My oldest child is away,at camp for an entire week. This is apparently been done for a long time here in CA,Outdoor Education,they go on hikes,explore tide pools and become one with Mother Nature. 60 11 yr olds,2 teachers and high school seniors to lead them. No cell phones,no electronic devices,no distractions. Its bittersweet for [...]
Posts under ‘Life Sucks’
The extraction.
It went well, NK dropped me early. My dentist have me some drug(something like Valium but whose name I forgot) and it made woozy in 20 mins. I remember walking to the dentist chair and the oral surgeon asking me to clench the ball and he said something about my veins and I asking him [...]
The staple won.
Remember the chair from the living room spot down below. Yesterday, I decided I am going to remove its stinky cushions and try and give it a new life. 3 hours later, armed with a flat nose screwdriver and Ashwina’s beading pliers, I had a pile of these And the chair looked like this I [...]
Daily Outfit + Confession
I have a confession to make. Monika‘s NSV post made me feel guilty. Are you ready for it? Takes a deep breath. Ihaventbeentothegymin2months. Exhale! I cancelled my 24hour fitness membership. The daycare timings were just not working out for me. I cancelled it and thought I will do stuff at home and take walks/run. I didnt [...]
Day 23/ Heavy Heart
Today I did something which is making me really sad. I wrote about Neil’s kinder teacher here. Things have gone progressively worse since then. She was absent a lot and a few other things had happened. Moms who volunteered in the classroom were very upset. 8 parents transferred their kids out to the afternoon class. [...]
In which I get pulled into twenty different directions
I can feel myself exploding. I have so many things on my plate, all which seem to be happening at the same time. Tomorrow is my baby’s birthday. Samar turns three. I was trying to get a picture of him for my header, the one which would take my breath away. All I have is [...]
Be Nice to (Y)ourselves
This Glamour Article made a lot of sense to me. Why do we as women put ourselves down so much? Why when we look in the mirror, we have to suck in our stomaches and lament how childbirth ruined us all. I keep doing this..keep nit-pickingon myself. The thing is, I would never ever say the same thing [...]
First comes Love, then comes marriage.
These past few weeks, I had 2 friends send emails saying they are filing for divorce. I am saddened at how many of my friends are going through this.Friends from India, US and Singapore. Some because they found out that their spouses were cheating on them, one because of physical abuse and another’s reason is so [...]
WWYD/Daily Outfit
Remember my not being able to afford things post? It came back to bite me in my ass. I am very upset at something which I cannot afford. My 3rd sister is getting married in India in Dec. There is no way we all can afford to go. Then I thought I will go with [...]
He is going to owe me big
Looks bad This happened this morning.I was sleeping on the bed. Nk was ironing on the bed. The HOT iron was upright on my side of the bed. He shouted something at the kids and I straightened my legs and the damm iron fell on top of my foot. It hurts like a bitch.Nk got [...]