Promises are made to be broken and as I sheepishly type this, I do wish to state that I have my reasons for not making the promised post after the end of each month.
March got over with a bit of suspense and April dawned with a pleasant surprise. The reason was one and the same. I am an Aunt now to a beautiful little baby boy.
The days and months leading to it had moved at a very slow pace but things moved quickly once the little one was ready to see the world. And being the loving aunt that I was, I turned busy watching over the little one, whether he was dosing off to sleep or staring at nothing in particular. With all the coochy-cooing, a blog post was no where in the thoughts that possessed my mind.
March was a bit slow but not too bad. I had to visit bangalore and after four long months, the place felt different, the very same strangeness I had felt when I had moved in to a new home. I carressed the walls and re-lived the memories associated with them.All this emotion in just these few months of separation.
Life once back home was more towards getting back in the groove after almost a week long break. There had been feeble attempts to set a healthier routine. An attempt to wake early and go for a walk and then go for a swim. However my plans went to the drain when sleep turned cosier under the soothing chill air from the AC. My lazy bones just needed a little encouragement to pull up the bedsheet closer and dose off for a few more minutes. As for the swimming, it was easy to call the water dirty and stay away and it was truly dirty cause of all the summer revellers soaking in it. A relook at the price tag on my swimming dress would promt me to done it and dunk in. Money is powerful that way.
There was a better chance at making more money this march as I had a little extra work to do and got rewarded duly. Housework definetly yields no financial rewards. You put in more efforts than a maid but get no remuneration. Whatever money comes in to your hands are towards household expenses. But the satifaction I get while walking on the freshly cleaned floors or while putting away clean vessels or stacking freshly washed clothes, is as good as seeing money coming in to my account. Ultimately, doing things that satisfy you and make you happy is more important. Probably my comfortable position in life allows me these luxurious statements and maybe I would be rushing to work otherwise. For now, I shall stick to satisfaction as the ultimate reward
Should say March was not really eventful and the only thing I did additionally was to start reading again. Slow progress is happening on the classic "Gone With the Wind".
April with the baby has been very amusing. Watching the little one has been a great source of entertainment. The rains that came added to the refreshment. The remaining days of April or even the months to come will mostly be spent in company of the little friend who would progress from plain staring, to laughing, kicking and crawling.
Lots of things to look forward to and hopefully lots of things to do. One thing though, I have left behind the habit of lazy sulking, which has greatly improved my days and quality of life.
Once again, a promise to write more often escapes from within and a prayers accompanies that I should be able to maintain it this time at least. The 45 days so far have been good and will come back with more about the days to come.
March got over with a bit of suspense and April dawned with a pleasant surprise. The reason was one and the same. I am an Aunt now to a beautiful little baby boy.
The days and months leading to it had moved at a very slow pace but things moved quickly once the little one was ready to see the world. And being the loving aunt that I was, I turned busy watching over the little one, whether he was dosing off to sleep or staring at nothing in particular. With all the coochy-cooing, a blog post was no where in the thoughts that possessed my mind.
March was a bit slow but not too bad. I had to visit bangalore and after four long months, the place felt different, the very same strangeness I had felt when I had moved in to a new home. I carressed the walls and re-lived the memories associated with them.All this emotion in just these few months of separation.
Life once back home was more towards getting back in the groove after almost a week long break. There had been feeble attempts to set a healthier routine. An attempt to wake early and go for a walk and then go for a swim. However my plans went to the drain when sleep turned cosier under the soothing chill air from the AC. My lazy bones just needed a little encouragement to pull up the bedsheet closer and dose off for a few more minutes. As for the swimming, it was easy to call the water dirty and stay away and it was truly dirty cause of all the summer revellers soaking in it. A relook at the price tag on my swimming dress would promt me to done it and dunk in. Money is powerful that way.
There was a better chance at making more money this march as I had a little extra work to do and got rewarded duly. Housework definetly yields no financial rewards. You put in more efforts than a maid but get no remuneration. Whatever money comes in to your hands are towards household expenses. But the satifaction I get while walking on the freshly cleaned floors or while putting away clean vessels or stacking freshly washed clothes, is as good as seeing money coming in to my account. Ultimately, doing things that satisfy you and make you happy is more important. Probably my comfortable position in life allows me these luxurious statements and maybe I would be rushing to work otherwise. For now, I shall stick to satisfaction as the ultimate reward
Should say March was not really eventful and the only thing I did additionally was to start reading again. Slow progress is happening on the classic "Gone With the Wind".
April with the baby has been very amusing. Watching the little one has been a great source of entertainment. The rains that came added to the refreshment. The remaining days of April or even the months to come will mostly be spent in company of the little friend who would progress from plain staring, to laughing, kicking and crawling.
Lots of things to look forward to and hopefully lots of things to do. One thing though, I have left behind the habit of lazy sulking, which has greatly improved my days and quality of life.
Once again, a promise to write more often escapes from within and a prayers accompanies that I should be able to maintain it this time at least. The 45 days so far have been good and will come back with more about the days to come.
