Questions 3!

What are you eating? Is the food pretty "American" or are you trying new things? What is the oddest thing you have eaten? Do they have baked goods? I am eating a lot of different things, today so far I have had french toast (with no syrup they don't have it at many places) and chicken sausage, and then some form of fish but it looked like orange chicken and rice and bread, some fruit. I try to eat new things but I also don't always ask what I am eating because I am better off eating something that I don't know! Yak cheese which is really good is pretty odd but I am not sure because I don't ask! Some food is really "American" and others not so much a lot of it is pretty spicy. They have baked goods and really good dessert Ethan's and my favorite is white chocolate moose! 

Is it warm-all day and night? The morning's are a little on the chilly side and that just means a light sweatshirt, then by about 10am it is nice. And to tell you the truth I am not so sure about night because I am asleep by about 9ish every night and Ethan is asleep by 8 at the latest so we don't go outside! (Side note- we are up before 6 most days so that is why I go to bed so early and last night I was asleep before 9 now if I could have only done that in High School!)

Are there bugs? There are bugs especially up in the mountains. But in the city yes there are a little but not a ton nothing that I am too scared of yet... except the ticks... which Ethan got one so now we try to stay away from tree's 

Are there birds? There are birds both big and small... I don't like the big ones one bit they are big, and look mean, and gross. But the little ones I don't mind as much they are cute and don't bother us!

Are you able to do laundry? Ethan and I had a few things watched about a week ago but that is it and it was one pretty small load. We are planning on watching a couple more things this weekend but just a couple it is expensive and we just brought a lot of clothes (but I can fit every thing into a carry on with out the space bags!!!!!) 

What does Ethan do all day? We spend a lot of time playing, we brought a ton and I mean a ton of toys so that keeps him very busy he likes to make up movies with his toys (but I am not allowed to watch them because they are too scary for me) and he also watches movies, we play outside a lot, color, read books, work on letters, go on adventures around the inside and outside of the hotel, today he is going on a pony ride around the town, we do a lot of the same things we would at home just in a different place and not ever really getting in a car. But I also try to keep him to a similar routine as we do at home so quiet time in the afternoon, snacks, going outside, stuff like that just so it's somewhat normal for him.

On a side note! My jeans are getting too big now before I get to excited some of it has to do with them not being washed in like 2ish weeks but they are still too big and I LOVE IT! 

Day 10... A ride like no other!

Today was a busy day! We had to be up, dressed, breakfast (which is always done), and packed by 8:30 so we could go to the eye hospital, Ethan and I played outside and in the bus (next week I will get to go see inside it!) then we hit the road for a very looooong drive up the mountains and boy was it an experience in and of its self! 

I will never complain about any roads or peoples driving again let me tell you! We were driving up a mountain in a bus next to many other buses and trucks and it was very narrow roads and very fast driving... a lot of horn honking and a few close calls oh boy it was something else! Now it was fun it made me feel like I was on a roller coster which I LOVE but 7ish hours of it gets long! But the views were so pretty and we did have a lot of fun on the bus its self. 

We finally made it to Pokhara and the hotel is so pretty all the rooms have views of the mountains there is a whole wall of windows and on the other side is a view of the farms we saw a ton of cows walking down the road this morning! But there is a huge stream of fish, and beautiful flowers Ethan and I are going to explore the hotel this morning and take pictures which I will share in like 2 weeks when I get home! Oh boy the time is flying! 

And a side note we can breath here the air is sooo clean and fresh it is wonderful!

Questions 2

Here are more questions about Nepal and my adventure we call life!

Is the city crowded? The city is pretty crowded not New York City crowed but more so then like Minnesota or Arizona if that makes sense?

Do people talk about Obama? Yes and no people know we got a new President and some say that is very good for everyone and others ask if that is good, but if you meet anyone from America they all talk about it!

Are there newspapers? Do they cover what is going on in America? There are newspapers we have one that comes to our room everyday and it is very small but it kind of covers a little of everything but not to the extent of anything in the states but I have seen other newspapers I'm not sure what they are like. We have CNN and The New York Times on the computer that we look at a lot!

Do children there go to school? Children go to school probably not all of them but a lot do and they all wear uniforms (when we were driving up the mountain yesterday I saw a lot of kids walking home in their uniforms from school.

