Scribbles
•This year, I completely forgot about Valentine's day. It was only when a colleague mentioned it that I remembered.When I was single, I used to forget about it and now, when I am married and away from Y, don't see the point of celebrating it alone. Oh, but I do love watching some of the romantic movies on that day! :D
Anyway, Valentine's day or not, Y gifted me a N-70 which I have yet to see as it is still with him.As for his gift, errr...I haven't yet decided.
• I went for my cousin's wedding to Pune and it was so much fun dressing it up with all my jewellery and beautiful sarees. I love my Kanjeevarams and my Paithani! :D
Of course, when relatives kept hinting/asking me if I was pregnant, I finally replied tongue-firmly-in-cheek that for that to happen, I would have to first start living with my husband, isn't it? :P Yes, I am a shameless creature!
• On the job front, we recently had our appraisals and I received a bonus and a salary hike. My tyrant of a team leader has finally left the organisation but not before I had a showdown with him twice. Once, when he lost his temper which made me lose mine and the second time, when he threatened to ruin my appraisal. The showndown was not public and neither was I rude, but yes, it was a hassle and I had to meet the top boss twice to sort all this out. Anyway, the worst is over and am having a comparatively peaceful time right now.
As of now, am still sticking to my current job but let's see what happens around two months down the line.
• I have recently taken up acrylic painting and am not sure how good or bad I am, but it is something which I am enjoying doing right now. I love learning new things, it is so much fun! :D
• I love cooking and trying out new recipes and have become quite a fan of the show, 'Nigella Express' (And yes, she's sexy!!) I love finding out ways and means of adapting her recipes to the Indian way of cooking. Now, if only I could lay my hands on her book! *sigh*
• I recently picked up two books, 'Inheritance of a loss' by Kiran Desai and आहे मनोहर तरी by सुनीता देशपांडे. Both are wonderful books and being the bookworm I am, I have started reading both simultaneously.
• It so difficult to express love in words. It seems like no amount of words can do justice to it and yet, only poetry can fill in the gaps. Here's what I love about love - the comfortable silence, the way we fill in the words for each other , the sweet feeling of exquisite pain when the heart brims with love and can't seem to hold it in, the way I remember every minute detail of every moment spent with Y, the way I can tell his moods by the sound of his voice, the wait, the sheer ecstasy of meeting him and the feeling, that I am home.
I love the moments that I spent with my parents and sister recently, when we chatted late into the night. It was the four of us again, our nice, little family, just like the old times. I love to wrap my Mom in a hug when she's sleeping, just like when I was a child. I love the joy that I see on my parent's faces when I come home, even if it is for only two days. I love that my dear friend is expecting her own bundle of joy this May and to think, that I have known her since we were both students! Oh, how we have grown! :)
I love this cycle of love, joy, growing up, the different stages of life and the birth of a new life. In these moments, I fall in love with life itself, all over again. :)
Wish all of you, a lifetime of love! :)