he wouldn’t have had anything to do. My other co-worker had a angiogram done and that required hospitalization for a night. We hurried up and got her packed to be out of her flat but didn’t quite make it. The cupboards in her new kitchen weren’t finished and we didn’t want to bring the stuff there if the workmen were still coming. So I offered to move the last batch Friday by myself while she was in the hospital. That’s what may have taxed my back. She lived on the third floor so it was two flights of stairs for each trip. I didn’t do it alone, the driver helped and did most of it. I’m not stupid…well not a total idiot.
But now that the festival season is over everything is coming to life. There was a political demonstration this morning walking down the street. The flat is on the 11th floor so I can see for miles and the building is at the intersection of two big streets. I admire the Indians that they use their freedom of speech often. I have no idea what they were demonstrating about this morning but I think Americans are wimps that we do nothing about the Gov’t closing down!! Maybe there are demonstrations but it doesn’t make the news, so I really don’t know.
There is something going on at St. George’s Cathedral next door. The bells are ringing, they are setting off fireworks, and there was a procession of people who just walked around the perimeter of the church property. Indians merge old customs into new belief systems so fireworks during a Christian activity is not a surprise. In Sri Lanka the taxi driver had a slew of idols on his dashboard, a Ganesh, a Krishna, and Buddha (Sri Lanka is predominantly Buddhist) and I asked him what religion he was. He answered Hybrid. Made me laugh. But most people are hybrid. I certainly am right now. I respect all religions as long as they teach that everyone is our brother or sister, and to love one another. I’m just sorry to see that the teachings are not put into practice.
I was going to see a movie yesterday, Diana, but my get up and go, got up and went so I didn’t go out at all. Today I am meeting my co-worker at the movies so I will get my butt in gear and go. We are going to see Runner Runner with Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck. Hope it’s good. The movies I have seen lately are Elysium with Matt Damon and Jodie Foster. I went to see that with my co-worker and glad I did. The line was nothing but men and after we watched it I knew why. Very intense and some what violent. Jodie Foster gets killed before the end of the movie, but she’s the bad guy in the movie. She played it well.
I know you didn’t come here for movie reviews so I’ll stop there. This week I hope to meet with the key players for the Home Healthcare project. I’m not taking it on for any kind of glory or satisfaction of accomplishing it because I may never see it created. The Project I did last year with my co-worker, Dr. Patel, resulted in a 33 page report that we submitted but never heard a word about. That was done in February. We may never hear anything. You learn that you do things for the doing of it, kind of like living in the moment. A good way to learn that life is about enjoying every moment.
And enjoying the moment means FOOD for me. Ha Ha. I have been going to McDonald’s here and getting a Veggie burger meal, with a coke and French fries when I go to the movies. And the movies have an intermission and I have a Latte right there in the cinema. I mentioned that I missed eating a Baked Potato and my co-worker is going to have a Baked Potato party for me and a few friends in her new home. Isn’t that nice? And the other thing I really miss is Mexican food. We went to a restaurant that advertised The World’s Best Nachos and it was a big disappointment. They weren't even good, nevermind the Best! I’ll just have to wait until I get home for some good Mexican food.
So keep your fingers crossed that the meetings with the Home Healthcare Project players goes well this week. As long as they are nice to work with I’ll be happy.
Love,
Marie
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