Feeling humble...

Today was the last day at work that we would be using our current phone system, affiliated with our local council for years and years. We'd finally be free! Sara wasn't in today, so I had a busy day answering emails and trying to get some of the moan report completed.

Sophie and I were hoping to watch Masterchef tonight,  but annoyingly, it wasn't on BBC iPlayer... The next episode wasn't showing until Tuesday so obviously no sneak preview for us this evening! After dinner, we watched a moving documentary about a train that used to run across the border of India into Nepal from Jayanagar to Janakpur. The poverty of the people in the area was astonishing, and one woman, bringing up her two sons on her own, and caring for her mother, would smuggle goods from India across the border into Nepal to earn her living. It was a daring thing to do as she could have been stopped by the police and charged duty. The sheer determination and pluck of the woman, who was married at the age of 12, made me feel very humble, and I realised that I have nothing to complain about. 

The railway was in trouble and barely made enough money to pay its workers, so it was a truly interesting and eye-opening documentary, still available on BBC iPlayer, and well worth watching!