Upside Down World

Ok so everything has gone kind of nuts, so let me start at the beginning and work my way through.

We did find a bar to watch UK play Germany and I got just as involved as the 4 Brits I was watching it with :-) We didn't realize we were in a room full of Germany fans...who were happy because Germany won, 4-1. UK Fail. Even I knew that UK played terribly and I hardly ever watch football (or footie as Junie would say) and yet was able to make catty comments when Myles tried to make fun of USA for losing. Yay for picking up sports..well watching them... quickly.

The next day I went shopping with some lovely English girls, 20 yrs old and taking a year off, and then went to the train station and took the train ALL ALONE! AH! But it went fine! I had a lovely man explain to me that we were going to have to get off the train because mud had covered the tracks in one spot so then we had to take a bus for an hour and go to a different train. When it was all said and done, my 15 hr train ride took 22 hrs. Disgusting and boring on your own although a nice man bought me curry and helped me figure things out.

Alright so here is where things get weird. And I am not gossiping, I am just letting you know what's up. So I get home to Penny's, talk to a lady I know for a minute and Penny comes up, I say hey and she says "hello, where are you staying?"....
You shocked? Hey me too!
She tells me that she really thinks it would be better if I stayed where my friends were so I didn't have to worry about coming in late at night.
I say, well all my friends have gone.
and she replies "oh you'll make new friends". So at this point I'm like crap I gotta find a place to stay when she throws in the kicker "And if you ever want to come play with the animals just call or stop by." Now if you didn't get the gist of that, it was the polite way of telling me that I am no longer volunteering.
Needless to say, I was a bit shocked/stressed/sad you know a few other s-words I'm sure. So she drops me off at the guest house where Junie and Linda had been staying. But let me remind you that Junie is no longer here ( she is traveling until July 16th, and I would have gone with but I had to come back here to help Penny....I thought) and I find out when I get to the hotel that Linda is leaving that night.

So they let me use their phone and I call Linda and she is at the beach where I meet her and burst into uncontrollable tears the gist of which consisted of "What am I supposed to do? I am all alone! and I want to go home!" Linda, absolute lovely lady that she is, mothered me and had me take a warm shower, took me to dinner which I couldn't eat because I was so shaky, and told me a few things I could do and told me not to just leave India without thinking about it. "You are halfway around the world, don't just give up on it"

So that is what I am doing. I met up with Linda's new friend Chris who is going to help me find a few vets to shadow and also has a friend who is a dog trainer and wouldn't mind me tagging along. AND I got a cell phone for myself, for the grand ol price of about $20 although it costs an arm and a leg to call home but incoming calls cost me nothing! So I am hooked up! And I found a place where I can use my laptop which makes life easier.

So I am not sure what I am doing for now, but the place I am staying is incredibly safe and the people are wonderful and I have an adapter for my laptop and they have a TV I can watch. I just need to meet some new people. Linda suggested doing yoga for 3 or 4 days, but I am really not sure I can hack it just doing 4 straight days of yoga and chanting. We will see. I just can't waste time as I need to be getting vet or animal experience or I may as well be at home. Believe me when I say that my first instinct is to get my ticket changed and fly home tomorrow, but I am going to think about it for a bit longer.

No worries everyone I am safe! Just a little confused, hurt, and lost. But like Linda said, once I get through this I will be able to handle anything. I said I wanted to grow up a bit in India, well jeez louise man! be careful what you wish for!

I am gonna try to post some pics now so we'll see!