This past week was a big week: Thanksgiving and
Jeremy’s first birthday.
Thanksgiving Highlights
What a busy, crazy, and thrilling day. Almost everything that happened on this day
was noteworthy, but I will try to condense it all. Our meeting at one of the top hospitals was
extremely successful. We will be
renewing our contract and will be working together in the weeks to come on an
advertising campaign. Unlike the meeting
the day before in which our business contact couldn’t stop yawning and rubbing
his face, these business people were extremely accommodating and friendly.
Next we got McDonald’s and ate it in the back of a
rickshaw. Extremely hilarious. I can only imagine what ran through the
Indians’ minds that saw us: Cokes sloshing and ketchup dripping in our business
suits speeding through traffic.
I also got Henna, or as they call it here,
Mendhi. I feel so cool. It is like I have a tattoo, but with no pain
and no real commitment. Thanksgiving
dinner was an incredible spread considering our resources and our only oven
being a toaster oven. I stuffed myself
with sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, green beans, roasted chicken, bread, corn
on the cob, reconstituted cranberries, stuffing, pumpkin soufflé, apple crisp,
and sparkling mango juice. Best of all,
I got to skype with my family.
Jeremy’s Highlights
In India, the first birthday is a big deal. I’m not talking cake and presents with a
house full of guests. I’m talking 200
guests in a rented hall with catered food and a meticulously detailed program.
I got to see people that I have only met once or
twice. I also got to meet new
people. Because of my camera, I was
dubbed the photographer. So I spent most
of the night snapping pictures with an intermission of bathroom runs with the
little girls. The night was a blast, but
let me tell you…schmoozing takes it out of me.
I was totally pooped.
PS-This week I also read my first Hindi sentence
that I understood. It is the title of
this post. Translation: God created
sparrows.
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