This was a pretty uneventful week. We had some interesting misunderstandings last weekend. It’s kind of a long story and I didn’t want to make you all read it in this email, so I posted it to the blog if you want more details… http://ehlersindia.blogspot.com/

Wednesday was Ganesh Chathurti day here. We posted more details about it on the blog, again, kind of a long story. So those of you really interested, head to the blog. We had a pooja in the office to celebrate from 3:00-4:00pm, at least that is when it was supposed to be. We hung around until 4:30, then left because they were still setting up and Claire needed a nap. They also had a pooja in the parking lot of our apartment. The whole town is lit up right now with big (I mean really big) Ganesh’s all over the place, it’s pretty cool to see at night. This festival lasts 9 days (I’ve heard different people tell me 9, 10, and 11 days), then on the last day everyone takes their Ganesh’s and throws them in the lake. They are made of clay so they dissolve in the water.

Thursday I went back to Chennai for a sales meeting. Quick trip, in and out in one day. I forgot how nice it is to travel by plane without luggage, haven’t done that in a while. Chennai was the same as I left it 1 month ago, hot and humid.

Clay, Ash and I are trying to make some plans for some trips in the next couple of months. We are thinking the Taj Mahal and Goa. We’ll keep you posted. Hopefully we can make some decisions this weekend.

Claire Stuff:
Funny stories:
-Claire calls yogurt “icone” (I think I mentioned that in a previous email) so Bargya was unloading groceries the other day and put all of her yogurts in the freezer thinking they were ice cream.
-The other day Claire was throwing a tantrum because Clay didn’t want her to move the water bottles. So she was standing in the middle of the room screaming, then all of the sudden the ceiling fan caught her attention and she stopped abruptly and said, “hi” to the fan and waved at it. She was fine after that.

Other stuff:
She’s been into play dough and coloring lately, but isn’t very good at telling us colors yet. So far everything is “blue.”

New Words:
Boff (Sloth)-She got a new animal book