Don't let the bed bugs bite

It's been an eventful couple days. Charlotte is slowly recovering from a bought of the flu (graciously donated by the children of the orphanage) and I am experiencing my first full body hive break out. Oh yeah, and there is a mouse in our room. Getting for bed one night I saw something fuzzy scurry from the top of my backpack under my bed. Of course I kept my cool and did not freak out. NAAWWTTTT. There was lots of screaming and pointing and jumping on the bed until Rajindra and Saugot (the 2 older boys) came into the room to help us get it out. They were useless, and really I think they were just entertained by our antics. After searching the room Mousey was no where to be found and we decided it has escaped. Oh, BUT NOOOO. Charlotte and I were woken up 2 hours later by the "crinkle crinkle crinkle" sound of mousey going through our stuff. I LEAPED out of my bed and onto charlottes. Both of us stood there like morons in the dark for about 2 minutes because we were too scared to reach down and pick up our flashlights. After 15 minutes of banging things and turning out our bags, we finally got mousey to scamper out of the room into the hall.
Normally, this would cause some discomfort to both of us but we would get over it. It's because we are living in such poor, unhygenic conditions that this lovely mouse encounter was just that much more unwelcomed.
Mousey came back the night after, and not only did he scamper and crinkle, HE SQUEEKED at us. C is convinced he was a small rat. I refuse to believe that because rats are 5000000 times worse. Again, Mousey disappeared and luckily he didn't return last night.

We are off to the RCDP hostel tonight because we leave on a 3 day excursion to Chitwan National Park. This is a much needed break from the orphanage because despite the loveliness and cutiness that is the children, the conditions are getting to us. I was fine up until yesterday when i broke out in this gross chicken-pox like hive thingy.
Chitwan is going to be fun though. We get to go on a safari to see rhinos and tigers and leopards, we get to go white water rafting, and even give an elephant a bath.

OH! Mom, please pass this little bit onto Jenn Meeker. Her toy package has been a HIT! We've slowly been giving everything out and the kids love everything. Yesterday we gave out the dolls and the reaction was priceless. Like good little nepalise children they each sat down with their doll and......search it for lice! hahahahaha. So tell her thank you thank you thank you!

Hoping you all stuffed your faces with thanksgiving food. We celebrated with rice and spinach. Yum.

Will have lots to update in a couple days!


Off to see Dumbo,
J & C