On With Our Lives...

The LSATs are done. Taken under remarkable conditions (relative to our worst fears), we took them yesterday, after a sleepless night of anxiety and panic, and have now begun the long wait for our scores. Which is to say, we're never thinking about them again.

The test center was substantially better than anything I've heard about in the US: digital clock for all to see, cookies and tea at the break, and a box-lunch to take home. Afterwards, we treated ourselves to a long nap, and then went out for a luxurious dinner at Diva, a nice Italian restaurant in Delhi. LSATs are officially a thing of the past: on to research, working and exploring India.

First up: the Himalayas. on Friday, we'll fly to Leh, in Ladakh, for a long weekend. Expect photos of snow-capped peaks, mountain lakes, Buddhist monasteries and hearty food.

All this optimism seems in contrast to the tone of our previous entries, so let me acknowledge that they represented slight exaggerations, in the case of my posts, and complete fabrications, in the case of Dana's. Just kidding, but things here have been wonderful on the whole. Delhi is an amazing city, abuzz with change (physical, demographic and socio-economic) and full of hundreds of markets, restaurants and cultural institutions, where chaotic street bazaars are improbably juxtaposed against serene and unmoving 1000 year old remnants of forts, temples and mosques. And our apartment - despite its occasional leaks and shortages - is quite nice too. Spacious, quiet and overlooking a lush park. We've even just hired a cook.

So our lives are anything but hard, but leisure is not as amusing to recount. So, with this disclaimer of sorts, we'll make a quick return to cynicism and hyperbole. Because you love it, and because its cathartic for us.