My computer is so confused right now. According to it, it says it’s 4:41pm on Sunday, May 5th as I write this. However, it is actually 11 ½ hours later in India making it 2:10am on Monday, May 6th as I write this. We have just gotten settled into our flat where we’ll be staying for the next couple of weeks. For me, it’s like settling back into a familiar old winter coat that has been put away for the spring, summer, and fall seasons; but now that the bitter taste of winter is back, so is the faithful old coat. Of course, the irony in this is that it is anything but winter right now! The humidity is surprising for what is normally a very dry season for India (during the months of May and June). Another surprising thing is that because of the humidity, the mosquitoes are out in full force! Last summer when I was here, I didn’t see a single mosquito the whole trip.
Mosquitoes aren’t the only animal life out and about at this hour. We have already had two sightings of my dear old friends: the little gecko lizards. They’re actually quite pretty in their own way, with light green bodies and bits of pink cascading down their back occasionally mixed with orange; but boy are they fast! Between these little guys and the other oddities so unique to India (how the shower works, which side of the road you drive on…if any, etc.) it feels great to be back in what has now become my home. Some things will never change, while others change more frequently than I could possibly keep up with them! Such is life, a sea of constant change (there’s an oxymoron for you!); and India is certainly no exception.
~Kathleen
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