Super!!!

I couldn't have asked for a better way to start out the day than by waking up to this stunning sunrise! There was a wicked storm last night...it was nutty, but it made for quite the dramatic sunrise today. The pictures are beautiful, but even these don't fully capture it. It was so peaceful to sit on the roof of the hostel and watch the sunrise over the campus. The trees on the land have grown so much since last year, it is so full and green. I love, love, love it. 

After the sunrise and two bowls of crunch berries, we went straight to work. Today we attacked the office/storage room. We took inventory on all of the Sarees & chudidars (the traditional Indian clothing we provide for the volunteers), pants, bedding & linens, towels, and scrounged through all of the junk past volunteers have left behind that we have compiled over the years. At one point we came across a dead dried frog....and we kept getting caught off guard by our pet gecko, Bob (aka in Derek's words..."The worlds biggest gecko...in the world"), crawling all over the walls. While going through all of the random things I came across a scale. I was laughing pretty hard when I saw it. It is totally the epitome of TII. (Side note: TII is a phrase we use around here. It stands for "This is India" and is used in moments where nothing can describe it but the fact that it is so India. India is a funny land...it is so unique and strange and sometimes words just can't encapsulate its oddness. So we just say TII). The scale says "I'll present you with nice slim body". Say that with an Indian accent, and its pretty hilarious.

After cleaning up the storage room, we decided to start the looming task of assigning all of the volunteers to a room for each of the sessions. It may seem like a simple task, but don't be deceived. We spent a good 4-5 hours sorting through and assigning rooms to each volunteer for sessions 1,2, and 3. We still have to tackle down sessions 4 and 5! But, in the middle of all of this it started to RAIN! As if the sunrise hadn't made today even more awesome than usual...the rain just took it up to a whole other level. Rain in India is like an all-or-nothing kind of a deal. Very rarely is it just a light sprinkle; when it rains...it not only pours, it dumps! Me, Kim, Derek, and April (an off-season volunteer that has been here for two months..she's awesome) surrendered to the torrential downpour and played in the warm rain for over an hour. We went up on the roof of the hostel where we danced in the  huge puddles and made "rain-angels". Then towards the end of the storm we just sat in the puddles and talked for a while, since we were already drenched. It really doesn't get much better than this! I keep saying that everyday, but everyday seems to present its own way of making it awesome. Life is good over here in India. I am so happy!! Today was a pretty super day! Here are some photos from the rain dancing...

               

                                 INDIA IS AMAZING!!!!! 
                                       Wish you could all experience it, too.
                                                  Much love always!