home sweet be home by 10.

My bags are finally unpacked. After almost 3 months of being in India, 2 months in SE Asia and 1 month on Cait, Linds and Kat's couch (thanks again, btw), I have put away my Gregory backpack (that is, until my December vacay) and finally moved into the apartment I found and started paying rent for 1 month ago.

I moved out of my mentor's house two days ago and it was quite a scene.... Actually, Sanju (my mentor's sister-in-law) refers to it as me "running away" and still insists that I eat lunch at her house daily (mmmm, today she made Iddly). It's definitely going to be a big change-- I'm excited for this newfound psuedo independence (my mentor makes me give her a "missed call" when I reach home after leaving work) but at the same time am sad that Sanju and my late night gossip sessions about why India is crazy are over (don't be confused, India is still crazy, but now the sessions are shifted to evening chai time).

I am now living as a "paying guest" on the second floor of a Jain family's home. Aside from not being able to cook non-veg items in the house (I think eggs are included, but am unsure, so I'm going with Riley's advice and saying it's better to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission), my Indian squatter toilet, the no toilet-paper in the "toilet" rule and my 10 pm curfew, I'd say it's the perfect place.

So now the question is, what's for dinner?