After taking care of us for 10 months, my mom flew back home to India on Friday. This was the longest I've spent with her since I left India in 2000. It's not even been a few days and I already miss walking to her room to just catch up. I know Hari misses her a lot already. Naveen mentioned missing her this morning and Leela cried last night saying she wants both grandma and grandpa to come back next week. Out of all of us, Juliet appreciated her help and company the most and I'm sure we'll be video calling her as soon as she reaches home.

Our new family of five spent the weekend just relaxing at home, trying to establish a routine. Today I dropped Naveen off to his school, then Leela to kindergarten, and then finally Hari at daycare. It's just me and Juliet at home now and it feels so empty. While my friends and cousins are planning to be empty nesters as their kids leave for college soon, I'm here just wrapping my head around this morning's events. Naveen confidently walked out of my car to attend fifth grade, Leela sang and entertained Hari while waiting for her kindergarten to open up, and Hari, he was smiling and laughing as I walked into the infant room at his daycare to leave him there for the first time for an actual school-day. We did a small trial last week but today was the big day.

I have a lot of chores and code to work on today. No complaints, just kind of in a state of disbelief.

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