52nd

Today has been made up of rushes and waits. Mainly waits.
I went straight to Mandy's in the morning to get the photos for the exhibition sorted. It took a lot longer than expected so I ate lunch there. My stomach is gonna be so upset when I get back to plain old English food. It was Bharti (their domestic)'s birthday and Alka had bought a chocolate cake, so we had that for dessert!
We then went off to the printers. Mandy drove and it took ages to get there in hot Delhi traffic (sorry to mention the heat, but it really is hot here). After we'd printed contact sheets of the selected images I was dropped (again at a very slow pace and through heavy traffic) off at the office of Roli books in Greater Kailash 2. This was for a mammoth meeting about publishing. It dragged on for two and a half hours in a stuffy room with little sunlight. I was then taken to the IHC through Delhi traffic again (this time no A/C) by none other than Shobha-ji herself. I have resolved henceforth to decline as many lifts by car as I possibly can. Alka and Shobha gossipped in the back and it was oddly comforting to hear them. When I got there I quickly got my work done and hung out with Preeti and ate Parle Gs (parle-vous G?) and drank Yorkshire Tea. this was a highlight I think.
I got back to the house at about quarter to nine and Nancy had cooked chole bhature! I changed into my pyjama bottoms so as to allow me to consume as much as possible. They worked a treat. Izzy and I then headed out to the Wednesday market after being inundated with safety advice. Perhaps I should have paid more attention. I wasn't technically robbed but with the state of the two shirts that I bought being what they are I may as well have been. One is at least third hand and the other is size XXXXL and has a rip at the sleeve. I'm still deciding what to do with them.
As a treat, before bed I got to go through Sidak's computer studies book and change all the grammar.
I have made this day sound terribly but I am actually so happy as I am writing this.