It’s another early morning for me again… my roomie sets an early alarm for 5:30 just to begin waking up, and I just hear it and think it is later, not being able to see the actual clock. I have to work on that clock issue; I either get up too early and am exhausted during the day, or wake up late and have to run out of the house to classes.

Last night I went into the city again, and did a little shopping. (Ooops!) I got two more outfits- one saree and one salwaar chamees. I feel guilty until I remember that they were both about $12. 🙂 Plus, they’re really beautiful, and very practical in this heat! I also bought some string in town to make a clothesline, since we have no dryer. Before that, I just laid my clothes on the roof to dry, but last night, while they were up there, the wind started and it began pouring, and we ran upstairs to grab them all before they blew away. This leads me to the “power-cut”… apparently as soon as it starts raining here, (which is about to be every day, with the monsoon coming), the power has difficulty staying on. It went out last night at about 11:30pm. We sat around with some candles and then went outside on the porch for awhile, since it was much cooler than inside, where the air and fans had turned off. We began to hear these loud whistles every so often, and then saw some guys riding around on bikes. It turns out that the university guards go out patrolling. I’m guessing it’s a “just-cause-the-power’s-out-doesn’t-mean-there-is-going-to-be-chaos” type of thing. We have a little square in front of our house, and one guard kept circling right around it, which was highly amusing for all of us sitting there. I do admit, though, I did feel safe! We asked if everything was all right, and all he kept saying was “power-cut”. The power came back on sometime a few hours later (I think). Anyway, I wish I got a little more sleep last night, but the “power-cut” was an adventure.