They're Here!

We left IBM a bit early on Friday to pick up Naham from the airport. The class wanted to make sure I was coming back. I assured them I would be back on Monday. Then they wanted to know when I was coming back to India. That I couldn't tell them that.

We got to the airport and paid to enter the arrival area. What a racket the airport has going. They get you coming and going here. We passed by the long line for pre-paid taxi and took a seat in the arrival area. What a great spot to people watch. Rob Rosenthal from Newsday was on Naham's flight and we saw him first. We introduced ourselves and welcomed him to India. A short time later Naham appeared, looking a bit dazed, as we all did when we arrived. Ramesh took us back to the apartment where Naham moved in to Peggy's old apartment 2 doors down from me.

Saturday was strange because I have never spent a Saturday here and wasn't sure what to do with myself. I was able to sleep in until noon because Deepak put the paper under the door rather than ringing the doorbell to give it to me. That really felt good to sleep uninterrupted. We took Naham on a tour of the apartment complex and showed him the little grocery store. Later we gathered at Peggy's apartment and ordered pizza and fried chicken from Pizza Port. It wasn't KFC and Dominios, but it wasn't bad.

Sophie arrived on Saturday night just before midnight and I was happy to see her. She arrived safe and sound, and so did her soy milk! We got back to the apartment and I showed her around. Of course the first thing she wanted to do was have a cigarette. She asked about the balcony and I told her not to shut the door! We went our (my first time since "the incident") and talked about her trip and what we needed to do for Monday at IBM. When we attempted to get back into the apartment we both realized that we had shut the screen door, not the glass door, but guess what? We were locked out! I couldn't help but laugh. At least I had company this time. Again, both Blackberries were inside. The only "tools" we had were her lighter and cigarettes. The screen was metal and was very strong! We were finally able to get it by working the door back and forth! Not nearly as traumatic as last time! This called for a glass a wine! Welcome to India Sophie!