When I connected with Lily at the end of today, her big update was this: “I WILL NEVER MAKE GRAPE PIE AGAIN.”
I empathized that peeling the grapes must have been a nightmare, to which she said that was the easy part (the kids helped with that part). The hard part was deseeding each grape one by one. She said they are the most delicious pies in the world, and she did it for the kids, but she is never doing it again. Given that I will never again in my life have a chance to taste one of Lily’s grape pies, I asked her to save some in the freezer for me 🙂
In other news, the family has been putting up Halloween and fall decorations inside and outside of the house. Lily is so amazing at creating these festive memories and I’m sorry to miss them!
Ammon has been drawing spooky Halloween pictures and in the video below, you will hear him telling about them.
I’m starting to enjoy India a more as I’m getting a little more rested. I am completely captivated by how lovely the people are and I’m so grateful for all the new Qualtrics friends that I have made. Today I went to lunch with some of the top performers on the team. The food here is incredible. Not only was the restaurant amazing, but even my breakfast at the Trident Hotel each morning has been superb. There is such a complex and advanced usage of spices, flavors and ingredients that dishes burst with flavor and unique and complex tastes. I forgot the name of this desert, but they said it’s the most famous/popular desert in India. It was similar in taste and textures to tres leches from Mexico. EVERYTHING has been so delicious. I could eat every meal from India, if my stomach would allow it! My stomach continues to have serious issues. I wont elaborate except to say that I got back to my hotel room in the nick of time, and yesterday the situation was so dire, I almost did not make it back to my hotel room in time. It was a very close call.
