We're alive and well and living in Dhaka...

After a 9 hour flight to Bangkok with no sleep and a layover at a
very pleasant Guest House in the city there and then a 4 hour flight
to Dhaka I am here!

We are all alive and well! But those of you who know T.R. please
think of her. Her abdominal condition decided to pick the morning we
left to start playing up and she is very uncomfortable

She is moving around but is on very limited energy. Much appreciated.

We have been to the markets in DHaka and purchased Sahweer Kameezes
for the ladies and been met by many locals who are fascinated by the
camera!

Our hosts are A and J Sm. who some may know and they are awesome!
Today we venture to the markets alone on a scavenger hunt to prove
that we can DO it!

I'm loving it and missing K.

Thanks all for your thoughts

More when I can - Internet is very unreliable here

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I don't recommend boxing...

...immediately after a tetanus injection.

Ow.

I could hardly lift my arm.

The Final Countdown

Well there's just 7 days to go now.

Spent the weekend shopping for the hostel kids and got them some sports equipment. Also picked up some medicines for me as a preventitive measure and on Friday had two more immunisations (tetanus and polio)

Liver scan results turn out to be "non specific diffuse fatty deposits" in the liver which suggests more exercise and a healthier diet. It's not a serious condition provided that I change my ways which I'm already doing so in the docs words "it's the best possible outcome"

Got a few domestic jobs to work thru for this week to have things in order before I leave and then it will be a matter for enjoying the time I have left with Kelli

Did I mention already that I am going to miss her?

Update on the update...

Just in case you are worried K is fine. Discomfort has settled down and she's been happy since.

I have my appointment with the doc tomorrow to find the result of my scan and pick up some useful stuff to take with me to ward off Dehli belly and the like.

It's so close to going now. I have the strongest mix of excitement and trepidation (sp?) I really want to go but really don't want to be away from family.

Still - it will be awesome. We're going shopping tonight to pick up some christmas gifts for kids at one of the hostels we'll be visiting. 50 boys between the ages of 6 and 16 in India - I wonder if they like cricket? ;o)

Update on medical stuff

K and I spent a bit of time up in N.S. Hospital last night. She was having a few pains that were new to her and so while I hurriedly got a head start on dinner she got a headstart on the inevitable long queue at the emergency department.

A test or two eliminated the urinary tract infection option so we waited for the doc (which took a very slow hour and a half or so) to be available to do an exam which ultimately rendered the news we probably expected from the beginning - "I don't think there's anything to worry about - come back if it gets worse."

Everything seems fine this morning. A first baby is a weird thing. All your ideas of "normal" disappear about 8 weeks in and everything new gets noticed which makes it seem kind of "abnormal" just by virtue of the fact that it's never been experienced before.

Still it is very nice to have a hospital within a very short drive and we were tucked up in bed not all that much later than we would normally have been

I have my liver scan today. I am running on empty until 1.30 this afternoon and then I have an appointment with the doctor on Friday to go over the findings. Something is not quite right in my abdomen but I am hoping at this stage it is nothing more serious than the need to get serious about diet.

I've lost about 6kg now and eat really pretty healthy - I allow myself a meal or two off a week and even then I don't eat radically bad and I have eliminated all snacking on anything but the healthiest options.

Keep you posted

Awesome Provision

Well we sold our little car. We are now the proud former-owners (or formerly proud owners or something) of a Mazda MX5. Actually curiously enough we traded it with a fellow Trade Me member called Cassidy for her 5 door RAV4

So we are officially Auckland-ites I guess. We live in the 'burbs and drive an SUV. Ok - it's only a baby SUV and Cassidy is a nice person who's kind of starting over after a bit of a rough start to life so we were really happy to be a part of her newfound happiness. She's over the moon with her new acquisition.

In exchange we got a car that's probably worth slightly more than ours was, has all the room we'll need, is as safe as a car should we hit someone else (unlike most SUV's which are substantially more dangerous) and slightly safer for us than a car should the reverse happen. Best of all we got to make someone else smile...

Yep - that's pretty good provision in my book