Wow, I can't believe that we've been in India one month already! Time is flying by and we're slowly adjusting to our new life out here.
Friday night, we went out on a double date with the Rays. Teresa was offered a job last week with HR so now we're both employed! Yay! We both have to wait on our security clearances to come through which is proving to be a fun waiting game. We had dinner at a place called Fez Mediterranean Bar. The atmosphere was fun and the decorations were very Middle Eastern. Only downside is they kept mopping the floor and the cleaners they were using had a very strong smell to them. The food was good. I ordered an appetizer platter and couldn't even finish it all! We walked around the area for a little bit trying to find the elusive "night market" to no avail. We'll find it one day.
Saturday was a pretty lazy day in the morning. Like I mentioned before, the heat here makes things absolutely unbearable. So we pretty much stay indoors during the daytime. Teresa and I say that we moved here at the wrong time of year because there's soooo much we want to see! Saturday night, the American Community Support Association (ACSA) hosted a 4th of July Celebration at the ball field on the US Embassy compound. This was open to all ACSA members so people from other embassies in the area came as well. They had tables set up on the field and booths along the edges. It was nice to see that they had an area for the kids to play as well. We went with the Rays. We all grabbed dinner. Stewart had Asian noodles and spring rolls while I opted for a more American meal - pulled pork BBQ sandwich! Yum! We had a picnic dinner and decided next year, we'll remember a blanket. We chatted with people and Teresa participated in the Tug of War on the women's team. They went up against the Marines and won. They won their next match as well so they won the overall competition. Stewart tried to enter the pie eating contest but they had enough people already. Too bad because those people were slow! Stewart totally could have won :-) S had a great time dancing with all the big kids and grownups. She was cutting a rug! Soo cute. The fireworks were scheduled for 9:15 so I got a two scoop cone of ice cream from .... Baskin Robbins! Yep! They just remodeled part of the ACSA building at the embassy and it now includes Baskin Robbins. It was a nice taste of home. The fireworks were neat to watch. They weren't set to any sort of patriotic music at first. The second song they went off to was an electric guitar version of the Star Spangled Banner. It was odd. And then they played Katy Perry's "Firework". Oh well, not everything can be as great as it is back in the good ol' USA. We had a really good time though and are always glad to get out of the house.
We hadn't planned anything for Sunday which ended up being perfect. Poor Teresa got sick and had to go to the hospital to get checked out so we kept S for the day. She seems to have had fun despite the lack of toys to play with over here. It seems that Bella and Scout are entertainment enough! We did go to the park across the street though so she could swing. While we were there, a group of boys came up to beg for money. At first, they just wanted to know our names. But then they started asking for 500 Rs! That's crazy. We told them we didn't have any money which wasn't a lie at all. We swung for awhile and then decided it was time to go. That's when the boys told us they wanted us to take their picture. We took two pictures of them and then came home. I'll be glad when we move so I can be outside without having beggars come up to me. We tried KFC for dinner last night. Wow, they really spice up their chicken here! And I'm sure what we got was the mild too!
It was a relaxing weekend. I imagine because of the heat most of our upcoming weekends will be like this. The monsoons are predicted to start this week so that'll really put a damper on any plans as well. We'll see how the monsoons compare to hurricanes!
Friday night, we went out on a double date with the Rays. Teresa was offered a job last week with HR so now we're both employed! Yay! We both have to wait on our security clearances to come through which is proving to be a fun waiting game. We had dinner at a place called Fez Mediterranean Bar. The atmosphere was fun and the decorations were very Middle Eastern. Only downside is they kept mopping the floor and the cleaners they were using had a very strong smell to them. The food was good. I ordered an appetizer platter and couldn't even finish it all! We walked around the area for a little bit trying to find the elusive "night market" to no avail. We'll find it one day.
Saturday was a pretty lazy day in the morning. Like I mentioned before, the heat here makes things absolutely unbearable. So we pretty much stay indoors during the daytime. Teresa and I say that we moved here at the wrong time of year because there's soooo much we want to see! Saturday night, the American Community Support Association (ACSA) hosted a 4th of July Celebration at the ball field on the US Embassy compound. This was open to all ACSA members so people from other embassies in the area came as well. They had tables set up on the field and booths along the edges. It was nice to see that they had an area for the kids to play as well. We went with the Rays. We all grabbed dinner. Stewart had Asian noodles and spring rolls while I opted for a more American meal - pulled pork BBQ sandwich! Yum! We had a picnic dinner and decided next year, we'll remember a blanket. We chatted with people and Teresa participated in the Tug of War on the women's team. They went up against the Marines and won. They won their next match as well so they won the overall competition. Stewart tried to enter the pie eating contest but they had enough people already. Too bad because those people were slow! Stewart totally could have won :-) S had a great time dancing with all the big kids and grownups. She was cutting a rug! Soo cute. The fireworks were scheduled for 9:15 so I got a two scoop cone of ice cream from .... Baskin Robbins! Yep! They just remodeled part of the ACSA building at the embassy and it now includes Baskin Robbins. It was a nice taste of home. The fireworks were neat to watch. They weren't set to any sort of patriotic music at first. The second song they went off to was an electric guitar version of the Star Spangled Banner. It was odd. And then they played Katy Perry's "Firework". Oh well, not everything can be as great as it is back in the good ol' USA. We had a really good time though and are always glad to get out of the house.We hadn't planned anything for Sunday which ended up being perfect. Poor Teresa got sick and had to go to the hospital to get checked out so we kept S for the day. She seems to have had fun despite the lack of toys to play with over here. It seems that Bella and Scout are entertainment enough! We did go to the park across the street though so she could swing. While we were there, a group of boys came up to beg for money. At first, they just wanted to know our names. But then they started asking for 500 Rs! That's crazy. We told them we didn't have any money which wasn't a lie at all. We swung for awhile and then decided it was time to go. That's when the boys told us they wanted us to take their picture. We took two pictures of them and then came home. I'll be glad when we move so I can be outside without having beggars come up to me. We tried KFC for dinner last night. Wow, they really spice up their chicken here! And I'm sure what we got was the mild too!
It was a relaxing weekend. I imagine because of the heat most of our upcoming weekends will be like this. The monsoons are predicted to start this week so that'll really put a damper on any plans as well. We'll see how the monsoons compare to hurricanes!
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