I'm Moving - to INDIA! What?

I've been back from Paris for just over 3 weeks. One of the things I get asked the most is if I am bummed about coming back. The truth is that I knew I was there for 2 months and so when it ended, I was ready to return - it may be that being able to see my new baby niece (the most gorgeous creature EVER!) greased the wheels a bit. I do miss Paris - the city, the people I met and feeling like it was the first day of summer vacation everyday. I had an amazing time - and I know I will return to Paris and the next time I go, it will receive me like an old friend and not a tourist. I am so fortunate to feel like I can be at home in a city that I adore but did not grow up in.

Now the title of this post is my move to India. What? I ask myself that several times a day. I am moving to India? In less than a month? How did this happen?

While in Paris, a friend of mine sent me a job listing for a job outside of Delhi India. I received the email about the job in early June - right after I had arrived in Paris and I was in no mood - AT ALL - to think about the fact that I was unemployed, much less to look for a job or consider a job that would take me to India. I wanted to just be. So I told Amy that I didn't think I was the right fit for the job. Amy suggested that I think about it - which I said I would do - without any real intention of doing so. But Amy, being Amy persisted and emailed me again in July about the job. By then - I had learned a couple of things about myself - first, that I didn't mind my own company and while others may have thought I was crazy with all of the one sided conversations, I actually found spending time with myself palatable; and second, that the idea of working abroad was intriguing - so here we are a month later with my move pending in one month. I definitely did not expect this to move so quickly. (To my Leadership folks - I tried to push the start date - but it was a no go - I am just glad that I will be able to join you for our Outward Bound day.) I thought I would be able to cruise through the rest of the summer and September - enjoying being unemployed for a little while - although I realize now that if I didn't have the job and move to plan - I might be terribly bored. It is not as much fun to be on summer vacation when no one else can play. I'm just not sure I'm ready to go back to work. I guess I have about 3 weeks to get ready.

God help me.