The Adventures of the Little Indian Girl

We were/are so happy with the location where we live. We can get around pretty much anywhere without the need of a car. Our car is used occasionally on weekends! Usually for grocery shopping or to visit a friend who lives an hour away. We could metro to their place too, but it's one place where it's cheaper to drive. And hey the car needs the run!

A lot of folks said that I should get my full license since we are having a baby. I didn't get why. I had no intention of being a mom who overscheduled her child at such a young age. And I have met moms who are that way already! It's crazy.

So many of these places that offer classes are nowhere near a bus line nor a metro line! It's crazy. One must have a car to get to these places. It's ridiculous. Some are close enough that one could take a bus and then it's aroun 10-20 minute walk. But the buses to these places also run once an hour on weekdays! 

Since DMV is just so much fun to go to..not... am planning to get my full license once we get our visas renewed (otherwise we would have to do everything again - well, renewals). And because of my last name fiasco, I know we would need to make several trips!

Which also means we really need to make that India trip. Which is also getting postponed because to get the visa done, we need our renewal papers.

And apparently the Consulate in Mumbai is moving and so getting appointments there are getting harder and everyone is recommending us to go to Delhi instead of Chennai - which is not the friendliest of embassies in the world (Chennai US Embassy is the busiest in the world and gets a lot more rejections). And logistically, we would much rather go to Chennai as at least there's family there we can visit than to go to New Delhi. It would be kind of like going from DC to Chicago instead of going to NYC.

Anyhow, for which the appropriate office needs to process and approve the renewal papers. But said office had a question and sent the papers to the wrong attorney's office. Luckily that attorney's office was kind enough to forward it to the right attorney's office. If they hadn't, we would have never known and we would be busy packing our bags and going home or we would overstay our visa. Well, actually if the renewal never happes we would be illegals. And that's not what we want!

So, anyhow, once the question was answered, we are back in line again. Not, back in the line where we were when we submitted the original documents, but back to square one. yeah life's not fair. We figured this is special treatment we get for being legal in this wonderful country.

So the LONG delay. So, our trip home is postponed further. Which also means no license yet.

uggghhh... also getting a full license doesn't mean I will be driving everywhere. Our car is a stick shift and there are a lot of hills in Arlington and I always freak out that I won't release the clutch and engage the accelerator quick enough. And people tailgate so much!! arrghhh... And cars in this country are so darned big. Hubby's is a 1994 sedan. And so I can't really adjust the seat/wheel, etc. to my height! sigh. It's a pain to my shin.

So really....it forces me to not super schedule my l little one into too many things. ;)