Now for the rest of this week! See the previous post about Sunday and Monday 😃
Tuesday 6/11: No clinic. Sumita had gotten sick at Fellowship so her and Josna and Ang decided to spend another day in Kulna. Jared and Miriam still had an office day. Had some babies that needed milk. Shania has really started walking more and more. She has been drinking out of her sippy cup all the time now so I hid her bottles to see if she would notice. She could care less. So just like that the bottle era is over. Layton had bottles until he was almost two and then it was a terrible fight to get it away. Shania is very attached to her pacifier and thumb though but that is a battle for another year 😂 Spent the day doing laundry and catching up on a few things from being gone. Layton and I like to play board games while Shania naps in the morning. The other day he told me “I wish you had never had her.” 😳 I’ve been trying to be more intentional with spending time with him and his attitude toward his sister has improved greatly.
Wednesday 6/12: Shania decided that since she is such a big girl to go ahead and get two more teeth at once. Jared spent the day doing odd jobs around the house. Washed out the carport, the van and the scootie. He’s been working on reputtying around the door frames inside. Ever since the cyclone we have had a real infestation of ants. We will all of a sudden find big black piles of them in random rooms. Hoping getting all the cracks caulked will cut down on the amount of ants indoors. They are just the tiny little ones not the big ones that bite. This evening was quite a hullaboll. Nathon was so excited that we were home from Kulna that he wanted to come over so we said “sure!” He never came and never came so finally we messaged him. Right when we were going to bed he messaged and said he had laid down to sleep and had slept all evening. We got new furniture for the guesthouse because the old stuff was falling apart and was past the point of repair. The delivery men said they would come deliver it this evening. Finally they called and said they couldn’t come because of the heavy rain we had all evening. This evening Layton was busy trying to build a generator out of all the parts and pieces that he has collected in his building bin. Shania came to investigate and accidentally touched his hot glue fun and burnt her finger good. She spent the rest of the evening reminding us of her tragedy. Layton felt so bad and cried with her.
Thursday 6/13: Jared ran some errands by Jamuna. The roads were heavy with traffic so it took him awhile. He got some more tile grout to regrout some tile. He finished sanding down the putty in the kitchen and then repainted it all. We could hire a mistri to do this but Jared likes to do odd jobs sometimes as a break from the paperwork and usual things!. Layton helped me mop and vacuum all the dust up. After lunch Jared went to the bank at Farmgate to take care of some matters before it closes for several days for Eid. Eid is in 5 days I think. Depends on the sign of the moon. This Eid is the one where they bring animals to their house and slaughter them. I curious to see if Eid is different here in Pink City then it was at Siza Court. There’s definitely richer more westernized people that live here. In the evening it rained off and on pretty much the whole time. It cooled off wonderfully! Jared worked on regrouting some tile upstairs in the evening. Miriam called to let Jared know that a 7 month old baby girl from Golpaganj that had a cleft lip surgery had to return to the hospital. She had the surgery done and then came to the clinic. Shortly after arriving she started having dyspnea. She was transported back to the hospital and admitted to ICU.
Friday 6/14: Had church. We had a good sized group this morning. Josna, Sumita, Ang, Beeti and Maria. I finally figured out our friends name! Maria! Beeti is an expelled sister. She has been starting to come more and more. Whether she is coming for the social of it or for her soul we do not know! Took icecream bars for everyone. That’s always so fun to do😊 Miriam called the dr of the baby that was admitted yesterday and the dr said she was awake now and breathing well. Their pastor stopped in at the clinic. Jared told him to have the father of the baby bring the cash memos and he would see how much he could help. We went to UniMart for lunch and then grabbed groceries. Hadn’t went grocery shopping for two weeks so we got quite a load. Not sure if UniMart will be open next week or not with Eid. The whole town comes to a halt for almost a week during Eid. For once I was able to get almost everything I needed. Lately they have been so unpredictable. Just frustrates me to no end. Going to try and make some better meals for my family this coming week instead of grillled cheese and the like. In the evening we went out and took a walk and rode bike. Layton and I walked up and down some of the streets to see how many people already had cows or goats tied up in their yards. Been seeing loads of hay out and about too. In the evenings lately there has been a lot of Muslim teachings going on. It’s across the road from pink city. Wish I could understand it all. My neighbor lady says it’s very annoying to her. Around 5 Miriam called Jared and said the baby from the clinic had passed away. We asked her if the baby had any underlying conditions and she didn’t think so. Seems kinda funny that a baby would just die but maybe she aspirated or something?? Jared offered that the family could meet him at the clinic tomorrow morning and he would give them some money for burial expenses. Miriam called back and said the family had left Dhaka around 8 with the babies body and was going back to the village for the burial. It’s so sad. This is the second baby that has passed away after surgery while we’ve been here.
Saturday 6/15: Jared did all sorts of odd job projects today. He cleaned the drains on the roof so that now during rainy season we won’t have standing water up there, he weed whipped the lawn, then worked on regrouting some more upstairs. It looks so nice! He told me he had really enjoyed doing projects like that after a few busy weeks of paperwork. He’s still working on getting some of Shana’s papers submitted to the NGO. But now during Eid their office is closed. The kids and I spent a fair bit of time outside. Even though it’s beastly humid we still go out and then come inside to cool and then go back out. Lots of cows are being delivered today. The pink city maintenance crew is putting up two huge bamboo pole tents. One is right by our house and then the other one is further down the Main Street. Lucky came to clean at the guesthouse so I asked her what they were for. She said that is where people will slaughter their animals on Monday. Now that Shania is walking I have to keep a very close eye on her when we are outside. She has figured out how to open the gate and she zips over there and the next thing I know she is out the gate. After supper we were in the living room having devotions with the children. All of a sudden several men came down the street chasing after their big bulls. We weren’t sure who was walking who. It looked like maybe they had gotten loose because a little bit later a blue truck came back by with all three bulls tied up on the back. These people just tie their bulls (all sacrificial cows are bulls) up under their carport and they just stand there docile as a lamb. I told Jared you would never see a Kansas cow standing like that!
Sunday 6/16: No clinic since it’s Eid. This morning Jared worked more on grouting upstairs. More and more bulls have been showing up. Jared says pink city is starting to get the faint odor like a feedlot! This afternoon we decided to get out of the house and go on a drive for awhile. We start to snarl at each other if we just sit around.😂 The traffic was amazing. No jams… we decided it was good to get out since everyone is back in their village by now. We found a new restaurant area that we wanted to check out. It was an outdoor food court all under a big multi level pavilion. Off to the side they have an enclosed AC seating area. The best thing was they had a huge American style playground! We will definitely go back so the kids can play. We are always on the lookout for places like that. On our drive we stumbled upon an Eid cow market. It was so entertaining. Rows and rows of bamboo pens. By now most of the bulls have been sold. There were still a few left. So many people were out walking their goats, cows or sheep. Apparently some buy camels too but we haven’t seen that yet. Some of the cows had garlands or tensil draped around their necks. I wish my brother Clarke could have seen the set up. Made the Salina sale barn look quite ritzy! So many little blue trucks were sitting on the side of the road after having unloaded their bulls. Sounds like farmers from all over Bangladesh being their cattle into Dhaka to be sold. The newspaper says the prices are much higher this year than last year. A bull can sell for up to 96,000 taka. Layton thought the cow market was the best thing ever! He kept saying “this is so beautiful.” That boy dreams cow herds, tractors and dairy barns. We came home and rested for awhile. Spending the rest of the evening at home looks like!
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