Aditi in Kottayam

Aditi & the Joseph's

For the three people who are still reading this blog, I feel I should report that the flight to India was mostly uneventful. The first leg of the flight could even be said to have gone off well, although I never want to repeat the experience. The second leg was the more uncomfortable because I think Aditi was really tired out by then and so was I. In fact I'd started a migraine, was feeling nauseous and altogether washed out. Luckily for me, and this is where I'd like to state that not talking to strangers is a highly overrated precaution, a family of three - father, mother and baby same age as Aditi - who'd been travelling with me from Chicago on, stepped in. They were really sweet about carrying her up and down the aisle, holding her while I went to loo and just in general being fantastic. They were just really nice people because there was another single mom who was also travelling to Chennai and they were very helpful to her too. 
Anyway we got to Madras in one piece and Aditi took one look at my dad, leaned forward to be carried and then just snuggled into his neck. He could barely drive back home he was so busy sneaking peeks at her. Since then Velliappa has been her favourite person much to the chagrin of my mother. 

More movies

The Hurt Locker
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Up in the Air
A Serious Man

Anniversary Post

In what is probably the most underwhelmingly exciting news you have ever heard, for our anniversary Ro and I went out (whooooooo!) and watched It's Complicated. Aditi has been sleeping a little better these days, so we asked a colleague of Ro's who lives in the same apartment complex as we do to come over once she was asleep so that we could go out for dinner and a movie. Of course, of course this was the night Aditi took an hour to go to sleep instead of the usual twenty minutes but eventually she succumbed to the Sandman. Ro and I  just scrambled into our coats and ran.
We'd initially planned to go to Penang for dinner but since we were running late we decided to skip the Malaysian food. Instead we headed to Buffalo Wild Wings, picked up some Mango Habanero  & Asian Zing boneless wings and sneaked it into the theatre. Luckily since it was a Tuesday night, there weren't too many people around to be offended by all the satisfied snacking.
Not that I think we would have cared if they were. It was like sneaking around on your parents, except sneaking around on your kid is way more exciting. Ro and I were giggling like we were sniffing nitrous. I thought the movie was pretty good - sure I felt a bit sorry for the cursory treatment of the Lake Bell character  but this wasn't her movie - I don't even think it was Meryl Streep's - my favourite character was Alec Baldwin's. He's essentially the same guy as Jack Donaghy but I think that's what made him so adorable. However; on re reading this post, I thought I should add, that it doesn't mean I thought he was the better man.

Movies I haven't seen but want to

Avatar
Julie & Julia
(500) days of summer
Sherlock Holmes

Ok, I thought there were more but apparently even my knowledge of what's out there has become extremely limited.

5 for the next decade

1. Travel to Africa & Australia
2. Have another baby :)
   
3. LASIK
4. Start working again
5. Complete a photography course