February 1 Hubli, Rotary District Conference day #1

Very nicely I had the chance to sleep in until 0900 this morning before meeting the team at the conference site to plan our presentation for Sunday. We then went home to rest and change and have lunch and then went back for the opening/inauguration of the 49th district conference. There were speeches and dinner and entertainment. We also got to talk for a while with 3 of the GSE team members that will be coming to NJ in April. One is a lawyer and has a 1 ½ year old female Black Lab named Rebecca and she was very interested in the concept of pet-sitting. She too had never heard of it and expressed dislike of boarding her dog. She said she’d lost previous dogs to disease from boarding. If I have the chance when she comes to NJ, I would like to show her what pet-sitting is all about. Another is a doctor and interested in meeting doctors in NJ. I’m not sure what kind of doctor she is, something in medicine. While we were talking, there were a lot of giant mayfly-type bugs maiming themselves on the nearby light. There was a distinct sound from their wings as they lay on the ground dying. As we watched, a lactating stray dog came and starting eating the insects as they fluttered. She was starving so badly that even the bugs were some kind of nourishment. We all felt bad for her. By the time dinner was available later, she was gone, or I might have considered tossing her a roti or dosa or something.
After the speeches were done we had a good time sitting and talking with everyone. Well, almost everyone. There were probably almost a thousand people there with more to come tomorrow and Sunday.