A time for everything...

So yes, I realize that I have been horrible at keeping everyone updated this month. My excuse is that I finally found enough things to do- and when I say enough, I mean too many! I've literally been getting up at 7 every day and not getting home until 10:30/11 at night. My one roommate never sees me anymore because I am always out. It never rains, it pours- the first month I was going crazy trying to find something to do, and now I'm going crazy because I have too much to do! I am still volunteering at Destiny Center three days a week, but now on Tuesday and Thursday I am helping out at a shelter for street children. It has been a really great experience- very practical and the kids are great (as are the other volunteers there!) Plus it has been nice to have some variety and be doing different things. In addition to that, I have been visiting an HIV hospice with my friend (which is all the way at the southwestern tip of the city, so the travel time is ridiculous), as well as taking on two more video projects. I am still trying to get some footage and put everything together before I leave... which is only another week! I also am organizing travel plans to go to Agra and Paris, as well as trying to meet friends and keep up with other volunteers that I've met while being here. So I haven't had time to post, especially because there is so much to say! I am really sad about leaving India- I don't want to go. I've gotten used to so many things here-at the children's shelter they feed us lunch and I sit on the floor and eat rice and dahl with my hands like all the Indian kids- it is great. I've gotten better at extracting change from reluctant shopkeepers, perfected the head wobble, and figured out how to get pretty much anywhere in the city by bus. (although some things I will never adjust to... I still hate wearing a scarf that slips off my shoulder every 5 seconds even when I am sitting perfectly still. I hate this so much that I find myself gloating every time I see an Indian girl fix her scarf- theirs seem to be superglued in place, but every now and then you catch someone...)
At any rate, I am trying to pack every minute full before I leave- I still have quite a bit I would like to do, (like ride a tram and go to the Botanical Gardens and learn a song in Bengali) as well as some last minute shopping and trying to find time to say goodbye to all the friends I have made while I have been here. I am also trying to find the time to enjoy the sights and smells that make up Incredible India- I know that I am making memories here that will last a lifetime.