One Day

So, I was inspired over the Winter break by one of the books that I read, One Day. It follows the relationship of a couple over the course of 16 years or so on one particular day each year. So, Jon and I started thinking about where we've been on New Year's Eve for the last 6 years...

New Year's Eve 2006: Phu Quoc, Vietnam. We hung out at a beach front restaurant; ate their delicious buffet dinner; my ankles, feet and calves were eaten alive by mosquitoes or ants or something; drank too many gin and tonics, apparently, because I didn't even realize that I was eaten alive; and I left one of my favorite long sleeve t-shirts at the restaurant never to be seen again.

New Year's Eve 2007: Koh Phi Phi, Thailand. We just arrived. Fresh off the boat. And look... Jon shaved!


New Year's Eve 2008: Permuteran Beach, Bali, Indonesia. We spent the evening at our hotel with some friends from AES, eating seafood and watching/joining in a Balinese dance performance. But really the other dude in this video is more amusing than me...
New Year's Eve 2009: On an overnight train headed from Jaipur to Udaipur, India. I was recovering from the worst food poisoning ever and my 24 hours spent in a Jaipur clinic. My family was recovering from a couple of days exploring India alone. Kathryn and Mom were hoping I'd participate in some wine drinking even though I was on antibiotics. And my Dad was loading up on EmergenC trying to fighting a cold. This all sounds depressing, but actually we laughed at all and enjoyed our evening train adventure. This is India.

New Year's Eve 2010: Vientienne, Laos. Becky, Jon and I just arrived, unloaded and found some Chimays just in time to celebrate the New Year. At midnight, we were in the middle of the road trying to find a happening spot.

New Year's Eve 2011: Bangkok, Thailand. We saw a movie (Tron), we bowled, we went to Bangkok's version of Times Square, we toasted to a Beatles cover band in an Irish Pub, and we ended the evening with Thai foot massages :)

January

January is the coldest month in Delhi. Day time temperatures are generally in the 50s, but for a house with marble floors and no heat, the inside temperature is in the 40s. Brrr...My favorite hobbies during January are taking burning hot showers until the bathroom is full of enough steam that it looks like Delhi fog on a January morning and standing in front of my hair dryer (on maximum heat) for as long as time will allow...

When I'm not taking hot showers or blowing heat onto my body, you can find me in smartwool socks, sweatpants, my Carolina sweatshirt and my "indoor hat" (my mom and I just named it that because it's cute and warm and comfy inside, but it doesn't cover my ears entirely, so it's not suitable for the outdoors) sitting right next to one of our space heaters. This is what I typically look like during the month of January:

Note about space heaters: They must be plugged into specific outlets - the outlets that can support our air conditioning units - otherwise, all fuses in the same room are blown out.

Thanks for reading. I know it's been a long time since I've blogged. I'm sorry, blog. New Year's resolution: more blogging.