Well, my visa finally came. Yesterday I got the text alert in the morning and headed out to Chicago to pick it up in the evening. So yes, I'm going! Everything on the visa looks a-okay, the entry date is valid from the 13th of August, and Jarrod claims that I can get into the country without him.
Yes, it's true--I've been talking to Jarrod. No exclamation point there though; he's in the hospital. I know, already, right? The docs say it's food poisoning, but Jarrod claims that he hasn't eaten anything he's been told to stay away from. Anyway, it's nothing too serious. He checked in at noon on Wednesday (the day he was supposed to fly to Kolkata), and if all goes well he'll be released tomorrow morning (Friday). It's been quite a task to coordinate with insurance though. Since we're Tricare Overseas, we were told not to apply for insurance until we were in-country, "and if any kind of emergency should happen before then," the lady on the phone told me two weeks ago, "we'll certainly work with the hospital to get you covered."
Ha. Who expects a hospital stay two days into the country? I seriously blew her off, thinking it would never happen. Poor Jarrod. He's doing a lot better though--solid food, drinking, etc.
Other than that, all is fairly well. I booked my flight at 6:30 this morning, after waking up from a dream that Jarrod gave me a hot tub and a point-and-shoot camera for my birthday. Really, I thought, I don't need a hot tub. But thanks anyway. Man, I miss Jarrod. It will be nice to see him again.
But back to what I was saying! I'll be flying...let me see here...American Airlines/Jet Airways Konnect (yes, spelled with a "K", my favorite), taking off at 7:20 PM and landing in New Delhi at 8:30 PM after 15 hours of airtime. (Woo hoo. Not.) Then I've got an approximately 10-hour layover in Delhi, during which I'm hoping to meet up with Jarrod so we can fly to Kolkata together. But again, this all depends on when he's released, when he wants to fly out, etc. I mean, I'm going to be on that plane to Kolkata at 6:15 AM, but whether he is or not, I don't know yet.
Okay, dang. It's way cheap to fly around India, I guess. That last leg of the flight I just talked about? $53 smackaroos. Which is, I suppose, almost Rs 2500. Nothing to laugh about if you're Indian. Well, I'll figure all that currency/buying power stuff out when I get there.
So yeah. I'm getting nervous and stuff. Started my Malarone. I don't think it will really hit me that I'm going to India until I'm...in India. And for a year. The full extent of that hasn't really sunk in yet either. I mean, a year ago Shawna had just gotten hired on at work, but it doesn't seem that long ago! Time flies, I guess.
Tonight is my Last Supper (like I'm a death row prisoner, I guess!) Becc's coming home on the South Shore and we're having spaghetti (please pronounce that like 'es-pa-get-ti!', like you're singing). And tomorrow I'm off! I guess it really did happen as planned, a departure to India on Friday.
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