Saturday 03/01/2009

Steph and Monique’s last day! Noooooo! We woke up and Steph and Monique finished packing the last of their things while I pitched in one last attempt to convince them to stay, haha failed =[ After they’d finished we met Rajesh (the Nepalese engineer helping S.W.A.P. with the Respite Centre) for breakfast at Java. He arrived on Nepali time and was full of smiles as always. He told the girls that it was too soon for them to be leaving to Australia, and that his wife had said that it’s too soon as she wanted to have us all over for dinner one last time. This brought tears to mine and Steph’s eyes! I resisted the urge to bring up the Respite Centre but was stoked when Rajesh started talking about it. Between him and Rei, whenever I talk with those two I always get incredibly excited as to what 2009 has to come! After their final goodbye’s to Rajesh, us three girls jumped in a cab and headed off to the airport. Since I was getting the same cab back to Thamel after dropping them off, we had to make our goodbye’s extremely quick as we were worried he might drive off with my bags still in the car haha. Tonight is the quietest our house has ever been! I miss the girls already!