I love the weekends

This seems obvious, and Wade did a nice job summarizing the lane party today...but I just thought I'd reiterate how much weekends here rock and this experience is... quite an experience. Friday morning brought all sorts of text messages that the parking lot at work flooded again with the monsoon rains. Did I ask for that I wonder - I did think before going to bed that if it continued raining I could sleep in instead of running...? But even with no parking, the team all made it in via carpool, auto rickshaw, and such. I took pictures of the collapsed 25-foot retaining wall like a silly tourist (you'd think I never saw a monsoon before! but the novelty was somehow better than the 3-ft snow storm we see in MN every couple years). Then settled into work where there was no a/c for the first three hours. But, they brought us ice cream and we made the best of it.And it provided good reason to leave work early as the rains again started to fall (5:30pm early that is, perspective changed). It was good food and good friends from work at a Happy Hour at 100ft restaurant. First Michele and I made a brief stop for jewelry shopping (love that girl), then met up with Jessica and Radha for some good appetizers and chili vodkas (ok, the bill suggests chili vodkas and a couple apps). Super fun time with good girlfriends.
Wade got the lane party covered today, and is busy preparing for the poker party tonight. He seems on a mission to convert poker players here in the neighborhood. No complaints from my end as long as Ms. Pinto makes her famous samosas and I get some before the boys devour them.
And tomorrow brings that best of all day... no driver, no maid (we have a guy maid now - is it still a maid?), no cook and nothing to do but relax. Chill out by the pool, go to the gym, take a nap maybe... eat cereal for lunch and tacos for dinner and not a care in the world.
Oh, and it's a short six days until Mom, Dad, and Katie arrive in India... CAN NOT WAIT!!!! Love you guys tons and see you soon. Safe travels!