HI FROM KANDY – Tuesday, January 22

i made it! am safely in Kandy and having toast and tea for breakfast!
it's nice and cool right now... i actually wore my sweatpants and sweatshirt to bed! i was so out of it last night on the airplane and it was, as usual, the typical introduction to india or sri lanka, with the plane being filled with 90% men all of whom have body odor and the need to tap anything in sight. do i sound grouchy? i was... but kept telling myself to have patience and to try to remember this is what its all about.. cultural differences!! the guy behind me had to have been on one of his first flights ever and he was like a little kid playing with everything he could get his hands on. so funny.. but annoying when you are that out of it. its that last leg which always gets me.

i arrived in colombo at 11pm and Roy was outside waiting for me... this man who works at the home. he is so sweet but he doesn't speak english so we couldn't chat too much on the way to kandy. the drive took 3 hours and i kept falling in and out of sleep. we pulled up to jake and julie's at 2am and i crashed to sleep. woke up at 8 this morning and just been sitting around in my pjs catching up with everyone. its so good to be here! cant believe how long it takes to get here though... wow! i think i've aged 10 years. ;)

ok, just wanted to let you know that i've arrived! love you all!
bisous, G

oh, and jade (8) and asia (5) had a fake snake waiting for me that they scared me with this morning!! too cute.. Julie told me they had been planning it for quite some time to get me with the cobras!