As the Stomach Turns

Well, we won't be going any where near the IBM cafeteria from now on. The chicken sandwich got me. It wasn't really bad, but I have been confined to the bedroom/bathroom. I started with the Pepto last night, moved to the Imodium this morning and took a Cipro before we were due to go out. I was feeling better by then, but still thought it best that I stay here today. Oh well.

However, the package has arrived! I was soooo happy. I have granola bars and fig newtons. Of course I haven't felt like eating them yet, but knowing I can gives me such comfort! I was hit with customs and duty fees upon delivery. Between Peg an me, we were able to scrape together 9500 Rupees. ($225) Those are some expensive granola bars.

I tried to do some laundry last night. It's a very small front loading washer. I figured, hey, I have one of these. I can do this. I put the clothes and detergent in, set it for 60 minutes and normal and turned it on. Several minutes later it hadn't seemed like it was doing anything so I shut it off and opened the door. The clothes were getting wet so I shut the door and turned it back on. This morning when I got up, it was still running, but didn't seem any different from when I left it. Hmmm, maybe 60 didn't stand for minutes after all.

My Blackberry stopped working some time last night, but this afternoon, while I was sleeping off the Cipro, I heard the unmistakable tone it makes when I have new mail. Yippee!! I was trying to use it to send an email to Peggy this morning 2 doors down to let her know I wouldn't be going out. I couldn't sent out. We haven't figured out her phone number yet since they changed her phone the other day. (Funny, it seems here the phone number goes with the phone, not the phone line--and it's a landline!) She summed it up perfectly: Oh to be so connected across the globe, yet not 2 doors down. So true.

My job today is to figure out what we are doing this weekend and do some research. Gee, I not sure I know how. ;-)