you seem so out of context

I have a sneaking suspicion that I've probably used this title line before, but I don't particularly care. We're making super-fun plans for my birthday that will probably result in all of the expats looking completely out of context, so it seems appropriate. The initial thought had been to do some sort of autorickshaw races; this eventually escalated to a full multi-transport relay race involving a rickshaw leg, a camel leg, and a paddleboat leg across the contaminated waters of the lake at nearby Shilparamam, but we decided that it might be a poor idea, not the least because they I would have a chance to get gangrene in the still-healing blisters on my feet. Then, the people I was eating dinner with hit on a brilliant idea--digital camera scavenger hunt! We pile into cars and attempt to find all manner of crazy things in a four-hour time period, before winding up at Ohri's for tasty Chinese food. We'll see how it goes, but I'm really excited; and we're going to do it on Saturday, which will leave Sunday for some much-needed recovery time. I'm hopeful that this will all come together in a fun and insane fashion, as things usually do.

Today was fun and yet not fun--I had some training at work that required me to spend five hours in a conference room at the Taj, and I was not particularly thrilled about it because it meant I had no time to do anything in the office. The training itself was good, but at the end we got a printout of some personality profiling thing that we'd taken a few weeks ago. The description of me was somewhat accurate, but I was amused to note that it said that I am usually highly compliant but that in very stressful situations I become obstinate. I would have prefered if they used the word 'recalcitrant', but we can't get everything we want in life. I had meetings until almost eight p.m., then came home and ate slightly-incorrect but still tasty Mexican food. Several of us sat around and brainstormed for the scavenger hunt (since we can't stop brainstorming on laptops even when we're at home), and now I'm thinking of going to bed much earlier than usual so that I can get up early tomorrow and put together a presentation that I'm supposed to give at 11. Yay.

Okay, I need to go to bed. Goodnight, everyone!