October 28, 2004- Meeting Claudia
Thursday, October 28
Well, we are leaving here in just 2 weeks, and I've simply decided to pamper myself for the short time I have left. spent a fabulous day yesterday with Abdellah and a friend of his (who is now hopefully a freind of mine as well), named Claudia who built a house here 7 years ago down in Jogiwara village on the edge of the mountatin with nothing in front of her and an amazing terraced garden all around. It's like being at the end of the world all alone and the house could easily be in Home and Gardens (0r wherever they show off fantastic homes these days). We had such an enjoyable day...Avik didn't want to come so just the two of us went - We arrived around 12-Abdellah made "Shpatzly" for lundh which I'll descirbe at another time but must get the recipe and try it myself - sort of a swiss/german homemade pasta-and then we just sat outside in the garden and talked until almost 5! She will be coming to visit us on Sunday for lunch as well. Had Nicolai for dinner. He's a great person - really like him and his company - I'm truly blessed to have these wonderful people around me right now. He's been very sympathetic about Avik and I and gives me big hugs every time he sees me! This morning I went up to see Akhilesh and we will make a date for dinner or lunch one day before I leave. And then despite my best intentions, I bought a couple of more blouses today - but they are so unusual and beautiful and perfect for dancing, I couldn't resist! I am putting together one more package to send off and hope it arrives as quickly and easily as the first two (By the way Elisheva, please feel free to open and look...I have no idea what is in those first two..completely forgot!). The blouses were only 20 shekel apiece but 200 rupees is alot for me now. Came down to town now and am sitting at Chocolate Log eating their fabulous walnut date cake and filter coffee. I will try and spend as much time alone as possible wlthough Avik is on a perpetual shopping spree and has asked me to help him find gifts and stuff for his house. Don't like the idea but cannot refuse.
I had really gotten sick of his not doing anything at all in the room and the other day he even complained that there were no apples left for breakfast when he could have easily gone down and asked Ashish for an apple or a full breakfast...and this really got to me and we had a fight...I was quite upset at myself for being pulled into it but it really got the best of me. So then I decided not to shop, or boil water or empty the garbage etc., and see how long it would go on. Well, when the garbage was literally overflowing, and there was no water to drink, and no food for breakfast for a couple of days, he finally figured it out! Emptied the garbage, put water to boil and made up a shopping list! I am lucky that Abdellah actas as a buffer...I'm not sure I'd be able to do this if I was completely alone with Avik here.
After the choclate log I went to visit Gill and had a great time with him as always. then came back to the room to see if Avik was there so we could go to lunch together but he wasn't, so I went down with abdellah to check about the plane tickets, get some lunch while he was at the internet, and even found another ruskin bond book I'v e been looking for. Came back to the room and Avik was alseep and so helped abdellah get a package ready for his friends in Switzerland and then when Avik went out, got my own package almost together...not too much...may even send it air mail but will decide cost effectiveness when I get to the post office.
We are both completely out of it as far as cooking and no one feels like going out as it it really cold here now at night, actually already now once the sun the goes down....so we are all eating Thali in the room which Surender will prepare as ashish is away today.
and now I am at the internet as you can see and all in all it's been a lovely day for me...actually been out of doors from 9 this morning until 5 this evening...lots of fresh air and a great feeling of freedom.
I had an interesting thought in a half-awake state this morning which could use some refining, but sounds quite profound when you think about it...
"Learn to properly digest life...you must digest only one meal at a time"
I've been finding it difficult not to continually think about what awaits me at home...not actually worrying about it but curious to know how things will work out, how long it will take etc. so I am finding it diffcult to just stay in the moment and this annoys me. so I will try my best to "digest" just one day at a time...and today is so far a perfect one!
that's it for today...love you all and miss hearing from you...I know I will be home soon but letters are always nice to receive!!
Hugs and Kisses...Jane
Well, we are leaving here in just 2 weeks, and I've simply decided to pamper myself for the short time I have left. spent a fabulous day yesterday with Abdellah and a friend of his (who is now hopefully a freind of mine as well), named Claudia who built a house here 7 years ago down in Jogiwara village on the edge of the mountatin with nothing in front of her and an amazing terraced garden all around. It's like being at the end of the world all alone and the house could easily be in Home and Gardens (0r wherever they show off fantastic homes these days). We had such an enjoyable day...Avik didn't want to come so just the two of us went - We arrived around 12-Abdellah made "Shpatzly" for lundh which I'll descirbe at another time but must get the recipe and try it myself - sort of a swiss/german homemade pasta-and then we just sat outside in the garden and talked until almost 5! She will be coming to visit us on Sunday for lunch as well. Had Nicolai for dinner. He's a great person - really like him and his company - I'm truly blessed to have these wonderful people around me right now. He's been very sympathetic about Avik and I and gives me big hugs every time he sees me! This morning I went up to see Akhilesh and we will make a date for dinner or lunch one day before I leave. And then despite my best intentions, I bought a couple of more blouses today - but they are so unusual and beautiful and perfect for dancing, I couldn't resist! I am putting together one more package to send off and hope it arrives as quickly and easily as the first two (By the way Elisheva, please feel free to open and look...I have no idea what is in those first two..completely forgot!). The blouses were only 20 shekel apiece but 200 rupees is alot for me now. Came down to town now and am sitting at Chocolate Log eating their fabulous walnut date cake and filter coffee. I will try and spend as much time alone as possible wlthough Avik is on a perpetual shopping spree and has asked me to help him find gifts and stuff for his house. Don't like the idea but cannot refuse.
I had really gotten sick of his not doing anything at all in the room and the other day he even complained that there were no apples left for breakfast when he could have easily gone down and asked Ashish for an apple or a full breakfast...and this really got to me and we had a fight...I was quite upset at myself for being pulled into it but it really got the best of me. So then I decided not to shop, or boil water or empty the garbage etc., and see how long it would go on. Well, when the garbage was literally overflowing, and there was no water to drink, and no food for breakfast for a couple of days, he finally figured it out! Emptied the garbage, put water to boil and made up a shopping list! I am lucky that Abdellah actas as a buffer...I'm not sure I'd be able to do this if I was completely alone with Avik here.
After the choclate log I went to visit Gill and had a great time with him as always. then came back to the room to see if Avik was there so we could go to lunch together but he wasn't, so I went down with abdellah to check about the plane tickets, get some lunch while he was at the internet, and even found another ruskin bond book I'v e been looking for. Came back to the room and Avik was alseep and so helped abdellah get a package ready for his friends in Switzerland and then when Avik went out, got my own package almost together...not too much...may even send it air mail but will decide cost effectiveness when I get to the post office.
We are both completely out of it as far as cooking and no one feels like going out as it it really cold here now at night, actually already now once the sun the goes down....so we are all eating Thali in the room which Surender will prepare as ashish is away today.
and now I am at the internet as you can see and all in all it's been a lovely day for me...actually been out of doors from 9 this morning until 5 this evening...lots of fresh air and a great feeling of freedom.
I had an interesting thought in a half-awake state this morning which could use some refining, but sounds quite profound when you think about it...
"Learn to properly digest life...you must digest only one meal at a time"
I've been finding it difficult not to continually think about what awaits me at home...not actually worrying about it but curious to know how things will work out, how long it will take etc. so I am finding it diffcult to just stay in the moment and this annoys me. so I will try my best to "digest" just one day at a time...and today is so far a perfect one!
that's it for today...love you all and miss hearing from you...I know I will be home soon but letters are always nice to receive!!
Hugs and Kisses...Jane
posted by Jane @ 4:23 PM
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