a few things so clearly reflect your status as an amateur....for instance losing a post because the net signed out while you were typing....and not typing on a word doc.......after the long break from blogging caused by the induced lack of internet access, i wrote a post only to grit my teeth at my naivety and lost it....its never the same second time around.....
a friend i was chatting with after a long time said the nicest thing about my blog (which by the way i thought no one was going to read)....she said its like she's speaking to me and not reading!! it sure felt good...
the past month has been spent on a quick trip to bangalore to spend easter with family and see my lil rascal neice who has now begun to enjoy her victorious turning on her sides......she is learning manipulation very fast and is loving every minute of making monkeys of adults!!
the travel bug hasnt stopped the biting but the summer sure has made k and me change our minds about venturing on a trip....it makes me wonder how we vacationed in summer when we were kids....i think children are far more resilient than adults and that global warming is affecting us in more ways than we care to acknowledge....i havent spent a single moment in the sun this summer without feeling my skin burn......so we're waiting for the worst of the summer to pass and then take off again...the only blessing of summer is the mangoes....hyderabad has access to some of the best and i am not ashamed to say that i prefer the banaganapalli mangoes to anything else and am willing to forego regular food to satiate myself with this king of all fruit!!
i've had time to make peace with my balcony garden and ask for a second chance at being their caretaker...i was quite ashamed at the way i nearly killed them all off.....four months of being left to fend for themselves in captivity with water only every few days is hardly inspiring...only the more dogged ones survived...i have now learnt my lesson...have increased the number of plants that retain water...have painstakingly nursed them back and i am happy that all's well again...the balcony is awash with the colour of the crotons that i have acquired and the african violet bloomed so beautifully...my previous two attempts at growing this exotic plant died of failure....i am most excited about the little kitchen pots that i have started....since i dont have a garden i cant call it a kitchen garden...its mostly herbs...i have coriander thats just sprouting, methi that i have harvested twice since it grows so fast, karipatta isnt able to make up its mind about whether it likes being in a pot, mint thats just putting out a few leaves, onion and garlic leeks, and ginger......what a thrill to have a few sprigs of this in a salad or an omelette...now if only i eat eggs!!
we've had a lot of friends over....my friend who's here from the US of A spent a couple of days and we talked and talked and then some.....we've been privy to the journey of a couple who'remaking a home out of four walls....of the highs and lows and realising that no one has exactly the kind of soap dish you want, of packing and the nightmare that unpacking is going to be....it reminds me of the impulsive journey k and i made a few years ago when we bought our apartment....i remember this same friend almost choked on her coffee on our break as we were talking of what we did on the weekend i i said 'oh by the way, we picked up an apartment' that we havent lived to regret it is an added bonus....we've always loved having friends over and we've had the nicest compliments paid to us by people who have said they've found our home very warm.....i think the nicest times have been spent this way, chatting till 6 a.m, having coffee and then falling asleep....watching all night marathon movies......driving out at 2 a.m to buy ciggarettes for k......having chai at the bandi's outside cyber pearl.......and sometimes putting in a full work day after all of this.......
after a long time i went for a wedding and actually liked being there.....an old colleague was finally taking the plunge....what actually ended up happening was that it became a reunion of sorts and the wedding was the sideshow.....met so many old faces....it was great...i think i shocked quite a few people with my currently unemployed status...also inspired a few jealously shocked responses...all in all i was glad DP got married and gave us the opportunity to meet!!
i am hoping another induced break from blogging wont happen because i am sure missing the herapy it provides......