What is happening to me?

Yes, now my bottom lip is swollen. And no, I am not sticking out my lip in any way. This is all natural allergic reaction here.

Any doctors out there have any idea what the hell is going on with my lips? Should I sell myself to science or better yet Barnum and Bailey's as a freak specimen?

Actually, as of now everything has once again returned to normal thanks to Indian antihistamines. Mother, and other concerned parties out there that have got a hold of my blog, I repeat: everything is back to normal, I can breathe, please don't worry.

I am actually quite entertained by these freak occurrences that have struck my lips lately. Also, to explain my haggard condition in this photo: this is after traveling on the overnight bus to Mumbai from Ahmednagar (12:30am to 6:30am). Sometime around 6am I started to realize that my lower lip was starting to blow-up. Perhaps its something in the air this time of year in India. Who-knows.

The trip was smooth otherwise, not a bad deal at all really: you don't loose a day because the time you spend traveling you would have been sleeping anyway. I highly recommend it to anyone looking to make the trip from Ahmednagar to Mumbai. The company is called Dolphin, and as long as you don't mind sharing your little sleeper bunk with a new friend (or better yet, if your traveling as a twosome - well, there ya go) you get a little pillow, its comfy as long as you keep your imagination in check as the no-doubt insane antics the driver is up to cause the bus to lurch and bounce violently in different directions.

More to come soon about Mikey's recent adventures with his first Christmas in Meherabad, etc. Stay tuned. :)