Day 1

Day 1

April 10-11
12:10 pm
The adventure is underway! After a hectic past week, it's nice to find myself sitting on an airplane and finally able to relax. I still can't believe I managed to fly up to Rochester, find a house, settle on a price, sign a contract, squeeze in an inspection and still have time to get all of the loan application done all in the past week. Oh, and squeeze in time to get ready for this trip! So I guess it's understandable that I only slept for two hours last night.

Did I finish everything on my endless to do list? Not quite, but I came suprisingly close. I didn't hear back from my realtor about the furnace inspection, so that's one loose end I left. And then there's the stack of paperwork from the residency program that remains on my desk. I briefly flipped through it at about 3 am and decided it was not going to happen. It'll be waiting for me on my return.

Anyway, so yes, here I am. The dog and fish and plants were all left at Janet's mercy and here I am on a flight from Dallas to NY JFK. We left from San Antonio at 9:45 am and flew to Dallas. Now Dallas to NYC. From there we have a 7 and a half hour flight to Brussels, followed by a 9 and a half hour flight to Chennai (Madras). We'll arrive at about 11:00 pm tomorrow night.

As far as what happens from there? Well, that's the fun part isn't it? I'm not sure where we're staying that night, but Sunday morning we'll find our way to Vellore.

I'm excited to be heading over. I'm sure it is going to be an experience I'll never forget. I'm wondering how much it will remind me of the Philippines, and how well I will readjust to poverty. I lived in it for 2 years in Cebu but I'm afraid that over the past 8 years (wow) I've forgotten what it is like. I will be good to be reminded.

As a side note, it's a very strange feeling to be untethered from my cell phone. Naked, yet free. Haha.