September 12, 2012
I’m having a problem because I can’t access my blog. (Had somebody in Toronto post this for me).
In terms of my real-live life, things have gone quite smoothly so far but it’s still a bit busy for me. I find myself being jealous of other staff at Jagori or even people on the street because I can tell they are comfortable- they have a purpose in whatever it is they are doing, they have routine, and they are used to their environment. There are 2 men who do maintenance on the Jagori grounds and today I felt jealous of them. One group of people were extending a patio- round stones that they would later grout (sp?). Also outside one of the buildings they were putting in a new bench. I don’t know if they normally do so many new things but it was interesting to see. There is a lot of slatework here since there is a slate mine in the mountains behind us. the bench was very beautiful with slate that had been cut to fit one tile (laid to look like a diamond) between every 2 pieces of slate. I like to watch how people work and build here because it requires so much time and attention to detail that I don’t see as much in Ontario. Everything is done by hand. I wish I knew more about building so I could understand the differences between here and Canada better.
Tomorrow we hope to do a deep clean of our place. I don’t remember if I said this but I live with 4 of the women I came here with from McMaster. We have two bathrooms and two kitchens and all are in need of some real scrubbing and disinfecting. Also I want to do my room so I don’t feel like I can’t touch anything. Someone before me left a hot water bottle and I think I will take it over for cold weeks. Apparently we won’t need to buy space heaters since real winter doesn’t start until December. We leave early December.
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