You know you need a break..

- When you’re coming out of a friend’s house after a wonderful round of food, drinks and laughter…and you suddenly realize that your daughter is nowhere to be seen. You call out, all flustered, “Namnam! Namnam! Where are you?” …and your friends burst out laughing even louder and point out that you have got her tucked right in your arms!

Yep! You’re in dire need of a break lest you end up in a psychiatry ward getting treated for being a dolt!

- When you’re standing in the kitchen waiting for the milk to boil..and within a fraction of a second you go meandering in your dreams to some exotic place, weaving beautiful moments with your daughter & husband…only to crash land to reality and see that the entire milk has spilled out on to your hot plate!

- When you cant decide what sounds more monotonous and oft-repeated in your head- what do I cook for lunch/dinner today? OR what do we order today? All you crave for is a few servings of Ma-made food

- When you pull open the door of the washing machine to dump a big sack of clothes to wash..and you find an even bigger lot of washed clothes lying inside—> clothes that were washed two days back! The dampness, the odour emanating all around..hmmm..now lets not get there!

- When you get into a major argument with your husband for as mundane and petty a reason as switching the bathroom lights off!

- When you realize that you have been displaying pretty much the same style of writing in the last two blog posts!

So..

Citing the above reasons the blog and I are heading into a break, both virtual and real. I shall update the page if I come across any amusing tid-bits to share during the course of my vacation.

Else..

See you all on the other side. Leaving you all with this beautiful song. Enjoy!

Ta-ta!

Homesick still, am I??

Oh yes I am! Very. Even though we came back from a month long vacation on 14th, I’m yet to unpack or make my mind up fully to settle back into the routine.

Surprisingly Namnam switched over to her routine instantly. Here I was thinking she would take weeks, and she surprised me by adjusting back much faster and easier. The very day we arrived, she looked around the house, and said with a gleeful smile, ‘ I’m happy to be home’.

And this is not the first time. Every time we are back from our vacation I expect her to get cranky and moody, each time she proves me wrong. Maybe she is still small and yet to reach the stage where children become attached to a certain routine or surrounding and take a while to accept any change away from that. Or maybe I should just stop underestimating my child.

Whichever be the case I’m glad she has adjusted well and now I just have to handle my cranky, moody, lazy self to come to terms with my domestic routine!

Our trip was a mixed bagful of experiences. With lots of happy and memorable moments and some not so…

Namnam is always the most excited to reach Delhi and this time also she made the most of her stay there.

She made loads of friends with whom she spent some wonderful time, playing ‘eye-spies’, badminton, reading books, and learning hindi. The sparkle in her eyes was hard to miss whenever they used to come calling her out to play.

Namnam finally got to know what ‘getting wet in the rains’ was, thanks to some heavy showers graced on us while we were there. Both she & I got drenched to our heart’s content, not once, but twice.

The best part of our stay was that all of us were in town around the same time. My parents, father-in-law, brother, R’s brother and his family. We could meet up with everyone this time around.

Another high point of my trip was when Smitha & I met along with our two imps, of course . It was an amazing experience. And what was even more endearing was to see how well Namnam & Poohi got along with each other. Truly one of the most memorable moments for me.

The not-so-pleasant moments, that I mentioned earlier, came by when Namnam fell ill with high fever and had yet another bout of febrile convulsions. I hated every bit of those three days that she was in the hospital. I felt utterly foolish because I had not carried her suppository or syrup as I thought she was well past that phase. But I was clearly wrong in my assumption. As per the Pediatrician, children who are prone to Febrile convulsions are at risk till the age of 6.

And then there was the unfortunate news about IHM’s daughter. Its truly inspiring to know that she and her family have decided to channelise their sorrow towards positive direction. May God give them the strength to stay positive and take forward the causes that Tejaswee believed in.

With this let me sign off for now….leaving you with this beautiful song and heartfelt wishes for a year filled with love, happiness, good health and prosperity.

Here’s wishing you all a very Happy Onam .