UPdate on past week

Thursday May 31, 2007
I have been without Internet connection now since Sunday thus no entry in my blog. I moved into my place on Sunday and the furnishing started arriving on Monday. Went back to Pune Tuesday to pick up my car – Hyundai Santro (power steering and AC) plus a few more things. Pune is about 1 ½ hour drive away – so have to really make our time worthwhile when going. Petrol is quite expensive here and there is a toll on the expressway going and coming. It is sooooooooo good to have wheels again – there are rickshaws here but not as plentiful as in Pune and they really charge a lot – so many people end up walking – pretty tough in this hot humid weather! Speaking of weather I am starting to adjust to the heat and humidity – finally. Certainly increases the amount of times a day (not even a week) I shower. The rains will soon be starting – then I will get a first hand taste of what they are like – have certainly heard many horror stories about them.
For standards here I have gotten settled amazingly fast – for example a family (4 kids) were here 3 months (not that unusual) before they finally found a place (just to give you an idea). Of course I was very blessed to have Raj find and negotiate for my place. And then to be right next door to them – how great is that!!!
I was thrilled to find a reclining chair – it is the most comfortable for my back to sit in a recliner.
Thankfully I have an inverter so during the many power cuts I still have power on selected lights and plugs – this is so great to have.
I will take pictures and post them on this site soon.
To see Lonavala and the campus check out ---------------------- website
Went to see a new baby girl born a couple of days ago to one of our Indian couples – boy was she ever cute!
Today we had a couple of major downpours about 15 min each – and I mean RAIN heavy and loud. And they say it does this 24 hours for 4-5 days – can’t even imagine that. With the rain is a heavy thunderstorm – lots of lightning and thunder.
Friday June 1, 2007
Had a big rain last evening – most of the evening – as a result there was a power cut – I guess some trees were blown down. This seemed like a pretty big rain to me but Brenda says that was nothing!! It thundered and lightened most of the evening. And can you believe it – the power was out all nite – and of course my inverter only lasts about 4 hours and then it dies too. So no fan, no sleep machine and many mosquitoes all nite – not such a good sleep for me. Looking forward to using my machine this nite – catch up on the much-needed sleep.
Will be driving down to Pune today to visit with Sandra and try to find suitable curtains for my windows – thankfully the rods are already up – if I can’t get ready made then I will have to get them made – thankfully the cost of making is very reasonable.