Farewell, My Family and Friends - Next Stop, India

Still much to do, dear ones - but I have to return my AT&T Uverse paraphanalia
today so I'll be cut off from the internet.  I fly out tomorrow about 11AM - next
stop INDIA.  I'll be online there as soon as it's possible.

Thanks for all your support and good wishes.  I can't wait to get on that airplane,
to relax, eat Korean food and sip a nice martini.

Jeremy, my 6'4" baby can now relax, too and I know he's glad to be getting rid of
me - I couldn't be heading out if it weren't for him.  I enjoyed having Alex down on
Sunday. 

Namaste!!!

Carmen

Thanksgiving Greetings - November 24, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone

No time for poetry today, dear family and friends. Things are slowly

beginning to fall into place but, to be truthful, I'm still not ready to leave.

My youngest son, Jeremy, has been coming over daily, after work, to

help me, giving me grief, in a loving way, about the need for haste and

warning me that my storage space is nearly full.  He thinks I need to

discard everything I have left ( impossible ).

December 1st is my departure day for India and I wonder if I'm going

to have to postpone it again.  If I do, I won't get any flights over the

holiday season, I know.  I won't be doing any Thanksgiving day feasting,

though I've had several kind invitations.

While you are with family and friends today, offer a little prayer

that I do get finished and out of here and on my way to India.

Once again, please bear with me.  I haven't responded to all your kind

comments or read blogs which distresses me greatly.  I promise to

catch up once I get settled in India and get internet access.  I love you

all and wish you joy and happiness.  You all are one of my "thanks"

on this special day.  I am especially thankful to my friends and family

and I am thankful to be an American, even in this time of stress for

our country.

My biggest thanks this season are to my youngest son, Jeremy, for all

he has done to help me get moved and on my way to India.  He has worked

long days and nights and I appreciate it more than I can say.

Friday Flash 55 - Where Did the Week Go? - November 18, 2011

Father Time, give me a break,

Progress, I'm not making,

The nearer my departure date,

I'm stressed out and shaking.

How can it be, when I pack up,

And send things off to store,

I look around my domicile,

And it seems I've even more!

One more 55 remains,

Until I board my two airplanes!

I'm participating in my next to last,

Friday Flash 55 - hosted by that ever so brilliant and charming,

Mr. Know It All - check out the site and add your 55 to join in the fun!

Friday Flash 55 - Enough Already!!! - September 16, 2011

I've been getting lots of shots,

And I still will get some more,

Thyphoid, DPT -

My arms are getting sore.

Japanese encephalitis,

And I got a rabies, too,

You'd think with all of those,

I would, at last, be through!

Alas, three more I've left to take,

Let's hope they'll be a piece of cake!

I an taking part in Friday Flash 55, the brainchild of that

brilliant and debonair, Mr. Know It All!  Add your offering

and join in the fun!



Time is growing shorter and I am in panic mode!  In 38 days, I'll board that

Air France flight for India.  I have to be out of my house by October 15th,

though, a week prior, and I am not quite up to speed in packing and getting my

things in storage. 

I am so happy, though, that my health insurance is covering my shots!

The Japanese encephalitis and rabies vaccines carry a hefty price tag -

$200 each - but my wonderful travel clinic nurse talked to my insurance

carrier and I do not have to pay it myself.  I've ordered all my regular

medicines for the duration of my stay since the CDC recommends that

all prescription drugs be purchased in the U.S.  My son, Jeremy, is

planning to come visit me so he'll bring my refills since my online

phamarcy can only fill 90 days at a time.  I know my luggage is

definitely going to be overweight!!

I haven't yet begun to get excited but, as the house begins to empty out

and my suitcases are packed, I know I will begin to get excited.  I will

send for my Indian visa soon and it will really feel like a reality.

I'm going to India!