Just because

I was riding in my tuk tuk this morning, lost in thought, and it suddenly hit me that I was going to miss this. There is something about traveling through Delhi in the early morning that is calming to me. I realized that after India I would never be in a tuktuk ever again!! I know I shouldn't be focusing on things I'll miss when I'm still here, but with ~a month left I can't help it. To anyone who has studied abroad: do you feel like when you left you didn't get to see everything and do everything or did you leave feeling like you had seen it all? I feel like I won't have done everything possible, and wished I had made more of my time. I know I'm already talking as though I've left, but this last month is packed  with final papers and stress so I won't be going out and doing anything much. I'm just hoping it's not just me that feels this way.

On a less serious note, I'm going to a wedding soon which means I need a sari!! I agonized over the color for wayy to long and decided on a blue green with silver. Yes, branching out I know lol. Better than the navy I was originally considering- I can hear the groans now :) Buying a sari and preparing for a wedding is pretty complicated. You walk into a store and buy a sari, yes that's true. But what that means is that you purchase one looong piece of plain cloth. Huzzah I now own a sari! Not quite... Now you need to buy bangles/ earrings/ etc, etc. Then you need to go to a tailor to get the blouse made- that belly-baring shirt you ear underneath. Then you need a petticoat to wear on your lower half because chiffon is see-through. Then you need to get the sari embroidered. THEN and only then, is your sari ready to wear. Phew.

I just want to give another shout-out to my fabulous family who have been there for me as I've been here. Being in India is a challenge for me in so many ways, and they are such a helpful and calming presence in my life that I am immensely grateful for. Love you!