When in Rome

The last three days have been business as usual in India. Remember, I am here to work!! The long hours I work in the US have funneled over to India. We are usually in the office for twelve hours a day. My time here is winding down and I am ready to return back to the States. Work has been frustrating and team morale was down yesterday. All it takes is a few challenging emails to put you in the dumps. By the end of the day we revived ourselves by listening to our theme song and made plans on how we will spend our last few days in India. Nicole and I have adjusted to life here. We even get snacks on our own. The people that work in the cafeteria find amusement when we arrive. We don’t know what we are ordering, but we find a way to communicate. They speak and understand English, but sometimes we cannot pronounce what we want to their standards. While we were sitting at the table today we were asked by a woman what country we are from. After Nicole answers, the woman said she was curious to know because we had different “physical features” than people in India. That gave us a good laugh. Nicole is an Asian woman of Chinese decent born in Canada, if anyone was wondering. The funny thing is there are a lot of Asian (Chinese/Korean) people living here, but they are considered Indian. I have been so exhausted that I fall asleep on the ride home from work. When I get back to the hotel I usually fall asleep within the half hour. I guess 12 hour days and touring 4 cities in 17 days is wearing me down. I do have enough energy to spend my last day, which happens to be Election Day, running through Pune for the last time. Keep reading the fun is NOT over yet!!!