New Intern! GUARANTEED.

John and Rajiv are on their way to Jaipur to pick up Lola, the new intern, as I type. John told me last night that he didn’t really feel like heading in on the bus, so I might have to go get her. I could have told him then and there that wasn’t happening, but I kept my mouth shut and played the whole thing by ear. From the get-go he’s taken the majority of the responsibility for this intern coming. Prashand asked him to take a look at her resume, then Prashand asked him to write her an email inviting her to stay, and then John wrote an email from his private email account to introduce himself and offer support if she needed anything. And then he tells me last night that he might not feel like heading into Jaipur to pick her up adding, “but someone has to,” meaning me.

I would have been more flexible, but my special monthly visitor is set to arrive today and spending four hours on a bus, then wondering around Japiur without the guarantee of access to a bathroom is not my ideal way to spend the day (I know, I know... too much information). So while I did feel a little bad for making it clear I wasn’t going to do it, I did feel fairly justified. John signed on to this intern project right away. Neither John nor Prashand ever made any effort to include me before, so why involve me now just because things have become inconvenient?

So Rajiv and John left about an hour and a half ago on the motorbike. I don’t know about this girl Lola, but I would be a little terrified if I had to ride three to a motorbike on my second day in India, especially with the luggage! But I have the feeling she’s been here before, so it might be alright.

In preparation for her arrival, and her becoming my new roommate for the next two weeks, I cleared off a shelf for her clothes, thoroughly swept the floor, and picked some flowers to spruce up the joint. My bedroom still looks a bit like a holding cell out of the movie Saw III (especially since I took up the area rug to avoid crickets), but I can see some improvement.

I hope they pick her up and head straight back to Gram Chetna and no funny business like seeing a movie!! I can’t wait to meet this Lola chick.