Introducing from "Delhi to Disney to Diapers"

For two years I maintained a blog, which I playfully described as the “expatriate adventures, travels, observations, perceptions, and misconceptions of a married couple living in India” and not so originally called Mr. (and Mrs.) Luth Go to India. Topics were plentiful, life was an adventure, and people (especially those I had left in the states) genuinely seemed interested in what it was like to uproot a suburban Chicago life and thrust it near the capital of the second most populous country in the world.

Rather than repatriate back “home” to the Chicago area, my wife accepted a job that moved us to Orlando. I knew next to nothing about Orlando other than it was where people drop years worth of vacation savings in a single week and was where Shaq started his NBA career. Sure, I had been to Central Florida once as a kid and twice as an adult; however, both adult visits had been work-related and I had spent exactly 90 minutes outside the airport, hotels, and the office. When we moved, I didn’t actually see the house we were purchasing until closing day.

Like most expatriate bloggers, I thought the notion of a repatriation blog made total sense. But there was a catch, life wasn’t as overtly unique in Orlando as it was in Delhi. Topics seemed difficult to identify and my heart just wasn’t in it as we got ourselves settled into a “regular” American routine. The net result was 23 posts in a blog called From Delhi to Disney (man, I love alliteration).

After being back in the states for a year, I realized there was a gaping creative void in my life that writing Mr. (and Mrs.) Luth had filled. Adding to that was a new transition. Shortly after feeling like life was slowing down and that we were “settled,” we learned that we were going to become parents. This blog is a means to ensure that Baby Luth has a father that feels creatively fulfilled, at least as creatively fulfilled as an adult male in an analytic profession can feel while still remaining gainfully employed.

This blog is about transitions. It’s about trying to stay somewhat connected to the life I had in India (though if you saw my house, you’d probably say that was connection enough), readjusting to American life, living in a completely new region, trying to maintain some sense of adventure, and most importantly, figuring out this parenting thing I’ve heard so much about.

I recognize that’s not a terribly specific mission statement. I really don’t care. This blog is for me (and for Baby Luth).

Try and enjoy, and let me know what you think.