Surprise! Mickey Welcomes Me To India

Ughhhhh!!

So there is a mouse in our building. I'm grossed out and a bit disturbed. This is so new to me... Fighting off Mickey Mouse - never in my wildest dreams!

To begin my tale (no pun intended... lol), I was seeing little pellets of poop in the bathroom. The other residents were saying the pellets were from the geckos/lizards. Being that we are in India, the lizards are unavoidable! But on Friday morning, I went into the bathroom and noticed that the drain had moved. I thought that was strange, had some suspicions but shrugged off the weird vibe I got. Just as I thought, my suspicions were confirmed at breakfast. A girl in my building said a mouse ate through her plastic bag and devoured her mango! OMG, I nearly passed out... this is so out of my comfort level. It's all so new. Wow!

Please allow me to have a moment. Just this once...
We are staying in one of the worst buildings in the village!
I'm moving TODAY!
Get FOH!
Everyone knows I can't co-exist with them things (mice)!
Mommy!!!

Now that that's out of my system, I can say lucky for me I always zip up my bags and always sleep with a nightlight on!

I hear Management is putting traps around the building today. Whoa! I'll keep you posted.

Crossing Over and Safe Arrival in India

So as a woman, of course I packed way too much! First goal was to only bring one suitcase and a carry-on. My bag was definitely over the 50lb limit (88lbs *head hung low*) the teller at the airport could not stop laughing! I had to remind them that I'm going for two months! A lady needs her stuff. Nonetheless, I purchased an overpriced duffel at the airport to separate my stuff.

The flights were pretty long. I slept through every time they were going around to take meal orders. My meals were all defaulted to vegetarian. LOL... so far so good, let's see how long I can keep this vegetarian thing up. They gave this snack on the plane that didn't quite go well with my taste buds...sort of like spicy noodles? Not my favorite! 

I'm In India!! Wow!

What a long journey to Jamkhed! JFK to London then London to Mumbai. The security is serious here on this side if the world! The US has nothing to complain about. I actually saw someone who had been tasered down by security. From Mumbai a car service met us at the airport to take us to Pune to then meet a CRHP representative to drive us to Jamkhed.

Everyone is pretty friendly so far. On the five hour drive to Pune from Mumbai the driver stopped next to another car (we got a little nervous since it was in the middle of the night) but it was so the other passengers could get into another car since we were going to different locations. From Pune, we met a the CRHP rep driving an Izuzu trooper in front of the Samrat Hotel. The driver was nice and we pulled over to have a light snack - some "tea." I probably had the best Chai tea I've ever had!

We arrived into Jamkhed at 7am the next morning just in time for class! Yes, class. I can express how tired I am but I think the endorphins have taken over. I am just so excited to be here the fatigue is taing a baack seat at this time. I am looking forward to coming back to my room and resting my head...

Talk to you soon.

Hello and Welcome

Howdy! Welcome to my little space in the blogisphere. It's the place where you will find all of my musings as I spend the next two months in Jamkhed, India. I plan to tell you of my teaching adventures, the people, the culture, the food, and any other interesting tid-bits I come across on my journey. I hope you enjoy the ride!

xoxo Na'Dege