Productivity

I spent the better part of the day scrubbing down my new apartment. I was wearing gloves so when I took them off every 2 hrs or so my hands become increasingly unrecognizable. It’s amazing how pruny your skin can become! And when it’s that pruny you really can’t feel anything; it’s weird. My after several hours, and several walls now clean, my skin was starting to rub off on parts of my fingers and I’m still finding new blisters that I hadn’t noticed… I could have not worn gloves, but I think my hands still would have been beat up; I was using bleach water and a scrub brush, whether it was from sweat or soap my hands were getting wet. I’m sure my arms are going to be super sore tomorrow but I feel so good. Maybe this is what people talk about when they say exercising is good for you. I‘ll just keep cleaning in the heat and call it my exercise.

After cleaning, I took my first SOLO bus ride across town! By solo I mean I didn’t have an escort who knew what they were doing, do not be confused and think the bus was empty; Far from it. After I finally found the bus stop (I had to ask two different people) I had to wait for a few min for the right bus. I wish I had had my camera on me because this bus was so jam packed with people that I fit on the first step on and that was as far as I could go; but there were two other people getting on behind me… so as I stepped into some people we took off down the road. We stopped a few times and maybe one person would get off for the 4 getting on. I ended up being pushed towards the front of the bus (standing room only) near the driver; along with several people. It took about 20 min to get to my stop; I talked to the girl squished next to me a little and probably sweat a liter of water…. But I made it to my destination, I knew when to get off and I only paid 3 rupees! I say it was worth it and I will be taking the bus a lot more often. (Not the leisurely ride Adam R enjoys but still a semi-quality means of transportation.) I’m starting to open up to the city here and I think we will become good friends.