Mon. 19

 Today consisted of:

Maddie and Jaira- reading, spending time in the pool, doing a few household chores. Jaira announced the other day again that she’s ready to go back to America.. and then the next time she tells us she’s half Bengali.. can’t remember what determined that one💭🤔

Annslie- her all time favorite distraction… catching any little bug(ant, millipede, spider, etc.), gecko, frog,… there’s at least one of the above around at any given time🙃. Any onlooker has fits and conniptions and it’s possible it could be vital that we train her away from it. Amazingly, she hasn’t had too ill of effects. But even the rare occasion of getting bit/stung (yesterday it was some type of flying ant) doesn’t seem to deter her😏

If you ask her “how many? (e.g. “How many blankets does your doll need, anyway!?!”) her standard answer is “10”😅

The natives get a kick out of it when she uses Bangla words like “dhonnobad” (Thankyou) or “dhEka hObe” see ya (later/again) 

Lonnie- took 3 long walks, got another buzz cut from our barber, Bro Liton,… Lonnie hasn’t managed to get him to just give him a trim job yet, like he’s tried to ask for.. 🤔

I- enjoyed a break from cooking🤗 Dipti spent from 10- noon making chicken curry, rice, shaved!?! carrots and okra fry, and dhal.

Worked in the room on the main floor next to ours that I’d like to get fixed up for Annslie…

Watched and visited a bit with Dipti in the kitchen. It’s with much effort to get what she’s saying/asking and then just as much effort to give a reply that makes sense🤦🏼‍♀️

Load of laundry

power went out a couple times. Hopefully we’ll get the battery back up working again, in the meantime, it’s go out to the shed and pull start the generator at any given time throughout the day or night. And then go turn off all the A.C.s and water heaters so it doesn’t trip a breaker.