J's first day of work

Today was J's first day of work at his internship. He participated in 10 AM staff meeting, met his co-workers, and got assigned his first project. He is going to be working on a packaging project which is what he really wanted to do.

I got a call saying to come in for my presentation around 1:30. The office provides lunch everyday so J and I got to eat lunch together then I did my presentation. J got to sit in my presentation, which was nice. The owner, president, and head of the research team all attended my presentation. It went well, and 30 minutes later I received a phone call saying that I had gotten the job! I start in the morning! J and I are both very excited that we get to work together for the next few months.

J worked until 6:30 and right after he came home we found out that the flat we are staying in will be ready on June 6th. When we were leaving to go for a walk the owner of the hotel we are staying at was in the lobby and he said it was no problem for us to continue staying in our room until the 6th. What a relief! It seems like everything finally fell into place today. 

We met our German friend D for dinner at a vegetarian place across the street from our hotel called "Relax." We each ordered the rice plate. We are still learning the name of the food, but most meals we have some kind of cooked vegetables in a sauce (not curry) with naan, which is a flat bread, and a yellow gravy with lentils over rice. You only eat with your right hand while in India. Your left hand is reserved for "dirty" tasks and your right hand is reserved for "clean" tasks. A glass bottle of Coke came with our meals, it was nice to have something from home so far away. Coke always tastes better from a glass bottle.

No big plans for tonight, it seems like Mondays aren't much better in India. Everyone at the guest house seems really tired, just like in America. I, personally, could fall asleep right now (10:15PM) but considering I keep waking up before 5AM I think I need to stick tonight out and not go to bed for at least one or two more hours. J slept like a baby last night. I fell asleep before the cricket game ended, but J stayed up and watched the ending. He slept until his alarm went off, hours after I had already woken up.

Happy Memorial Day to everyone in the US!