My Day Broken Down

Today..
7:00am-Just a "friendly" wake up to Bree knocking on the door yelling "BOYS!!it's 7 o'clock." Drew respectfully says "Thank you Bree."
wait...
2:40am-wake up before Rick for the first time to stomach pains and hit the little boys room. Take an Immodium and a Tylenol thinking it could be food poisoning. Fall back asleep.
7:03-8:30am-Fall back asleep after Bree experience having dreams of dinosaurs coming out of rocks on the beach and feeding on trash washing up from the sea. Don't ask me why?
8:30am-Feel better thnking god that I don't have food poisoning. Immediately head out the door down stairs to order a double espresso shot, cheese omlette and plain toast completely knowing that it probably wont arrive until five minutes before we have to leave. Oh yea..Rick is still sleeping.
9:15am-Reading the Chennai Post in English hovering over a section about two girls who drowned on Monday after falling into a lake trying to wash their clothes. Recieve my food and am pleased with it, begin to devour.
9:23am-Try and use a 500 rupee bill to pay my 105 rupee tab but am told to come back later.
9:24am-Walk back towards the room, pass Bree sitting on the hammock who asks me if I picked up any candy for the kids and tells me that I only have a few minutes before we leave. I tell her no, I don't have any candy and that I will try to hurry.
9:30am-Get into the car and head toward Infanty Jesus Matriculam(?) School with the most awesome group there is.
10:00-10:15am-Sit in the principals office with the group having a completely familiar awkward time waiting for the word to head to the classroom. I laugh because this happens everyday.
10:16am-Get the word and head to the class, follow the principal there and teach teach teach!
11:10am-Finish the first class and we have a "casual" argument led by Bree about what could have happened better. We orally make corrections then head back to the principals office where the smells are familiar and the chai is served.
11:30am-Escorted back to another class and teach our hearts out. We all make little corrections improving our teaching efficiency even more. Who could have guessed?
...Oh and it has also been raining since 10:30am or so.
12:40pm-Head back to the principals office once again and am excited to see Bree's attempts to try and pawn her coconut milk off to us!! haha
1:07pm-Realize the milks not coming today and we are escorted to eat lunch on the 3rd floor again.
1:10pm-Food is served! I am excited to see Bree's face when the hard boiled eggs are divied out. We are told that the rice dish is made from the crop behind the school. Bree screams out as the kitten brushes against her foot. She makes no face about the hard boiled egg:( I eat till I can't eat anymore and have to once again turn down the banana that I am offered because of my allergy problem. I wonder what it would feel like to sink my teeth into one again someday.
1:35pm-Head to teach 6th graders and conduct the best class yet. I love this translator today!
2:30pm-Have a moment with the group bonding over how well the class went. Go outside to find that our taxi driver is not there and his car is.
3:00pm-Taxi driver shows up walking down the road. We ask no questions and are on our way home...Still raining.
3:20pm-Rick walks to the post office after being dropped off on the way home. I am hoping that he will be able to get there on time with no problems unlike the last 3 days.
3:23pm-Get home, no rain in Malapalipuram! Bond with Lea and Bree in their room waiting for Rick to return with the keys.
3:50pm-Rick gets back..GOOD NEWS!! postcards are sent. Head up to the room to figure out the plan for today.
4:03pm-Decide to rent bicycles and find them for 10 rupees a piece for two hours. Head out on our magical journey!
4:20pm-Find a hidden tree farm next to the beach where we feel as if we are the only ones there. Go to the beach where we find that it is more like a sand cliff where lots of fishermen hang. The sand is black and I can smell the scent of pine trees as the rain begins to fall.
4:32pm- run up back to the forest looking for shelter. Two indians invite us in a tree fort where we hang with them and escape the rain..and learn of their dark secrets.
5:40-6:00pm- ride back in the rain soaked to the bone, camera in my underwear trying to navigate the indian traffic safetly.
6:00pm-now-bond with the group although they don't think our journey was anything special, hang out in the rain, go out to eat, write this blog, get kicked off the comp. It was a lovely day!

-Drew