2024

 Another great year with lot of great news !

Jan - Ran one mile in Cancun .  did Snorkeling with Kids.  Ravi Vel's family is here. Went to Lake Tahoe with classmate families. Had great time at Vijendar's home with three of us having a drink.  Visited Vegas for GKO and my boss verbally informed me that Promotion is on track.  Walked 21 mile for Tha*pusam with Vig. First time saw W2 with over 500k. Started reading Deedy's article for EB1A.

Feb - Started working on EB-1A.  Applied for some awards. Took Chatgpt and Claude subscription and really helped.  Vig's surgery was completed successfully. She has the hand support for 4 weeks. Aunty visited from India.  Raghu visited from Seattle for doing due diligene on "lost world" business opportunity. Pranav's track season started.  Team offsite in MV. started with Gym trainer focusing on Core and back. kicked off BSA Cert with the team. Gave 20L for Rakesh's movie. Guru adjusted and gave hims 

Mar - Went to San Diego for Naina's baby funtion. Hired Sunku as advisor to EB*A and we made good progress on EB1A. Started a discussion with the Soph* Alcor* team for the GC as well. Official news as Promotion with good pay and stock grant. Abhi's bday celebration with friends at home.  Abhi started soccer season with DUSL. 

Apr - Eb in full swing. Article got published in Enteprenuer.  Went to Mcfarland for Pranav's track meet for spring break.  Conducted Estimator offsite in the office. went really well.  Spent lot of time preparing documentation for Eb. Planned for Hawasupai hike but got canceled due to busy work schedule . Naren's Lakshmi 40th birthday party.  F2 fitness challenge started to complete 200 miles by end of Aug. So, lot of walking in Apr 

May - Busy weekends with Pranav's track and Abhi's soccer. End of school year . Signed up for  CIM Marathon. Vig recovering as per schedule. Aunty went back to India. Went to Pleasanton Ridge for Mothers day. Busy with recommendation letters . Got all the recommendations this month. Biking trips with YK and went to gym together multiple times. Enrolled Hari for EB in RaghSurm company. Running started with 10k run. Lot of walking with Vig

June -  Raghu visited us with family to attend his cousin's wedding. watched the Ind vs Pak T20 match with him and the YK families.  EB documents were sent to USCIS.  Fathers day celebration at Lake Chabot.  Abhi won MVP award as Goalie at Futsol tournament. Pranav started Geometry at Lospositas.  Abhi and Vig traveled to New Jersey for Chinni's house. Pranav and I went to Virginia for Manu's home & Chinni and Somu dropped Vig and Abhi at Manu's home.  Kalyan picked us up from Baltimore airport . Met Santhu's family. Watched Ind vs SA World cup T20 final game and great experience. Ran Half marathon with Raghu. Lot of walking . Aleshacha came from austin. Reddy hostel gang met 4-5 times that week.

July -  Went to Crater lake trip with SriNee and Mansa*. Had good time.  Drove in Odyssey with Mansa* familiy Got EB1 Approval on July 16th. Great news.  Abhi's Soccer season started with DUSL.  Active with Gym/Walk/Run. Recommended Prashu for Eb with RaghSurm and returned the referal to them. Work wise, support team transitioned to BS and under me.

August - Ran 10 miles with Vipin , Srinee and Punna. School started. Pranav's first day with new high school. Abhi started 7th grade. kids growing up really fast.  Submitted documents for 485/765/131 end of the month.  Team offsite in MV and celebrated bday and dinner with the team . Gave birthday party to F2 + Family boys at Pleasanton beer .   Focusing on back + Core excerices regularly. Running picked up with a 10 miler and half marathon.  Drank Mckallan 18 for Guru's bday at Patxi's.  Stopped drinking alcohol since Aug 19.  Also stopped biryani, deserts and *****  started guiding lot of people for EB and the referal fee started coming. Signed up Empow*** for Pranav's counseling. 

Sept - Got Receipt from USCS and got fingerprints appointment for the end of the month. Ran Half marathon couple of times. Focus fully shifted to Running with literally no biking.  Vig's 40th birthday prep started at a high level. Booked the clubhouse. 

October -  Hiked Half dome on 4th. We went till Sub-dome and returned back. In hindsight, should have completed half dome. Stayed at Yosemit village cabins. Ran 14 miler. Received EAD, AP for all of us . Good going.  Vig's 40th is a highlight. Me, Pranav and Abhi did suprise dance and overall went very well with 40 friends. Lot of positive feedback. Great event.  Celebrated Dasara with families ( Akkas visited home). Ran 17 miles and body took it well. This is the moment I felt confident that I can run full marathon. Also Ran plesanton ridge on full moon day. Great experience.  Diwali at YK's home. 

November - Ran 20 miler and got full confidence about Marathon. Ensured that it did the proper warm up and stretches.  Went to Vega with hostel friends. Had fun. Played pickle ball for the first time. Organized a tournament.  Lost some money in the gambling.  Went to Texa for thanksgiving and had great with PRabhakaranna's family. Met Vikas , NArendar bapu after long time.  Met Chandapur Santhu, Athma after long time .  Met Vijay's family in Dallas. Went to Austin and great time with hostel friend's familiy get together at Alesha's house. Met Gopi. Met Somu's uncles in Austin and fun time at their home swimming pool. Met Kankal Raju's family and very impresed with his daughter. Ran couple of times in Dallas. Did another half Mid -nov and started tapering down. Watched Ind vs Aus first test match win at Prabhakaranna's home theatre. We came long way from watching the match by standing outside the shops to watching in our home theater. 

December -  Big day at CIM. Completed full marathon in 5 hr 24 minutes. I went with 5.20 pacers and maintained the pace throughout.  Last 2-3 miles some difficult but overall went well. Credit to Srini for pushing me. Vig, Pranav, Abhi, Sami and Hari came to see me at the finish line. Went to Manteca after the run and celebrated Pranav's bday there. That's awesome experience. I'm glad I was able to do it.  Work wise completed BSA cert with all the team members and Estimator integration discussions in full swing. Anand's hourse warming on Christmas day.  Small Apttus reunion. Went to Honolulu for New year . Great weather. Stayed in Alohilani hotel in Waikiki beach. it's a different experience in staying hotel an eating outside (comapred to vacation homes).  Ran one mile barefoot with YK on 31st Dec. Watched fireworks at Waikiki beach for new year with 10k+ people.  Attended Lau for the first time and had good experience. Waimea beach is good. kids had fun. small kids had more fun than big kids. They did Buggy board as well. Me, YK and Venkat's family went. Took 15 seater van and it helped in co-ordination.