From Ashley, To Whom It May Concern

The following is the email sent to Ashley's bosses alerting them to the fact she decided to postpone her flight and hang with me in a Goa for an extra few days...perhaps I will be sending a similar one in a few months (JUST KIDDING Mom!).


Hi. So the thing is....well, here's the thing. The 411. The skinny. The low-down. The information.

In a nutshell: I. Love. India. It's everything I hoped for and so much more. It's everything I've dreamed about for years.

So, I've decided to move here. I have enrolled in a yoga-training program which is set to begin immediately. I will begin studying yoga under some of the most famous yogis in the world. Also, as my luck would have it, I met the man of my dreams at the yoga studio. He is also a yogi---he is 6'4, drop dead gorgeous, dark brown eyes, jet black hair, speaks 3 languages, very well respected in the local yoga culture, he looks like something out of a ralph lauren ad (but with a yogi-mentality, of COURSE). He proposed, I accepted, and as soon as my training is done, we will set out for a "baby-adopting" trip-we will cover the whole of India. We plan to adopt at least 6 or 7 babies to start and then eventually grow our family. Our goal is to get up to at least 20 by 2011. Money will not be an issue as yoga teaching in India is quite a lucrative business, so please do not worry about how I will manage to feed all my babies. Rami (my fiance) also comes from a well-to-do family so we will be just fine. We plan to return to the states in June 2011 with all our children so they can have a glimpse of Washington DC and Texas. Please plan accordingly for our visit. Also please note that we will raise our children Hindu so do not even think about serving beef at any meal you may cook for us.

So I hope you will all manage ok without me. I am most concerned about Christy because she is more sensitive than the rest of you. Please take care of her. I also recommend daily yoga practice for each of you as it has changed my life.

Namaste.

ps. Ok ok ok ok ok I am KIDDING!!!!!!!!!!!! The truth is I really do love india and it really is everything I hoped for and more. So I delayed my return trip by 2 days. I will be back in DC Wednesday morning at 8 and back in the office Thursday morning. A week from today. And the funny thing is, I'm not even sorry.