By 9am, life was returning to the rest of us: chai, water and savoury vermicelli were consumed in sufficient quantities to get us back to vaguely human status. (Ravi and Bobby should both have been badly hungover but weren't: grr!!) I braved the squat toilet after Suriya cleaned it - this was her choice but she used phenol, so I gave gave a her a gentle, concerned lecture about this being a poison that absorbs through skin. I'm going to buy her some marigolds and make sure she uses them!
Suriya and I went back to Margao to check on the birthing process: no news yet but a lot of thought about how I would feel if I was waiting for the birth of my own child or grand-child - I think I'd go mad with worry in 10 minutes. Suriya then took me to a bus-stop to get a bus back to Palolem and is now either back in Colva with Bobby and family or back at the hospital with Rechsma and her folk.
I think that's enough tediousness for now: see you later space cats!
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