What am I going to miss?

• My friends, those who speak English and the ones who only speak Tamil, we share life
• Sambar, dosa, chapatti, appalum, drum stick, and so much more fresh food
• Autos, I will have to drive myself again
• Cramming into a bus and having 6 other people touching me. Some times you end up leaving with some one elses scarf
• Living on a few coins a day
• Seeing the ingenuity of a woman who makes $50 a month while doing 3 businesses, taking care of 2 kids and her parents in her home
• The love of simplicity. You get by with what you have and that’s it.
• Working all week with Ryan on projects, proving that when you get married two do become 1!
• Being appreciated for our spreadsheets, forms and reports.
• Knowing the names of the people I deal with daily, my ironers Samiam and Nagaraj, groceries from Latha, being driven by Andros or Selvum.
• Playing Settlers of Cattan with other young moms and dads.

A Puppy

I think Anna is getting into more rational thinking.

We were at the grocery store Saturday and she asks can we buy some puppy food.

I tell her that we need a puppy to buy puppy food.

She says when we get a puppy we may buy him the food :) When we get to America we may have a puppy, right now they are too big for the suitcase (That was our justification earlier this week).

She is only 3, I have my hands full.

Observations of the Day

Here are some observations I have made on the way to Molikadi brank this week. I am traveling about 2 hours by public transport so I ahve some time on my hands :)

• Even blind men fix their hair
• At 8 am in Saidapet Market the only thing open is breakfast shops
• People seem to be happier at 8 am, they even smile
• If you smile at a baby, her mom will smile back