My visa returned to me in record timing!!!! (Yes. I did stare at it with a stupid grin on my face for several minutes...a few times a day for the first week. I even showed it off to people.) So now I have permission to enter the country any time I want for the next 10 years! Sweet!
Now the trick is to try and have patience until the day comes that I can get on the plane and fly fly away. No that I'm trying to escape life in Madison or anything dramatic like that, but I'm just anxious and excited to finally be doing something that I've dreamed about for so long. It's like (I imagine) what it feels like for an engaged couple to wait for the long awaited wedding day. It feels like it's never going to come and then before you know it, it's here! I'm hoping the next 8 & 1/2 months go fast but not too fast.
I caught myself walking through the grocery store thinking that this is my last Wisconsin Spring for the next two years of my life. I know that I was being dramatic and I'm really OK with that! But more than the grocery store, I've noticed myself thinking about my relationships with people more. I keep thinking that I really need to make sure that I'm taking advantage of every opportunity to be with the people I love. Besides, I'm always up for a good laugh & martini. So without badgering me too much, make sure that I'm building my relationship with you so when I am in India, I won't look back at what I didn't have. Instead I'll be reminiscing on what I did have.
I promise (not that this is read by millions of fans) to write about more than just India. Maybe.
