Another Monday

Monday July 28-
We hit the gym this morning- Kaeshev's favorite thing to do... although swimming comes a close second. It's nice to just take the elevator three floors up, and get out a workout. Noe just comes along, and is so cute- loves to lay on the floor and pretend to do pushups. She learned that from her Nana- not me:-)

After our workout- we walked the neighborhood and bought some flowers and fruits for Himaja and family who we are going to visit today. She is Sri's sister's, husband's, sister's daughter (read niece of Raja and Padma). They live nearby and have been a great resource and in touch since we arrived. They have a 9 month old son that Kaeshev and Noe like to giggle with.

Things in the city are still a bit edgy given all of the terrorist activity in the country. But, there have been no more incidents in Bangalore- so we're crossing our fingers and moving on. The streets today were busy as ever with traffic and the only apprehension I felt was from an Italian woman at the local "Whole Foods" (an organic Indian Mart!) who was stressed about even coming out for vegetables. I have thought better of going to the local malls- but figured I can't keep inside for a week, so off we went about our daily business... and today the big find was organic food in India!

The food mart we found was filled with tons of imported goods- olive oils, mustard, chinese spices, olives, etc. They had a whole section of prepackaged organic dahl, rice, and oats. But to my amazement was the big section of greens (which my mouth was watering for, but my brain stayed strong!) They had all kinds of lettuce, probably every green leafy thing grown in the world. My thought was how this market was going to make it... I think it'll go out of business soon- unless there are a lot more Italian ladies lurking in Bangalore than I am aware.

We picked up a few essentials- natural peanut butter (with no hydrogenated oil!) oranges, jelly and some bread. I have yet to find the 'chicken ladies' eggs (otherwise known as farm eggs). I have amazingly given up my daily egg breakfast, and now eat a dosa every morning. I am so craving NC farm fresh eggs:-)

Well- that's it for today- kids will be up soon, and I have some special mac and cheese to give them:-)

Missing you all!