First few days back
My first full day back in the USA tuesday I woke up late around 11:30am and called Andy because when he asked when he could see me Monday night I told him after whenever I was up. Because I've been out of the country and thankfully not in any cars in India I didn't really feel very comfortable driving over to his house so he came and picked me up. I wore my long wrap skirt and the shirt I had to safety pin shut because for some reason I didn't want to or feel like putting the clothes in my closet or dresser on so I dressed from my suitcase and waited for him to arrive. He picked me up we went back to my place and cuddled and stuff then just spent the rest of the afternoon together we ate lunch out, and then we went back to my house and watched television with my parents. I went to bed fairly early and because he was off again the next day I was just supposed to call him when I woke up again.
On Monday when I had first called him he had suggested we go caving on one of his days off I was hesitant to give a definitive answer when I was so zonked out, didn't want to do it on my very first day back Tuesday, but to my eventual delight I gave in and we went caving on Wednesday. I got dressed in my swimsuit, my olive capris, the pink India shirt, and my chacos which now feel sort of permanently molded to my feet. He came and picked me up we drove out to park land along the potomac and walked along one of the C&O paths just talking on our way to this cave he knew of. I would never have done this before I went to India thoughts about spiders, snakes and other nasties would have filled me head and I would have refused. Once I actually got into the cave I realized I was right to have agreed and had nothing to worry about. The cave was completely clean except for red clay mud every wear, it is too dark, and to cold for any critters so it was just me Andy and our headlamps getting covered in red muck below ground. I was very proud that I didn't slip once (because of the chacos) and managed to follow him up and down all the cave permeations he wanted to try out. We even squat walk for quite awhile along a low passage with most of my legs in the water before he decided he didn't really want to go%
posted by Stephanie | 10:18 PM
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