I’m not sure I like this new updating thing.  Hmm.

Today was pretty great.  I had intended on getting to the Indian visa place to get my application submitted early, but of course rolled in around 11 wondering if I’d be able to see someone and get it submitted before they stopped helping people at noon.  Thankfully it was a pretty painless process.  I printed off the form I completed the day before, submitted it and paid a fee.  All in all not too bad.  I was told to go back next week.  At that time I’ll hand in my passport and then the following day return to get my visa.  I’m glad it really wasn’t very difficult.  

While at the visa place I met a few girls who were also there to get Indian visas.  We ended up spending the day together.  It was really nice.   There was a Canadian, an English girl and one from the US.  The Canadian is this young girl who is a travel blogger.  She isn’t really making any money off of it right now, but it was good to talk to her and get some ideas about things.  She also does some freelance work online which is something I’ve been hoping to get figured out for a while now.  The conversations with her certainly sparked that again and really helped me put into perspective how trying to make a living off those sites a reality would work.  

Tomorrow I’m going to change guesthouses and stay in the one where the English and American girl are staying.  It’s close to Durbar Square and where the NA people hang out so that should be nice.  The rooms are not as nice as the one I have now, but they’re also a fair amount cheaper.  The place is also quiet so although not as nice as here, it should still provide a respite from the city.  I also don’t imagine spending much time in Kathmandu.  This city really doesn’t appeal to me a whole lot.  It’s just too chaotic and busy.  I don’t think spending more time here will change that.  It was nice to be with other people because even when you’re in the midst of the chaos, they provide a buffer for it. 

We are going to travel to Pokhara on Friday.  I’m so excited to check out other parts of Nepal.  It looks really beautiful!  And it’ll be nice to travel with a few other people for a little while.  One of the girls will be moving on to another part of Nepal from Pokhara and the other one will most likely travel back to Kathmandu with me to finish up dealing with the Indian visa next week.  We have to go back on Thursday, drop off our passports and then return on Friday to pick up the passports with the visa in them.

Afterwards I’ll be more or less free to do whatever I choose.  If I like Pokhara I can just swing back there.  If I don’t like Pokhara I’ll need to figure something else out.  Actually, if I don’t like Pokhara I’m not really sure what I’ll do.  I’m hoping I’ll like it enough that I’ll want to return and spend a much longer chunk of time there.  There seems to be a lot of holistic stuff going on and I’d love to start doing some yoga.

I’m sitting here now, shirtless, and realized not long ago that the fat rolls on my upper body are super sweaty and it’s gross.  Like super gross.  I can’t go on like this forever.  I’ve been feeling like I could try dating again and being intimate with someone, but then I also feel so gross about my body.  It’s not the worst it’s ever been, obviously, but it’s uncomfortable enough I’m not sure I could spend much time with someone naked.  I’d really, really like to though.  That’ll work out in good time.  I sure hope so anyway.

Ok, time for bed.  I’ve been feeling tired – like super tired, since getting back tonight.  I can’t believe I’ve been up for this long!  It is almost 1 am though and I’ve been going to bed around 9-9:30 lately.  I suppose it’s to be expected.

I like writing.  I wish I was doing more of it.  The words seem to be flowing pretty easily right now.  It’s fun to just bang something like this out in 10 minutes and not labor over every word.  I do like laboring over every word at times -especially when I want to relate exactly how things are and I need to be very accurate.  I like this a lot too though.