my day

I keep getting asked what I do here so have decided to give a breakdown of a typical day.

I get up at about 4 and heat up my water for a bath... exciting! It is really cold and I am not as young as I used to be (if you say you are as young as you used to be, you lie), so cannot handle the cold that early.

I get dressed, try to catch some arotik and am on the Veranda about 5am. What happens next really depends on what Srila Gurudeva is doing. In the course of the morning I usually do an assessment ( I get to touch His Lotus Feet every day!!!!!) and a few other tasks. Mostly I sit in the corner reading scripture or discussing with the other servitors.

I go to breakfast if His Divine Grace is resting at about 8 and am back for 8:30.

Class is at 9, but I usually can't go because my "shift" ends around 10.

A beautiful devotee chanting Japa. I think it is Dhol Govinda Prabhu?

Goswami Maharaja Giving Class on the Samadhi Mandir

I go back to my room, do laundry, chant Japa, clean, etc until prasadam at 12:30 or 1 pm. After lunch I have a little nap or wash my hair (you all know you needed to know when I wash my hair)

My shift starts again at 3pm. This is the time Srila Gurudeva likes to go out. Sometimes it is short, sometimes it is long. There have also been a few days he hasn't felt up to it. The devotees get so much nourishment from seeing Him. It isn't like it was years ago. There is no Darshan time, so this is the time most devotees get to see Him.

After the walk, I do another little assessment and some other jobs. Sometime Srila Gurudeva will walk in the veranda. I got to help once :-D yay! Sometimes He talks to the sanyasis especially Acharyya Maharaja. Gurudeva is always so happy to see Him.
If His Divine Grace is resting I will try to go to evening arotik.
Again, I spend most of my time reading or watching Srila Gurudeva happily talking with His associates.
I leave the veranda again between 7 and 8 depending on Srila Gurudeva's mood. I take some dinner and go to bed... sometimes to read and sometimes to fall unconscious.

So that is my day in brief.

Please leave comments... I know this sounds silly but it encourages me to keep this up.