1/27/09
Well didn’t get much sleep as I was up watching for the spider who appeared again at 1:00. They said they would fumigate the room while we were away on the site. Breakfast on the farm was lovely as usually. Elias went to Delhi with Sanjiv to talk with the Rotary club about the project. So we flew solo today. After working for a while a fight broke out over the back corner of the building to the point that it turned into a fist fight and bricks that had been laid were being pulled out and thrown aside. We stopped working on that corner and focused on the rest of the building. Not too long after that a fire broke out there was some debate as to what started it. Some say a match; Kim thought it was because the pile of grass that was peeked up in a pile was touching the electrical wire. Radu and Mohammad were our helpers with the mortar today. Radu is very demanding never allowing for any breaks (especially my baby fix breaks!) He is being paid to be there yet wants me to do all the heavy lifting for him so there is a constant power struggle going on. Mohammad on the other hand is very easy going. I am an expert mortar maker now with all the practice I got today. We got all 3 brick walls finished up to the ground level. I finally met the camel man in person Rockmashine (spelling?). He has a very special whistle with his fingers. When he started whistling I started whistling. He was very excited so we sort of have whistling shoot offs throughout the day. The kids are always trying to get me to whistle as well. After whistiling I usually have a mouth full of sand particles stuck in my teeth. Yumm! He is such a pleasant mannered man and I believe he has some sort of status in the village. He has tiny gold implants in the center of his teeth & he has a beautiful smile. He has promised to take me for a camel ride I am very excited about the possibility. We were happy to have had an early dinner and got back to our hotel by 7:30. Kim was gracious and washed my hair which was fantastic. Sean was nice enough to put up with me.
Well didn’t get much sleep as I was up watching for the spider who appeared again at 1:00. They said they would fumigate the room while we were away on the site. Breakfast on the farm was lovely as usually. Elias went to Delhi with Sanjiv to talk with the Rotary club about the project. So we flew solo today. After working for a while a fight broke out over the back corner of the building to the point that it turned into a fist fight and bricks that had been laid were being pulled out and thrown aside. We stopped working on that corner and focused on the rest of the building. Not too long after that a fire broke out there was some debate as to what started it. Some say a match; Kim thought it was because the pile of grass that was peeked up in a pile was touching the electrical wire. Radu and Mohammad were our helpers with the mortar today. Radu is very demanding never allowing for any breaks (especially my baby fix breaks!) He is being paid to be there yet wants me to do all the heavy lifting for him so there is a constant power struggle going on. Mohammad on the other hand is very easy going. I am an expert mortar maker now with all the practice I got today. We got all 3 brick walls finished up to the ground level. I finally met the camel man in person Rockmashine (spelling?). He has a very special whistle with his fingers. When he started whistling I started whistling. He was very excited so we sort of have whistling shoot offs throughout the day. The kids are always trying to get me to whistle as well. After whistiling I usually have a mouth full of sand particles stuck in my teeth. Yumm! He is such a pleasant mannered man and I believe he has some sort of status in the village. He has tiny gold implants in the center of his teeth & he has a beautiful smile. He has promised to take me for a camel ride I am very excited about the possibility. We were happy to have had an early dinner and got back to our hotel by 7:30. Kim was gracious and washed my hair which was fantastic. Sean was nice enough to put up with me.
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