Late Breaking News

In what may be the HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR*, guess what???

*aside from getting married, honeymooning, devon effortlessly carrying her baby, etc.

#1

I quit my job on Friday. 

Can I get a solid wahoo on that people??

double thumbs up to job quitting!

well, one for quitting and another for punjab,

a london indian eatery recommended by the lymans.

And in the big news department, now that I have finally given notice to my employers, I can finally publicly divulge the other major happnenings in the lives of the Kantaharas (you have no idea how badly I've wanted to blog about this):

#2

Jamie got into his smarty-pants butt into graduate school.

"i'm gonna be a student!"

i see a back-to-school shopping extravaganzaaa in our future.

(not in the UK, i just like this photo from the start of our honeymoon)

and finally,

#3

We're moving from San Francisco to....

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uh......New (freaking) Hampshire.

That's where Dartmouth is...

across the river from Vermont....

in New freaking Hampshire.

Many of you have been helping us along this journey with advice, consolation, endless hours of phone calls from both of us in slight panic about what to do with this next stage in our lives. Thank you. We've made it through:

• half a year on one income, 
• hours of self-studying for the GMAT, 
• the crazy process of applying for schools so many years after undergrad, 
• essay writing and essay proof-reading,
• loads of interviewing, prospective student events, and networking,
• zipping around the country to tour schools and towns,
• finger crossing and sitting on pins and needles for decisions.
• All while planning our wedding, a honeymoon, and balancing my job.

I can't yet wrap my head around moving from Northern California, my home for the last 13 years. The gorgeous and vibrant city of San Francisco has been home to us for five; Hudson knows no other world (gus and annabelle). Jack knows my voice and lights up when I come to get him from a nap.  My girls live here: Jen, Annie, Joc, Holly, Kourt, Peen, Tara (click for a fun comment from Lo), Becca, Ali.  But that's got to be another post for another day.

We're super excited to be a part of the Dartmouth world and specifically, the Tuck business school community. A couple of weeks before the wedding, we made our way over to Hanover for Admitted Students' Weekend and had such a positive experience getting to know some of our future friends and colleagues. We figured out where we would live, how we would get around, and which coffee shop we'd frequent (closest starbucks will be 1.5 hours away - ack!). While my future day-to-day operations are still up in the air, I feel ecstatic about the possibilities for our next two years.

And I'm stoked to finally be able to share this with you.