Off to Asia once again!

So I am once again off to Asia, back to India in fact! With a quick detour to Thailand first. So I am starting this blog again for all those interested in my adventures.

Some basics to start with:

I will be leaving this Tuesday October 26th and will arrive in Chiang Mai in the morning of October 28th to spend a week in Thailand! Then I am off to India for Diwali on November 4th, the festival of lights. I will spend two months there ending with the wedding of my roommate last year. Then I come back to the states on January 5th when I will start the process of relocating to The City of Angels, California.

While I am in India I will have phone numbers and ways I can be reached, however in the meantime I also have a google voice number that you can call and leave me a message that I can get in my e-mail! This will eventually be my "professional" number and it is based in LA. That number is: (424) 226-8272 (which is also 226-TARA)

I love comments but I also love hearing your voice! So feel free to contact me that way.

So just a brief update for those of you I haven't seen in awhile. After graduation I spent the summer working at camp for children and adults with various different abilities (hemophilia, autism, Deaf, Traumatic Brain Injuries, etc). I was hired as the Photographer, but I also made a documentary about it.

Then I traveled to California where I became a wedding planner for a week and attended the wonderful union of Amanda and Pete! As well as had a wonderful time with Rick, Lisa, and miraculously my entire Santa Cruz crew happened to be there at the same time, which was amazing. It was a great and interesting trip. Throughout my adolescence, Santa Cruz has always been a wonderful safe haven where my friends have provided with support and comfort. However this time, all my friends were in various states of flux, and so felt wonderful to give back some of that support I have been so lucky to have for so many years.

Then I was in New Mexico which just completely flew by. I basked in the beautiful aspens changing to gold and the smell of green chile roasting in the air. I caught up with some old friends and even found some Wes friends who had relocated to Santa Fe! I volunteered for a bit with Organizing for America to help support electing a Democratic Governor instead of a Tea Party Governor. And I also made a lovely side-trip to Denver to see yet another Wes friend and the amazing Margret Cho.

I got to New York just in time for homecoming at Wes which I just got back from today. It was so lovely to see so many smiling and familiar faces. I think one of the saddest parts about leaving Wesleyan was realizing that there are so many acquaintances who I never spent a ton of time with but who I loved seeing around, hearing their comments in class, smiling and waving to as we walked by each other or inviting into my house, and that those are the people I won't stay in touch with, but that I sorely miss. Also after being in the "real world" for a bit (or avoiding the real world by traveling), I am once again reminded how convenient college is, everything is just THERE and in WALKING distance. Wesleyan also has some voodoo magic where every homecoming weekend is just gorgeous, the colors were spectacular.

So other than that, I have been gearing up for my travels and for my relocation to Los Angeles! Thanks for reading, and my next post should be from somewhere across the ocean!