Yup

Valentines Day is coming.  Is anyone else madly in love with their spouse today?  We had date night last night and went to a high class joint named, Pizza Hut.  Pizza Hut in the states is a dive but in Kathmandu it is a delicacy.  The waiters wear nice outfits and you eat with silverware.  Plus, it still has all the greasy goodness of American pan pizza.

I have been so sleepy lately.  I think it is because I switched to decaf.  A month ago I fell down my stairs four times in a week.  The final tumble ended in a badly sprained ankle.  After some analysis I realized the caffeine from my six daily cups of coffee was making me dizzy and I switched to decaf. 

We have started taking Roxy on walks outside of our compound.  I know this seems like really mundane news but dog walking in Kathmandu can be perilous.  My gardener made us each long heavy walking sticks to fend off fierce stray dogs.  We walk on each side of Roxy - virtual bodyguards - scaring off dogs eager to defend their territory.  Roxy is oblivious and happy to trot along sniffing the ground.

When I visualized moving overseas I forgot to remember that "normal" would be totally reshaped.  My son thinks it's normal to throw rocks at stray dogs or pee on the wall when there is no public bathroom.  I think it is normal to put pass other vehicles while driving on a dirt median.  Honking is normal.  On the way home from church we were stuck in heavy traffic and the cab in front of me tried to pull a u-turn across four lanes of traffic.  I honked my horn so hard I bruised my wrist. I showed him.

That's the news from Kathmandu.  How are the states today?