India, Day 4

We are still getting settled and getting our bearings. I can now name three roads in New Delhi and three markets. Ruby was a little jet-lagged at first, getting angry when we didn't feed her at the odd times of day when she was hungry, but she has gotten back on a schedule. She is loving the smells of India, which makes each walk we take annoyingly slow! So far, the stry dogs have not been a problem, but we are carrying a stick and keeping our distance when we have Ruby with us. Our school has been awesome at transitioning us into life where without overwhelming us. We have one cellphone (still working on getting the iphone a sim card), drinkable water and internet in our apartment, a cable hookup coming tomorrow, and upholstery samples on the coffee table waiting for our decision. Tomorrow after training, we are headed to buy some paint and curtains for the living room. We got access cards to the embassy facilities today, so we can take about a 5 minute walk to a stocked commissary, a bowling alley, gym facilities, and a pool! Probably the most challenging thing we are encountering is setting up the apartment. There's no one stop shopping. We have about thirty things on our shopping list and each comes from a different store in a different market. You have to hunt until you run into what you need. A drying rack at one place, nails at another, trash bin somewhere else. There are many things we haven't seen yet. Eating has been easy, as the school has been feeding us lunch and there are a bunch of decent take out places right in our neighborhood. Jake is working on taking a short video for us to post and we received a request for more pictures. I'll put both up as soon as possible. We miss everyone!