back on american soil
so i chilled in delhi for four nights where i mostly just relaxed, read, wrote, and watched hindi TV and sports, and then caught a flight back to SF on friday, stopping over in Tapei. couldnt get a good seat and the 73 year old indian man next to me, former wrestling coach for the national team, wouldnt keep his legs off of me. longest flight of my life. as soon as the plane landed i got a huge smile on my face and it hasnt left yet. my good friend tren picked me up at the airport and it was awesome to see him. its really great to be back home.
went to the hospital where they cleaned me up nicely. they infused me IV with some strong antibiotics as all of my wounds were infected and i had had a fever. they xrayed my foot because it was swollen and sensitive and they thought something may have been broken, but luckily that was not the case. they prescribed me painkillers and i have to change my bandages daily, as well as take antibiotics 4x daily. it felt great to be in a clean modern hospital where they were gentle with me, there were no language barriers, and no more confusion about the state of my body. my wounds have been healing very quickly since then as now i have nothing but clean air and water, tons of antibiotics, good nutrition, and i'm able to get a good night's sleep. its so nice to be back.
i've been eating awesome food since being back. first stop was in and out where i got a 3x3 animal style with animal style fries. it was so orgasmic after dreaming about the first bite for almost a month. today i went to mario's for lunch where we had a great fiesta. i missed mexican food greatly. i'm headed back to so cal this weekend so i'll hit up some real legit burritos for sure. tonight we went to house of chicken and waffles in oakland and had another amazing meal. its so great to be back.
tomorrow i start full time work doing bioengineering research on campus and my summer school classes. its very weird being immersed in indian life for an extended time and jumping right back in to berkeley life. hopefully i will not forget all the amazing things i saw and experienced in india and i'm always aware of how lucky i am to be where i'm at.
can't wait to catch up with all my friends now that i'm back and to enjoy this beautiful summer in Btown. hit me up because its time to party hardy.
allen
