Counting Down the Days

I have come to realize there are many ways to count the days. One is to do nothing and wait. Another is to remain engaged in activity. I chose the latter so that when I receive my flight itinerary and e-ticket from Sato Travel and be on my way to the staging city, I will have no regrets of things undone.

On the dining table lies the welcome packet, opened and spread out - with the piles increasing as I add the paperwork that I need to take with me. In the bedroom is my open suitcase - clothes just piled in, yet to be properly folded. My desk has been organized with neat piles of electronic gadgets and related wires, transformers, etc. which need to be inventoried for my Clement's Insurance application. My ipod is still missing......

Of higher priority is the other paperwork on this same table where all dining activity has stopped. Angeli, our third child has her admission letter, visa related paraphernalia, health forms and student handbook spread out. She is heading out to Peking University, Beijing for her Master's in International Relations on Sept 3! Rahul, Sheena and Gita are also home, so after Christmas holidays the family is together again.

The breakfast room table, large enough for the six family members, is now accommodating 5 additional visiting family members! Visiting us is my niece from India, who will begin undergraduate studies in fashion Design at Meredith College, Raleigh, N.C. on Aug 15 and my brother, who is here to help her with this transition. This weekend my nephew, a graduate student at UIUC working on developing some new material for the microchips so they are even faster, is here to join the family gathering and Jay's two nieces from UK - their first visit to the USA!

I have changed my profile picture to include that of my husband. This was taken at the July 21 John Legend concert at the outdoor Ravinia Park in Highland Park, Illinois. Before an invitation to his concert, I must admit I had never heard John Legend before! I must also admit that as long as the children lived at home, I stayed current with the music scene. They were surprised to learn that we were going a Legend concert! With so many house guests expected, it made sense to spend an evening together and this artist was playing at Ravinia.