Weekend Recap

On Friday, I headed up to the embassy to meet Stewart for lunch plus I needed to get butter from the commissary so John could make us butter chicken for Saturday's dinner. John has been a godsend! We had lunch at ACSA which stands for something to do with American Community..... Anyway, there's a restaurant there where we had lunch once before. I like it because they have veggie burgers that are Boca brand. I had a veggie burger and French fries and pretended like we were in the states (note: ketchup here is different - very tangy). I caught a taxi back with Teresa and her daughter, S. Teresa's husband tried to negotiate the rate but the driver said he would run the meter. This has been a big complaint of mine since moving here. They rip off female passengers. This taxi driver went out of the way and zigzagged through neighborhoods to run the meter up more. I hope I get more assertive about which roads to take. The ride ended up being 50% more than it should have been. Ugh. The Rays came over for dinner. John had made spinach lasagna, salad, banana pound cake, and fruit salad. We still have a ton of leftovers! I love having fruit salads in the fridge for snacking. This one had mango (very different from the ones you get in the states), an Indian melon (tastes just like cantaloupe), and pomegranate. I didn't realize you could eat the seeds of the pomegranate. It was quite tasty. Stewart brought home some DVDs from work so we watched some episodes of The 4400.

..... On Friday, Stewart had stated that he was looking forward to spending Saturday with me and not going anywhere. He had no idea how true that would be.

Saturday, I woke up with a case of "Delhi Belly". It is not something I wish on anyone ever. I had no idea my stomach could cramp so severely to the point where I was literally doubled over in pain. My first worry was about the Rays' daughter, S, since she had eaten dinner also last night .... that and whether we were all sick. Nope, just me. I could have touched something or gotten tap water in my mouth while showering - any number of things. So basically, it's unavoidable - you can just take precautions to reduce your chances. We spent all day vegging out as I was pretty much confined to the sofa in a fetal position. We finished the first season of The 4400 and watched Shakespeare in Love. John came down in the morning and made butter chicken, rice, cabbage, and raita (yogurt salad with cilantro, tomatoes, and cucumbers) for dinner. It must have been good because Stewart had two plates! I had some leftover salad and banana pound cake.

Today, I woke up feeling better but not great in any way. Delhi Belly sucks out all your energy. I took the dogs for their morning walk and when I got back, I felt like I had just run a marathon and could sleep all day. It was unfortunate because we had planned on going to church with our social sponsors. We also had made plans to sightsee with the Rays. They called to check on me, and Stewart let them know I would be staying one but he was still going. They went to a local market area that had a lot of stores. Stewart has decided that we will not eat cream cheese while we are here as it costs $8 a package! There was a McDonald's that Stewart took a picture of the menu (and now, i actually want to eat there!). They walked around and then had KFC for lunch. Yep, good ol' American fast food. Only downside was that Stewart accidentally got a fountain soda with his meal. Definitely a no-no. We're only supposed to have bottled or canned drinks when we go out. So now we get to see if he ends up with Delhi Belly as well. Poor guy, if he does, it'll be much worse than my case :-(. At least I'm getting better so I'll be able to take as good care of him as he did me.

Hope you all had a great weekend! We've got a semi busy week ahead of us!