So we’ve spent the past two weeks getting ready for India. We are now 98% packed, which is just odd since normally we hit this point about 10 minutes before we head out the door, and then have to come back to the house 2 or 3 more times for things we’ve forgotten. One of our checked bags is finished and at my in-laws and the other one has about 6 more things going in it and it is packed as well. All our carry ons are packed, though there are a couple more things going in each of them, and the living room is cleaned and vacuumed. It is really strange being done ahead of time.

I’m not quite sure I like it, that last minute rush gives a nice adrenaline rush. Then again knowing we have everything we need and are all ready is kind of nice too.

So we leave for India in almost exactly 7 weeks.  So we are slowly getting ready for the trip.  We’ve bought Desmond new cloth diapers for the trip, but we still need to order him a couple of new covers, I’m think 6 or so.    We just got Dan a new carrier to use, since he doesn’t like mine, and since I will be almost 20 weeks pregnant when we go, he will likely be carrying Desmond a lot more then me.

I bought a memory card for my camera, but it wasn’t the right type, so I returned it, I want to pick up another one, so I won’t have to worry about not having enough space to take tons of pictures, since we all know I love taking tons of pictures.  We also need to get a few other items, small and large, and book K-line at the kennel.

We are trying to sort of slowly gather everything we need, so there won’t be a huge rush the weekend before we leave, okay let’s be honest there is no way to avoid that huge, “We still need xyz” and to pack frenzy before we leave, but we are trying to make it so that there are only a few items on the list rather then a ton of things.

Other then getting stuff ready though, we aren’t really doing much for India, Dan and I did take a Hindi class earlier this year, but it was kind of pointless and didn’t do what we were hoping it would do.  We do plan to visit the Taj while we are over there, but other then that, we don’t have any firm plans on touristy things, since honestly they will be a bit tough with Desmond anyways.  Our tickets are booked though so we are ready on that end, we do still need to fill out the VISA forms I’ll have to ask my father in law about them this weekend, I can’t remember how early we got them last time.

We are slowly but steadily getting ready for Desmond’s first big trip to India, anyone want to take my place on the plane for 15 hours with him?