Hi again- I'm feeling badly because I can't even remember the last time I made a blog post. I think it might have been pictures only which was an attempt from me at sharing with as little effort as possible...so in that case it's REALLY been a long time.
I'm just finishing my day at work and now there are officially 20 days until we leave Jagori! I really really can't believe it. Time is going so fast and things are quite busy which makes it go even faster. Today we held an Open House at Jagori for people interested in the Green Leaf Market. We sort of thought we failed at promotion and were expecting very few people to come, but there were 4 or 5 groups including about 6 little kids! We ran some kids' games and had a powerpoint on how the market and NGO runs, and even though most of the attendees are already customers we got a few new names. It was fun to not be sitting on my computer all day.
Lately I've had a lot of days out-and-about which I much prefer to being in the office. We ran the first market on Saturday (ended with losses but it's okay for the first one I think) and on Friday we went to the collection centre to buy vegetables from farmers.
Thursday I went on a day-trek up the mountain that I look at on the way to work every day. We climbed to the very top (2700metres) which took 4.5 hours (2 hours to go down). I'm still sore! It was great though because there was such a sense of reward to get to the top. The whole slope at the peak is barren (just grass) and there are a bunch of stone buildings that are for animals and people that pass through. Our guides (friends from work) lit a fire since it was quite cold and we ate lunch together. The view into the mountains was pretty cloudy which was too bad, but I still had such a sense of euphoria being up there. The only problem was that I spend my day off tiring myself out even more!
So I guess I haven't been in the office since last Wednesday which is a nice chunk of time. Tomorrow I'll be back working on my computer, but the next day is Diwali! Our landlady invited us to celebrate with her family and also I'm getting an Ayurvedic massage from her that morning (she practices Ayurvedic medicine). Then we get Wed and Thurs off (by chance) so I can relax lots. Friday and Saturday are more market days next week. And that brings me to only 2 weeks left! It's crazy how packed things are. That next week I'll be trying to teach the staff our nutrition lessons, and then in the last week here everyone is working on One Billion Rising, an international campaign to stop violence against women.
I've been thinking about what I wanted to do while here and whether I've checked them all of my list.
I don't think there's much left for me besides finishing my projects. I think I'll continue to do the things I enjoy until I go- go to restaurants I like when I have days off, talk to people whose company I enjoy..I dunno..that's pretty much it!
Hope everyone at home is well. It's getting colder here- I sleep with leggings and flannel PJs and sleeping bag and a blanket.
xoxoxoxo miss you all
I'm just finishing my day at work and now there are officially 20 days until we leave Jagori! I really really can't believe it. Time is going so fast and things are quite busy which makes it go even faster. Today we held an Open House at Jagori for people interested in the Green Leaf Market. We sort of thought we failed at promotion and were expecting very few people to come, but there were 4 or 5 groups including about 6 little kids! We ran some kids' games and had a powerpoint on how the market and NGO runs, and even though most of the attendees are already customers we got a few new names. It was fun to not be sitting on my computer all day.
Lately I've had a lot of days out-and-about which I much prefer to being in the office. We ran the first market on Saturday (ended with losses but it's okay for the first one I think) and on Friday we went to the collection centre to buy vegetables from farmers.
Thursday I went on a day-trek up the mountain that I look at on the way to work every day. We climbed to the very top (2700metres) which took 4.5 hours (2 hours to go down). I'm still sore! It was great though because there was such a sense of reward to get to the top. The whole slope at the peak is barren (just grass) and there are a bunch of stone buildings that are for animals and people that pass through. Our guides (friends from work) lit a fire since it was quite cold and we ate lunch together. The view into the mountains was pretty cloudy which was too bad, but I still had such a sense of euphoria being up there. The only problem was that I spend my day off tiring myself out even more!
So I guess I haven't been in the office since last Wednesday which is a nice chunk of time. Tomorrow I'll be back working on my computer, but the next day is Diwali! Our landlady invited us to celebrate with her family and also I'm getting an Ayurvedic massage from her that morning (she practices Ayurvedic medicine). Then we get Wed and Thurs off (by chance) so I can relax lots. Friday and Saturday are more market days next week. And that brings me to only 2 weeks left! It's crazy how packed things are. That next week I'll be trying to teach the staff our nutrition lessons, and then in the last week here everyone is working on One Billion Rising, an international campaign to stop violence against women.
I've been thinking about what I wanted to do while here and whether I've checked them all of my list.
I don't think there's much left for me besides finishing my projects. I think I'll continue to do the things I enjoy until I go- go to restaurants I like when I have days off, talk to people whose company I enjoy..I dunno..that's pretty much it!
Hope everyone at home is well. It's getting colder here- I sleep with leggings and flannel PJs and sleeping bag and a blanket.
xoxoxoxo miss you all
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