My mother’s 17 day visit came to an end today as I saw her off at the train station this morning. She returns to Douglaston, NY where she is living with her sister and brother-in-law in a beautiful house that overlooks Little Neck Bay at the base of Long Island Sound. She managed to avoid catching the cold that both Nicolai and I caught using early intervention with homeopathic preventatives. Her visit has been a blessing, helping us to survive while Jeanine and Maya are in India.

Kyle checked in this afternoon and sounds like he is ready for a new living arrangement next year which offers less partying and more privacy. It seems he is running and working out regularly and says he is almost ready to take up soccer again. He has also started making plans to spend several weeks in New Zealand this summer (too bad he no longer needs a chaperon or I would volunteer to go with him). Jeanine and Maya have completed their volunteering stint and are headed to New Delhi and Agra for a few days of sightseeing before they start the journey back home. There are two guys and a dog here who will be very happy to see them.