The lessons I learnt today..

•We are never too old to learn life’s lessons.
•Communication is very, very important. DO NOT ASSUME others know what I am talking about. It does not matter if telling all the details makes the other person feel retarded (which is what I assume), give all the details!! AND ASK QUESTIONS!!
•Sometimes, however tempting it is to correct, not just my children but my parents or Eswar, I have to let go, all of us have to learn some things the hard way.
•However, I do suffer with them. I feel their pain and sometimes more, theirs and mine, rising out of the helplessness I feel.
•And these are the times, I also think we are very selfish to have children
•Sometimes I wonder if I have the strength to sit through and just watch helplessly as life teaches its lessons the tough way to my little one.
•Why do we think that if we struggle and work hard today, our tomorrows will be better? And we are all ready to ruin our todays for our un-seeable future. Amazing, the way we think and rationalize!

As usual, all this gyan is from the countless things going on in our lives right now.
•Mummy is here until June, which is the only thing that is keeping me sane sometimes.
•Krish is going 3 days to school as I am taking two classes this semester. And this is where I learnt my lesson – my not communicating properly has led to a whole bunch of confusion about the days he needs to go.
•I am planning on taking the qualifying exam in June
•Eswar needs to get his visa stamped. After which, I am planning to go to Canada to get my visa stamped. All this before June and hoping things go smoothly in that front.
•Planning to go to India in June for the little fella’s mundan and daddy’s birthday.

Sometimes all I want is to lead a simple, minimalistic life. I realize that if my life is complicated, it is because of the choices I have made in my life, but I feel helpless to let go of things which at some level I think are important and are part of my identity – my job and my education. Maybe someday, I will have the courage to just let go and do the things I really want to do – have 3 kids, live in a farm and home school them:)

Role reversals

Nope, this is not what we want. We just want equality.

Since we are on the topic of role reversals,
Context:I was driving
Krish: Mummy, tooooo fast!!

When: Sunday morning
Krish: Wake up mummy! Wake up time..:)

Steve Jobs Biography

•WOW! As they apparently say were his last words
•I can see what drove him. No, strike that out. I simply cannot see what drove him.
•Even with all his money, power and intelligence, I would not have wanted him for my father, husband or son.
•On the other hand, I would not mind me being him:)
•In his younger days, he looks like Vivek Oberoi
•Reality Distortion Field. I am telling you, it really works.
•Goes to show why all the sun sign bullshit is well, bullshit. He was born on Feb 24th and I was born on Feb 23rd.
•If I was him, I would be glad that I did not read the book.

Excuses for err, a messy home?

All quotes from the book – ‘A perfectly kept house is the sign of a misspent like’.
Fell in love with it. Had borrowed this book from the library and the two months I had it at home, it was a ‘comfort’ book especially during the stressful November-December months.

- ‘A perfectly kept house is the sign of a misspent like’
- At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived
- Liberated from old-fashioned roles, we can now embrace our homes less with the housekeeper’s broom and more with the homemaker’s heart.
- I want my house to be comfortable, not perfect – Carter
- Don’t let the dust and dog hair get you down! Give yourself some credit for other things you do well.
- The most romantic bed in the world lies beneath an open window, where fresh breezes stir a sheer curtain and cool the lucky person who will lay his or her head on the awaiting pillow.
- My home is a mix of mementos that I got in places I enjoyed and want to remember – Oberto
- Clutter is a grand parade that follows us all our days from a playpen of toys…..to places we call home
- Try to clean up or at least neaten your primary work area before you leave for the day.
- Don’t let your inspiration overwhelm the job at hand
- To feel really free
- My studio space is where I can do what I want and feel really free – Nathalie
- Challenge – To make a home that my children would rather be in than anyplace else in the world, and to focus on important things and not spend a fortune
- I wanted this to be the house my children and their friends always wanted to come to.
- Comfort is born out of use, therefore the most comfortable houses seem to be the ones that have been lived in
- A nose for comfort
- …beautiful homes bring up beautiful people, in every sense of the word.