Its been a marathon month and a half of non stop work. I had literally checked out of all my regular day to day activities. Friends are pissed off. Hari was on edge. Days melted into one another. All I could dream about was the next email war I had to fight. Of course the good thing was that all this was a for a big launch. The launch date was more or less inflexible - which meant that the ordeal would be over at some point.

Now I am on a 2 week 'de-stress or the shit will hit the fan' vacation. One week of vegetating and catching up on mundane shopping, writing, etc. The second week will be a dream come true. So the doc has said no air travel. So seeing cherry blossoms in Japan is out. However, taking a train and spending a week in Goa is in!!

The needs (or read demands) from this vacation were simple. Minimum 5-star resport property, a nice pool and a heavenly spa. And please note...none of that Ayurveda nonsense for me....I am not looking forward to being dunked in oil on the pretext of a massage. I will take the regular western Swedish or Balinese kind. Thank you very much.

Look out for pictures of me with my bump in Goa in a couple of weeks..