Today was a day off and I spent it quite lazily, but I will nonetheless provide you with an obligatory post:

I slept in, though not quite as late as I expected. I was disappointed to find that the milk in the fridge has spoiled, which meant I couldn't have a bowl of the Wheaties which I recieved yesterday in a package from my mom that took three weeks to make it from her hands to mine. Instead I had a PB&J. After I ate, I read the remainder of a Newsweek I bought a few weeks ago, and then started on the NY Times Week in Review that came in the same package as the Wheaties. Trina and I took a rickshaw to the ATM to find that the power was out in that part of Khardah, causing the ATM to be closed. I bought more milk, eggs and bananas on the way back to the flat.
There is a dog that a previous volunteer had asked us to feed (she even sends money for us to do so) that we call Baby Dog. He looks so much better than he did when I got here because now he has consistent food. His fur is much thicker, his ears aren't slimy, and he's putting on weight. Trina let him inside the gate to feed him, and then came into the flat to get his food. When she went back out, our landlord was chasing him away with a big stick, and he actually hit him a few times. When we saw him later, he had blood on his foot. People don't have pets here (though probably some wealthy folks do) because that's an extra mouth to feed. But the street animals are regarded with disdain and hostility; some PETA folks would be horrified.
So anyway, I had lunch and Trina and I watched Kung Fu Panda, which was cute. Last night we watched The Count of Monte Cristo, which was also good. After the movie, I read a little more, then went back to the ATM, and then came here. Quite an eventful day for me.
Tomorrow Trina and I will go into Kolkata, though I don't yet know what we'll do or where we'll go.

~m