I spent the morning blogging since the internet speed was useable. I started uploading blog postings and photos I had already prepared. It is always bitter sweet reading through them. I surprise myself with all that I have dealt with thus far. I suppose it is best to not know how difficult the road ahead might be. Instead, I keep putting most of my energy into that next step rather than focusing just on the big picture. That is the only way to get through is to celebrate each small victory. Really, that is how animation is too. Being that it is such a laborious process, you need to plan the whole piece out, but then push each step of the way to get it done.Umar and I were able to finalize the rest of the background designs, so being sunday, we head over to the Landa Bazaar to pick up cloth. It had been raining the night before and sprinkled a bit during our time out. It was nice to get out after being cooped up storyboarding for quite a while, with only small trips to the local neighborhood for groceries. This place is a mess, but I felt good today, just looking around and being here. I really want to go home, but like every time I come here, there are things about this home that I miss, that fill me with a lot of joy.So, Umar and I walked through the crowded market and picked up seven dollars worth of cloth, that should help us create a river bank, decorate a king’s court and provide huts for villager puppets. As usual, we’ll pick up the few colors we could not find tomorrow at the khadar market. We got a lot of interesting types of cloth, with different textures which work really well for the background. That’s why Landa Bazaar is the best for these backgrounds.We got back to Imran’s place and there was some nice cooking going on.