A surprise bridal shower-
Me: Congratulations!
The bride-to-be(BTB): thanks..I wonder who leaked the information..
Me: Was it supposed to be a secret?
BTB: Yes
Me: I hope this was a pleasant surprise
silence..
BTB, I totally get you. Why does everybody think that everybody likes the whole world to know they are getting married and want to share their joy with the very same whole world?
Three of us climbing up the steps - me, BL, neighbor-next-door(NND); NND is a totally unknown figure to both BL and me, though we have been neighbors’ for some time.
Me: Do you have kids?
NND: Yeah, a daughter of 3. What about you?
Me: A son of 13 months.
I don't know how this happened but in a span of 2 minutes BL ferrets out the information that NND's parents are here visiting her and that her husband does not stay with her and this is when I tune back in again.
BL: So, where does your husband stay?
NND: In China
BL: When will he get back?
NND: No, he stays there and I stay here.
BL: Is he planning to come here?
NND: No, his English is quite poor and I don't think he can survive here.
BL: So, what are your long term plans?
we are at our place and NND shrugs and walks away.
1)BL is like that only. She will ask the most intimate details and I'll be the embarrassed one.
2) The entire afternoon I kept thinking about it. I am a single mom during the weekdays and I am already tired of analyzing 'is this what I want from life' kind of questions. What is the motivating factor in NND's life? I mean, I can understand that she is making good money but at the cost of what? I.just.don't.get.it!! I am truly baffled and I want to cry when I think of her daugheter. And her husband.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
My son walked!!!
Yeah!!!! Krishy walked !On Saturday! That doesn't mean he just takes off . It just means that he is standing and tottering a couple of steps and plopping on his bum. It's very cute, trust me.
So, we thought this merited a celebration and we went to this exclusive steak house and we ended up paying a whopping 65$. Lesson learnt, next time, stick to chains and don't go for exclusivity(Is there such a word?)
So, we thought this merited a celebration and we went to this exclusive steak house and we ended up paying a whopping 65$. Lesson learnt, next time, stick to chains and don't go for exclusivity(Is there such a word?)
Friday, July 16, 2010
On a jobless Friday afternoon,
I am reading about car throttles, gears and such like because I don't trust my husband when he says I should drive with the OD button off when I am driving less than 50 mph. Yeah, I was right in not trusting him, it is only for speeds less than 40 mph.
My Krishy turned one..
Dear Krishy,
Your personality is developing and developing fast. You are very. very adorable when you put on you ‘charm suit’. You charm the socks off everybody you meet and there is not a single person who isn’t taken in by you but the other side of you is the angry young man who gets irritable with mama for not understanding what you are trying to say(: I try Krishy, I seriously do! You have made it very clear that my evenings exist solely for you – to play, feed, entertain, talk, walk and sleep with you and this also includes me not talking on the phone. You actually take the phone away from me and throw it! Yeah, the very same sweet boy! Now you go running to daddy (when he is there) when I yell at you and if your daddy is not there and if you think you can pacify me, you actually come & try to kiss me. You are still a very smart fella:)
Your showman tricks have improved:) In addition to clapping hands, you give flying kisses, wave bye, wave your forefinger at me when I say no, get the ball when we ask you to & also call it ‘ba ba’, show the fan and that is ‘tha tha’ in your language. But the cutest thing is when we ask you, what a dogiie does, you say ‘bow bow’:)
Your dada is still your favorite person and I sometimes suspect that you sense that he is the more lenient of the two of us and you take him for a jolly good ride.
Physically, you now stand without support, can’t wait for you to start walking though. You are getting heavier and I get really tired carrying you around! You have also sprouted a lot of teeth. Five on the top and two below. You look very cute and adorable especially when you smile
I will end with this incident. I leave my slippers in the dining room when I enter the living room to keep it clean since this is your primary play area. And you my boy have this untold fascination for footwear. Do you know, the first thing you do when you meet someone is check out their feet to see what they are wearing?! And the other day, when I opened our shoe closet, you looked like a treasure grove had opened up in front of you. You looked so comical! Coming back, you have been told very clearly not to go and touch my slippers. So, yesterday while I was pretending not to look, you went there, looked at the slippers and then looked at me and when you caught me watching you, you waved your forefinger at me telling me no no!:)
Well, baby, you are adorable most of the time if I pretend the times when you test my patience like when I can’t even go to the restroom without you screaming your head off, don’t exist. Every boy I see , I see you in him, from the cute toddler who was standing beneath the flag curiously looking at it to the lanky teenager playing basketball in the field. Moments like these make me realize, you give purpose and direction to my life, you make me want to live my life fully.
Happy first birthday!
Lots of love, mama
Your personality is developing and developing fast. You are very. very adorable when you put on you ‘charm suit’. You charm the socks off everybody you meet and there is not a single person who isn’t taken in by you but the other side of you is the angry young man who gets irritable with mama for not understanding what you are trying to say(: I try Krishy, I seriously do! You have made it very clear that my evenings exist solely for you – to play, feed, entertain, talk, walk and sleep with you and this also includes me not talking on the phone. You actually take the phone away from me and throw it! Yeah, the very same sweet boy! Now you go running to daddy (when he is there) when I yell at you and if your daddy is not there and if you think you can pacify me, you actually come & try to kiss me. You are still a very smart fella:)
Your showman tricks have improved:) In addition to clapping hands, you give flying kisses, wave bye, wave your forefinger at me when I say no, get the ball when we ask you to & also call it ‘ba ba’, show the fan and that is ‘tha tha’ in your language. But the cutest thing is when we ask you, what a dogiie does, you say ‘bow bow’:)
Your dada is still your favorite person and I sometimes suspect that you sense that he is the more lenient of the two of us and you take him for a jolly good ride.
Physically, you now stand without support, can’t wait for you to start walking though. You are getting heavier and I get really tired carrying you around! You have also sprouted a lot of teeth. Five on the top and two below. You look very cute and adorable especially when you smile
I will end with this incident. I leave my slippers in the dining room when I enter the living room to keep it clean since this is your primary play area. And you my boy have this untold fascination for footwear. Do you know, the first thing you do when you meet someone is check out their feet to see what they are wearing?! And the other day, when I opened our shoe closet, you looked like a treasure grove had opened up in front of you. You looked so comical! Coming back, you have been told very clearly not to go and touch my slippers. So, yesterday while I was pretending not to look, you went there, looked at the slippers and then looked at me and when you caught me watching you, you waved your forefinger at me telling me no no!:)
Well, baby, you are adorable most of the time if I pretend the times when you test my patience like when I can’t even go to the restroom without you screaming your head off, don’t exist. Every boy I see , I see you in him, from the cute toddler who was standing beneath the flag curiously looking at it to the lanky teenager playing basketball in the field. Moments like these make me realize, you give purpose and direction to my life, you make me want to live my life fully.
Happy first birthday!
Lots of love, mama
Sunday, July 11, 2010
On a sunday morning...
Krish is sleeping and I decided to do something that I have not done in a long time...pamper myself..Nothing much, just soaking my hands, cutting my nails, trimming them properly and listening to some songs like this one - Kahin door..from Anand and oaking up the moment . Life seems so perfect suddenly!
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