One for the Books

We had a fantastic day today. We

1. took D to get her eyes checked and bought glasses for her. We did it all in Hindi and understood the eccentric eye doctor, though he talked like the Micro Machines guy.
   
2. visited dear friends and our kids played cricket with the neighborhood kids for the first time.
3. gave food to a beggar woman, knelt and talked to her in Hindi, and then saw her later in the bazaar. Had the pleasure of having her wave at me and smile. Saw her yet again and got to treat her like a human one more time. I'm learning that love is in the little things.
4. Ate at a great restaurant and sat next to two Dutch guys. Felt more at home with Indians than with them! Ha!
   
5. rode on a bicycle rickshaw two times with the kids and had our rickshaw drivers get into a little race with one another. The kids were overjoyed.
   
6. spoke a ton of Hindi and finally felt a little bit at home...

And tonight, we will eat popcorn and watch the 1967 classic musical Camelot. We downloaded it off i-Tunes and it's a reward for our oldest son because he just finished reading about King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

This day was one for the books...