waiting...

It feels like it's been forever since I've seen my wife. She flew out for my birthday and completely surprised me :) We are down to 23 days until I see here again, and I can't wait. It's very bitter-sweet sometimes - the day after I arrive is when the rituals start for mom's 1-year. It saddens me, I wish she was here, I wish we got to hang out and talk, I wish she got to do all the motherly things with Kamni during our wedding preparations... I wish she was here for Kamni...

I know that this is very close to our actual wedding also, but I hope that we are able to remember her and celebrate life.

My bride is an amazing person, I truly am the luckiest guy in the world to have such a sweet, kind, loving, and adorable wife.

Getting healthy

OK, so dieting... this is what I think about this.  I think that the number of diets out there is ridiculous.  At the end of the day, I think everyone will benefit from eating less, eating healthier, and working out just a little more.  I have recently started working out and watching what I eat, my motivation is my wife.  She is a vegetarian, and eats very healthy.  I, on the other hand, ate whatever I wanted, at whatever time I wanted, and that was just about the worst thing I could have done.  I've eaten this way since I was about 20, so I didn't know much better... until Mrs. Gupta came along and made me realize that I need to eat better, become healthier, and do it SOON.  

We are about to have our traditional wedding, a month after that we have our reception, and about a month after that, we are planning on going on our honeymoon.  You could say that you're only doing this to trim down for the wedding... but you would be wrong.  I truly want to become healthier so I don't diseases, and have a long and happy life with my wife.  In the past 3 weeks, I've completely changed my eating habits, have started counting calories, and know exactly what goes in my body :)  Now, the other night I had a craving for some chicken nuggets and made my way to the Golden Arches... I felt like CRAP for the rest of the night.   Once your body gets use to eating healthy and nutritious foods, fast food tears you up.  I just saw that movie "Super Size Me", and literally felt like he did when he forced himself to eat that quarter pounder meal and threw up... ask my wife. 

So, I know it's tough, it's not fun, and it's definitely more work... but you should really start eating healthier for yourself, you'll thank yourself when you're 70 :)

GB's husband signing off... 

Swine....

So I think this scare regarding the swine flu may be reaching a critical mass and will (if not already done so) consume what we constantly worry about.  The fact of the matter is that over 36k people die ANNUALLY from the normal flu... are you gonna wear a mask for that?  There are deadly animals and creatures in every corner of our world... are you gonna wear a giant bubble if you travel abroad?  

I am all for prudent responses, and due care of self, but sometimes you have to sit back and wonder... is this really worth it?  Now, I could be completely wrong and this could kills thousands, which may become a contender to the normal influenza.  We'll see...

But if you do a check of the headlines on CNN... Souter retiring from Supreme Court

Wedding

So I am getting married in about 2.5 months, and can't wait.  Not feeling nervous as of yet, but don't really think I am going to either.  I found an amazing girl, who truly is the love of my life and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with her.  

I've cleared out half of my closet (or should I now say our closet) for her, and have lots to do yet before July.   Our wedding cards arrived, along with the reception cards we ordered, but there is still a few things to take care of.  I need to start looking for an outfit, which hopefully matches what my beautiful wife will be wearing.  Lots of shopping to do, but we'll get there little by little... as they say, Rome wasn't built in a day.  

More to come, this is my first post :)