How much can you really learn about the place around you during the first 30 minutes that you’ve been awake? I never knew or maybe understood the potential for how much there is to learn in such a short period of time. In some ways I feel like a sponge of sorts, taking in all of the information, and when I think that I’m full and can’t take anymore, I do, and the realm of my perceived possibilities and understanding of life around me continues to expand.
I should have gone to sleep earlier last night, but I didn’t. I stayed up until I could barely keep my eyes open because there was so much that I needed to do, namely write about my experiences because this time has been so formative.
So this morning I woke up to a loud knock at my door. "Ugh,” I didn’t tell Sushma DiDi what I wanted to eat today, and I only have one egg instead of two and
