Just a quick post to say that there was a huge earthquake in northern India but that it was way north of Delhi, in Kashmir, northern Rajasthan and parts of Pakistan. No casualties have been reported so far, but didn't want anyone thinking I might not be OK. I'm OK! My fellow ETAs, however, have not been as chipper. Sean came down with a really terrible case of tonsilitis, but I went with him to the doctor and yesterday we locked him in our apartment (literally) so he was forced to rest. He took my bed and I slept in Tangi's room, and this morning when was feeling better and went home I washed the sheets with boiling water. (Seriously. I boiled water and poured it into the washing machine). He is much much MUCH better today, thank goodness. One of my roommates has pinkeye, while the other started taking antibiotics for a sore throat. Apparently the onset of the monsoon causes a lot of people to get sick, as well as a lot of bugs to come out which can lead to some nasty ailments. (Dengue, anyone?) Tangi and I are holding strong, though, I wear bug spray religiously like it's going out of style and seem to have been spared for now. Yay! Mangoes are still delicious and we had an awesome watermelon the other day. My Hindi classes are going well, though we are in class four hours a day and are moving so quickly, so as to learn as much as possible, that it's very difficult to keep track of everything we're learning. Patricia made an amazing curry tonight for which I cut 62378476264827 onions as finely as I could, as we don't have a food processor. But even the onions didn't make me cry! Will write a longer post soon, just wanted to alleviate any potential undue panic. I leave you with this picture of a street cow.
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