October-Month of 'being away from home'

Oct 4-7, 2007
Oct 4-Thur ….I’m in Akron, Ohio to attend a meeting. For the first time, Im attending from the ‘industry’ instead of a student! Feels great to be on the other side of the table!!
Most of my batch mates have graduated and simply ‘moved on’ in life. I did meet other friends, who I miss so dearly.
I rented a Chrysler Sebring convertible and did ONLY 90+mph! How thrilling…
Since I landed late in Cleveland and reached Akron even later on Wed night…me and Senthil went out to iHop….I’ve been seeing the ‘fruit filled crepes’ ad on TV and been wanting to eat one ever since…and hog we did…
Thur night, we went out to dinner with my friends (and parents of one of the friends!). I then drove down to Athens to meet dear sis Aarthi…Since my foodie cousin recommended few places to eat…eat we did! Avalance Pizza, Grinders..yummmO!
We went to this outlet mall-Jefforsonville-Prime Outlets…and we indulged….Lately I’ve been giving into some major retail therapy, instead of mopping around with misery…hasn’t helped a great deal so far, but blowing quids continues nevertheless..hmmm
Oct 14-19, 2007
I am speaking at the AFS-American Filtration and Separations Society conference at Ann Arbor, Michigan. I am soooo excited to be meeting my colleagues in the filtration industry..and my friends from Germany in particular! I did meet this guy from Czech, very nice guy (ahem ahem, married though, has a twin bro, who is older and lives with this gf….damn) Nevertheless, I’m visiting him next time I go to Czech Republic… soon enough now!

Oct 19, 2007
I missed Kaya sooooo much; it was incredible to see my baby again! She is due for her annual shots. Took her to the vet, got her shots (3 shots!!) and a general exam…Poor Kaya, she was shaking, tried to get out of the muzzle…but did not flinch one bit when the shots were given…Once outside, she was back to normal…I cant give her a bath for a week now, and I bet she knows that---she’s happy as a puppy romping about now…

Chetan Bhagat- ‘One Night at a Call Center’
Pretty interesting book. I like the way Chetan writes, very oversimplified vocab….it got straight to me. Loved the characters, the honesty. This book assures me Im not on the wrong side of my faith and belief system- which being agnostic…pheww what a relief!