Ever since July 4th, we realized that we have exactly 3 months before we leave Oakland on October 4th to make our move to Nepal. The last couple of weeks have been focused on everything from making contacts with expats who lived in Nepal (Judy, Leslie's aunt - Leslie is Diana's good friend), deciding what to ship to Nepal, sending out an evite for an Open House to sell our prized posessions, scheduling final doctor appts, creating shopping lists, and most importantly reconnecting with friends and indulging in life at "home". Tonight we went to Off The Grid in San Francisco which was another wonderful discovery that young, hip Priti exposed us to. Fusion food trucks all parked at Fort Mason with people packed in long lines to try the tempting creations - Korean tacos, mac & cheese egg rolls, all of it yummy! I did feel overwhelmed, but in a good way - so, so happy to be out and indulge in being with a happy crowd of people - and to run into a good friend among the sea of people was the highlight. Diana recognized Manav's orange stroller immediately and it was so nice to see her there - one of our most dear and closest friends :) I vowed to be at Off the Grid as many Fridays as I can before we leave!
Many of our friends have already offered to buy our big ticket items - coach, dining table, bed, Satish's bike... I think it will be odd once the big things are cleared out from our place.
Satish told his boss at work today about our move and his boss was shocked. He respects Satish's decision to be closer to family, and has known that this is what Satish has wanted, but like many others in our lives, he didn't realize it was actually happening this soon. This I think makes it really, really official. Satish even gave me license to announce it on Facebook!
Bottom line though, is that we are very very ready! Even Manav :) He keeps telling his teachers at Rising Star Montessori that he is moving to Nepal. Today, while he was working with Stacy from Starfish Therapies - he kept telling her that he was moving to Nepal in October. I'm not sure he really understands the permanence of it. It'll be interesting if he asks to go "home" once we're in Nepal and we'll have to explain that Nepal is our new home. I think he'll get it. He's going to see our things being packed and sent away and he'll see them arrive, and he'll know just like we all know that Nepal is going to be our new home.
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