Monday 9/11: The tree cutters were back with a vengeance today. More trees bit the dirt. Layton stood on the veranda and yelled “cannon ball!” at the men when one tree crashed down. Jared had clinic this morning. Busy as usual… he came home in a real downpour! I love the rain. One of these days it will be the last rain until next June. Ripon from Golpagange says it will rain until the 17th of September. The thunderstorm was spectacular. Layton was worried that the lightning would strike our apartment and then it would burn up. He has inherited my worrying genes it looks like. “Mom would lightening burn up cement? Would it catch a tree on fire? If the trees caught on fire would they light our apartment on fire?” He didn’t seem to relax about the whole matter until Jared came home. The rest of the day was at home. Jared went to KaWran Bazaar to buy some tools he needed to install the deadbolts on the clinic door. Moved Shania into a pack n play at night. She outgrew her little bamboo bed so just had her sleeping on a soft blanket on the floor. The past several nights she wakes up hollering because she’s rolled off the blanket and under our bed.😂 I wouldn’t be happy either to wake up under my bed instead of on top of it.
Tuesday 9/12: no kindergarten… Layton was up and awake for several hours during the night. I’m not sure what his deal was except that at one point he wondered when bacon would be available in Bangladesh. Due to the lack of sleep I figured neither of our brains were firing on all gears so no school. Had singing in the evening… It’s always our favorite thing of the week!! Sumita and Josna told us all about their trip to their friend’s burial. Apparently they will have the memorial service anytime from one month to one year from now. Afterwards us and Doyle’s went to Sky Restaurant. Hadn’t ever been there before. It’s on the 12th floor of Hotel Davenci in Farmgate. It was quite a trek. The roads were all jammed up so we just walked. Had to wind our way through mud and around rickshaws etc. Supposedly the Farmgate intersection area is one of the busiest in Dhaka. It wasn’t hard to believe that this evening. Thousands of rickshaws and so so many people. It was pouring rain but didn’t seem to matter to anyone. Shania exercised her voice and hollered because she was on edge from all the us horns and traffic noise. Thankfully we could take the covered foot bridge over the streets for part of the ways. The restaurant was really neat. Reminded me of how I’ve envisioned the inside of Rapunzel’s castle. There were large fish tanks that the kids were well entertained by😃 It was also very well air conditioned so we almost froze but boy did it feel good!! Once Shania cooled off she was in a much better frame of mind.
Wednesday 9/13: in the morning Jared spent several hours installing some deadbolts on the clinic doors. I made some no bake cookies to take to Jon’s for a hostess gift. George invited us to come to Jon and Paninnas for lunch! George is Paninnas brother. He is the one that has been teaching Doyle’s language class. Layton was all excited about going to “Berninas.” She made so much food. Fried fish, egg curry, chicken curry and fried pumpkin. Along with copious amounts of pilau rice. She is a very hospitable host so our plates were kept full. I did my level best to not overeat but these people don’t understand the word “diet.”😂 However Layton ate and ate the fish which I was very glad for. When we had finally eaten enough to satisfy her, George took us to the living room. All of a sudden here came Paninna with banana cheesecake and ice cream and tea. Then after that had been served she offered us mangos yet too. We literally rolled out of there. It is obvious that their standard of living is a lot higher than most Bengalis. They had a washer and dryer, microwave fridge and freezer. Paninna took us up to her rooftop classroom and then out onto her patio where all her flowers were. They were so beautiful.she had probably 20 different pots and planters full of flowers and random plants. (Most were the sort of plants that I’ve seen my mom and Keisha have for houseplants.) We stopped at the clinic on the way home so Jared could get some milk for a patient. I think Josna and Sumita were a bit jealous that we ate with someone else today instead of them. We came home and turned on the AC and recooperated from the heat and our poor stuffed bellies. Miriam says the missionaries always gain 5kg while they are here from the food. I’m determined not to be that person but after a lunch like we had today I can see how easily that can happen! These dear people love to serve and they love even more to see a Bedesi eat their food. We were told today that “Duane brother ate much fish!” Alas the standards we have to live up to.😂 In the evening the children and I went down to ride bike. It suddenly started raining which quickly escalated into a roaring downpour so we hustled back to our apartment and stayed in doors the rest of the evening.
Thursday 9/14: Jared and Layton went to the clinic and installed the last deadbolt. Jared was glad to get that done. The rest of the day was uneventful… Jared worked on some more papers for Doyle.
Friday 9/15: had church! Our last time having church with Doyle’s while they are here in Dhaka. We have really enjoyed the crowd boost!😃 After church we went to Lola’s and then to buy groceries. Went to one North End for coffee and the electricity and they said they could make us drinks as long as they weren’t hot or didn’t take a blender. Haha! So we went to the North End that’s right across the street and they had power. I love going there… feels like we can escape the foreign country vibe briefly and pretend like we are back in the states there. Sat for awhile and then headed home as both children and this mama needed naps! Went up to the roof after we all woke up and watched the planes for awhile. The rest of the evening was quiet…
Saturday: Shania was very fussy… She wanted to be held all the time and no sitting down allowed. The princess must be jostled and walked. 😂 I will be thankful when this tooth comes through. Liton (brother from kulna) called and said he was in Dhaka somewhere and could Jared come see him? Where he was was quite aways away and Jared didn’t feel comfortable going without me and well… I wasn’t sure I could cope with a crying baby for that long in a van and be stuck in traffic. So Jared arranged with Liton that next month we would go to Kulna and Jared would come and spend some time with him. Felt bad saying no… At what point is it ok to say no due to a fussy teething baby and when do we just go and do?! Usually Shania is happy as a clam… At lunch Layton said he thought one of his teeth was getting loose. I told Jared “one child looses his teeth and one child gets them.”😂
Sunday 9/17: Both the children had rather unstable emotions this morning. I’m suspicious it’s due to the heat. 108* real feel today. After a good cry and nap time when they had both had a good sleep in an AC bedroom they were both much happier. This heat just kinda saps all the energy some days. Had kindergarten. I pulled something out of my bored box for Layton that really made his eyes shine.😍Jared was really busy at the clinic this morning. He is already up to 700 patients and it’s only quarter ways into our fiscal year. Spent the rest of the day just doing the usual… it was so hot today that I did laundry this morning and it was all dry by evening so for once I got it all washed folded and put away in the same day! Felt very accomplished! Who am I becoming?!😂
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