Back to Indy

On March 1, Theresa and I flew back to Indianapolis for 7 weeks of hotel living. Without getting too much into the details of work, our project here in France required that we go to Indianapolis for a task known as "Informal Integration Testing" or IIT. This is perhaps the biggest hurdle that has to be passed if we are to finish our project by the end of the year.

In truth, IIT is less of a business trip and more of an invasion. All of the expatriates as well as 40 Lilly France employees descended upon Indianapolis for the month of March. In addition, another 40 or so Lilly folks from Liverpool, UK and Prince William, Virginia had to come to town for the same reason. All were blocked into the Marriott Residence Inn Hotel on the Canal in Indianapolis.

One of the more surreal moments in our lives was coming back to Indianapolis and realizing that we wouldn't be living in our own house. Since we are gone for a year, we had a college student move into our house to look after things. Consequently, Theresa and I had to shack up at the hotel with all the rest of the visitors. The Residence Inn became our home for almost a month and a half.