Things accomplished in 1 month

We returned to the US on 15th December 2014. We have been insanely busy since then, preparing for our move back to India.

Do you want to see a list of all the things we have done? Prepare to be blown out of your mind!

1. Varsha : Renegotiated contract for postdoc to end in March. Hurray! Did anyone think I would ever be done being a postdoc or a variation thereof? I certainly never did!

2. Ram: In the process of renegotiating contract to end in May/ June.

3. Ram: Set up all the components and pulled in all the people to tie in research, teaching, global health and continue collaborations in the US with proposed clinical activities in India

4. Varsha and Ram: wrote up a 30 page (30 pages!) business proposal for Ram's clinic with the help of Varsha's dad and Ram's cousin.

5. Varsha: is preparing Ani for the Indian educational system (a pox on cursive writing!)

6. Ani: despite grave doubts, is willing to be prepared for Indian educational system

7. Varsha: has cleaned up a MILLION vomits on various surfaces since the kids caught a stomach bug. Feels like she has vomit-smell and vomit-feel permanently etched in her brain.

8. Ram: Got in touch with real estate agent for selling house. Process has begun! May it get completed with the least headache possible.

9. Varsha: Figured out main components of WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO IN LIFE in India! Has started the process of gaining credentials in a radically new field which feels great and right for her.

10. Varsha and Ram: outsourced the job of figuring out how to ship stuff to India to another of Ram's ever-helpful cousins.

11. Durga: Is realizing that she needs to help out her mom more. Has begun to try to put on her own diapers and clothes. Also carried her lunch boxes to the sink for me to wash and keep ready.

Ha!