Preparations for India

I wrote this a few days ago and am just posting it now...................

I fly away to India in less than a week!

This is the week to acquire everything on my packing list and to think of the last minute essentials I'll want to have with me.
The other day i picked out some rock friends to travel with me.

C

Clockwise from the top they are:

black tourmaline,
malachite/azurite,
carnelian,
shiva lingam,
pyrite,
ammonite
blue kyanite

A good assortment of stones to heal, cleanse and protect all the chakras.

This is such an interesting time because I don't actually know what it'll be like to be there. It's sort of hard for me to imagine it and yet I'm thinking about it all the time. I wish I could hold on to the image I've conjured of India now, before going, so I could compare it with the reality of how it looks and feels to be there. In my mind it is this warm, bright, spicy, dirty, loud place...............

I wonder what I will miss the most about life in the U.S. My guesses are:
close friends, knowing where I am, dancing, blending in

I am most excited for:
young coconuts, 80 degree days, bright colored clothes, markets, amazing spice blends, foods I've never tasted, a sense of newness

Yes!! Can hardly wait