Hyderabad...here I come

Its been a long time since I posted... I was busy planning for our India vacation. I have to say that a trip back to India is truly one of its kind.. we call it a vacation or at least thats the term used at work to explain why we are going to be out of office for 3 weeks but, all conventional meaning of the word 'vacation'(leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure) doesn't apply here. Its filled with so much planning, anticipation, anxiety trying to recollect and relive all the memories you had in this place that you called 'home' for 20+ years, trying to spend time and make up for all the times that you were not around your near and dear ones.
Each time we go, we forget what it feels like to be on a flight for 18hrs and to land on the other side of earth with our body clock being 10.5 hrs behind the local clock and just plan to be in full form from day 1 doing all the things we planned to do for months and months....its quite exciting stuffing ourselves with all the good food u missed for years while your head is spinning from sleeplessness :-)
Its usually this whole planning and anticipation of being there that is more exciting than the actual trip, I always like waiting for the trip more than the trip itself which seems way too short and hectic anyway :-)
Anyways, this post may not sound that way but I am just as excited as ever counting down for the D day, waiting to see family, trying to make note of all the things I have to do in the short 3 weeks...