This is it!

One week back home and things have returned to "normal". Just as I expected, being thrown into the daily grind of work and school have limited the time I have available to gather my thoughts and post them into this blog.

Not that I'm making excuses, but when you are up for work at 6am and don't get back from class until 9pm, it does make it difficult to think about anything other than putting your head on a pillow.

It is now 9:44am and I am on a break from my Portfolio Valuation class on Saturday morning. My final reflection paper for this trip is complete and this will be my last blog.

Just 5 minutes earlier, most of the MBA class was huddled around my laptop, looking at pictures of India while Gene and I told them about a few of our adventures in Mysore. It has been the first time since I've been back that I've really been able to reminisce about my trip to India...and I do miss it.

So...have I learned about international business in India? Sure. Did I experience the life of an MBA student in India? Absolutely. Have there been educational and cultural takeaways that I will remember from this trip? I certainly hope so. I guess what I'm trying to say is that my personal reflections will never be truly captured by this blog, or my paper, or the stories that I tell you and everyone else that asks me how my trip to India was.

I do hope that by reading some of my thoughts, you have been able to share in the experience that I've been blessed to have. And if you're really bored, you can ask me to email you my final reflection paper...

In the meantime, I will try to follow my own advice and take the time to admire the world that surrounds us. There really is an abundance of culture to experience if you just open your eyes enough to see it.