I didn’t really want to come back, but, here I am after a nice more than 2 week long vacation. I wanted to post some things during my vacation, but, didn’t find much time during continuous partying. ;)

Dec. 23rd, 2003: Ashwini’s first long road trip. 510 miles to Washington DC in 9 hours. She behaved extremely well through the journey. Slept 4 hours of the journey and played with V during the rest. We were ready to make an overnight stop on the way if she couldn’t sit through, but, she pleasantly surprised us.

Dec. 24th, 2003: Very enjoyable Christmas-eve party at V’s aunt and uncle’s place.

Dec. 25th, 2003: Santa was very good to Ashwini. She received a ton of presents. We were glad to have driven in that mini-van.

Dec. 26th, 2003: Left Ashwini with grandparents, and went out to watch Lord Of The Rings: part III. This was an excellent choice for our first movie in a theater after Ashwini’s birth. It was extremely good. Much better than part II. I felt it dragged a little. The third part is very well done just like the first one. Didn’t feel like we were sitting there for 3 hours.

Dec. 27th, 2003: Met with my dear school-friend from London and his family in Baltimore. Packed them up in our mini-van and started our journey back home. Both the kids behaved themselves through 9 hours of trip. It was such a nice experience, that we may plan another road trip soon.

Dec. 28th, 2003 - Jan. 2nd, 2004: Several days of partying. Chatting and catching up with old friend.

Jan. 2nd, 2004 - Jan. 4th, 2004: Getting ready to get back to work.