How do they feel about Americans? Are they interested in you? They ask you for money on the street or to buy things a lot and when you walk into a store they stop whatever they are doing to show you there things and try and get you to again buy it. But any that I have talked to are very nice and welcoming

Are there cars? There are cars lots of vans and little cars but a ton of motorcycles and vespas like a lot and we ride around in either smaller and not as nice coach buses or vans which are pretty nice!

I went for a walk (day 9)

Today Ethan and I played this morning inside, and outside, he watched a little movie while I got our stuff packed up so that tomorrow we can take a 6 hour bus ride to a new location for a couple days (I don't know where we are going or I would tell you!) Then J'lien got back early and I got some time off! 

So I went for a walk...

I walked and looked 

I walked and listened

I walked without my ipod on 

I walked and for the first time liked not having my phone

I walked till I could not walk anymore then I turned around

I walked the other direction 

I walked and looked at people

I walked and took in the smells

I walked and took in the sounds

I walked and took in the sights

I walked into stores 

I walked and thought to myself

I walk by myself

I walked and did not talk

I walked and felt blessed 

I walked tried to figure out how to help people

I walked and realized it's good to live in America 

I walked and walked into stores and had people stop to help me

I walked and wished more people would feel blessed for what they have 

I walked and saw trash every where

I walked and breathed in bad bad air

I walked and saw people selling stuff on the street to try and make some money

I walked and saw ambulance go by with sirens on and cars not move

I walked and took it all in and boy was there a lot to take in

I walked and had creepy men whistle at me

I walked and had people ask for money

I walked for my own good

I walked and it felt good 

I walked

And that was my afternoon and I feel so much better after I walked, but I also feel bad because nobody should live like these people do and some of these people are way better off then others and they still have nothing. Feel blessed for what you have little or big because it is more then most. That is my lesson of the day.

What I am Excited About!

I love being on this new adventure in my life don't get me wrong but I am starting to miss things back home so here is the list of the things I am excited about seeing, doing, or getting when we get back in a little more then 2 weeks...

1. See Lee to have my eyebrows done
2. Getting my phone back I just feel so out of the loop without it
3. Going to a movie with my movie buddy!
   
4. Seeing baby everyday (and mom and Jack too!)
   
5. Wearing flip flops
   
6. Having more then a few items of clothes to pick from
7. A few minutes to myself in a car with the radio blasting
8. Going to church to see all my kids and friends
9. My BED
10. Mom's cooking
11. A oven I am sooooo ready to bake and bake Christmas treats!
12. To decorate and get presents ready for CHRISTMAS!
13. To play cards with mom and Michelle
14. Ice cream with Jackson
15. My cell phone
16. Season 4 of Grey's!
17. Clean clothes!
18. To paint my toes (I forgot my nail polish)
    
19. Skim MILK
20. To upload pictures to both Facebook and here!

I really am having a great time and am loving this but I am missing some things and people! But I am also sooo happy with the choice I made and would not give it up for anything!

I am getting the best of many worlds!

Day 8

So today was a really quiet day... We didn't even leave the hotel (which was kind of nice to not really have to do anything!) We just played toys, built forts, played outside, watched movies, had torture times, read books, walked around the hotel, and had a really nice day!

The people who work in the restaurant are starting to know us and think that I am Ethan's mom (and that J'lien is his grandma...but that is another story) and they notice how we come to breakfast and lunch everyday and how we don't leave the hotel that much! Haha is it bad when people notice that?

The room services people also see me in my pj's every night (twice a night actually) with out fail and you know what I am totally okay with them seeing me in my pink plaid pants and dog pound shirt!

Today is our last day at this hotel for 2 days so I will be busy getting everything ready to go! Wish me luck!

Day 7

Today we really just stayed in the room and played, watched Spongebob, colored, read books, and had quiet time! Which I was in no way complaining! But we did venture down stairs for lunch and Ethan found out he really likes Asian noodles and white chocolate moose! Which I have to say were both very good! I was sure full after that meal!

Then when J'lien got back in the afternoon we went for a walk to a shopping area that oh boy when I go back by myself I will come back with soooo many more treasures! It was such a cool all these little shops and stands I will never have to buy anything in the states again! So next week I am going to go and explore it more! 

But for the way home since we had wine, water, snacks, and Ethan we took a bike taxi back to the hotel and man did the guy have some amazing leg muscles! And it was a pretty far distance that he biked and it was only $2 American dollars it is amazing how cheap things are here! But they can also be expensive it is so crazy! 

I am still on the look out for a t-shirt tho!