monday blues

so, Gopi was a bit down today. She was feeling very emotional, a bit depressed and was still in pain (naturally). The weather may not be helping.... it has been raining almost continuously for the last couple of days (is this what it's like in Seattle). It is damp.
The doc said that her hemoglobin is low (they had already given her two pints of blood) and so now they will give her some injections to stimulate hemoglobin production.
Last evening, I took Vrinda with me to the local Venugopal Temple where the Manipal Hare Krishnas were having a Janmastami celebration. Bhakti Raghava Swami, who has a farm nearby) was giving class. The temple was so packed that we could not even get in. Kanai Thakur was there so we spent some time with him. The prasad was simple (rice, chick pea subji and two sweets - reminded me of a winter several years ago in NV when we didn't have much Laksmi and we had rice and chick pea subji for the sunday feast) but quite tasty.
Gopi and I were reflecting that last year this time we were in Shanghai, China celebrating Janmastami there.
Tomorrow (Sept 4th) the Iskcon devotees in Udupi are having their Janmastami celebration.
Oh yeah! Getting a lot of TV sangha, which is one of the unfortunate ways to pacify kids in a hospital room. However, the last couple of days they've had some really nice animated shows about the birth and pastimes of Sri Krishna -- yes, only in India...