A very busy summer so far... School ended June 21st. Play dates and birthday parties ensued. Kids had a blast in Toronto with my sister Sunita. Its fantastic that they can shore up lovely memories of their time together! They visited museums, parks, libraries, cinemas, science center, besides hanging out with cousins.
Pramod & I went to PSU for a reunion - it was a fabulous time to see our friends after years - just connect right away & have major catchup time. Part of growing older with the cohort of friends who literally were uprooted from all over India a couple decades ago and just happened to land in the same school - went through similar struggles and triumphs! Met Ganesh & Anju who traveled from Bangalore with their lovely daughters Aaina & Ishira; SP & Sukhdeep with their handsome sons Karan & Manu from York PA; Shefali & Nikhil with their sweet kids Anusha & Viraj from Virginia; Girish & Bhawna with their cute kids Mohit & the enticing Naina (everybody wanted a picture with this cutie! Umesh who flew down California. And last but not the least the warmest hosts Jayashree & Nagesh Sonti with J's Mom!!
We chatted late into the night & the next day Girish, Ganu & us drove in tandem all the way to Buffalo, NY. Then we drove on to Toronto. This was major catch-up trip - chatted with my high school friend Rabia Khan who recently moved to Toronto!
Watched Harry Porter final movie in 3D in NYC the day before its official release.
Mom left for Poona (sad sad for me...) - she was my huge support here! Of course my Dad was happy - you could hear it in his voice for days before she arrived!
Work pressures are tremendous - have done my best to keep the anxiety of the uncertainty at bay but sometimes it surfaces - to be quickly clamped down with the trust that I have in God & in His plans for me & my family.
Rest of the family is off to India tomorrow!
Knitting coming along OK - need to address all the wips! Finished a triangular shawlette (turned out to be too small) for Mummy, a hat for Pritish as he heads off to school in the fall & finally presented Kent with the scarf we made for him!!
Treated myself to some lovely yarn at LYS for my b'day last month - to make things for Pritish, Roanna, Pramod & Bev.
Veg garden & hanging baskets doing great so far - lets hope things don't awry with all our crazy travel schedules!
