Daily dose of chaos .....

Hi there, been a long time and I am even more lost. Where do I begin? Do I fill in with what has happened up till now. Last summer came and went...my Dad spent 3 months with us and hopefully it was as good for him as it was for us. It was especially hot last summer and the trip to Spain went ok, inspite of it...a lot of wine, patatas bravas, and the fried chillies...lol. Big G turned 13 last November, with a small celebration for friends at a pizza place (her idea)....She is as tall as me and I tell her that is no benchmark. Hopefully she maintains the growing spree...a very independent, mostly responsible kid who can be a stern and sulky sibling to her devoted younger sister. Lil g keeps her spirits and wits intact even with this and the sibling talk is hilarious. 2019 was pretty much uneventful by most counts. Unlike 2020 which is a googly. Initial news about the pandemic and I  had dismissed it to be yet another madness of March...not my favourite month of the year ever....rig...

And that's what you call when you post like once a year! This post has been pending since my birthday mid September but will see the light of the day close to daughter's birthday...fingers crossed! After writing the first two lines I had to step out of home for an impromptu errand...sigh! life's like that. So where was I ...there was a second interruption to drink a cup of tea...something I can't resist is a good cup of tea...and today being a holiday was fun to put up the feet and indulge a little. All this after doing a good round of cleaning, cooking and the cleaning post cooking...its endless alright. Ok yes...so back to the post....wow am such a strong case for attention deficiency....no ...did not check my phone while writing the first two paras...but I had to check what I wrote last to maintan some continuity.... Lets take up vacations and visits....My father arrived in June and spent 3 'mixofemotions' months with us...easier to put it like that. In t...

One question mark would have been enough right?....I used two too many...my tendency to exaggerate. If I tell you I have been super busy....ignore the prefix....busy yes...who isn't.. but working efficiently would help get done all I am supposed to. Caught out on the efficient bit...cough cough! excuse me....don't go about being empathising or is it sympathising... with me when I spiel out a whole reel of excuses.... If I step out and look at myself going about life I can only shake my head and laugh at myself. More often than not I am in touch with random strangers than myself. More acquainted with random bits and bytes of their thoughts, words, visuals ....yes phones and social media, blogs, twitter, insta... And it goes on...the first checking of phone, gm and forward messages on WA...intermittently checking posts...responding....that real life is more of an afterthought. Today I spent a few minutes at the wet green grass outside music academy, passing time to pick up dau...

Have been out of touch....not just with the blog! Wondering what to write about and what to leave out.....Each day is packed with so much...Work has just taken up the major part of my life.....and the bit about getting to work.  Give or take a year and one would have thought I would have been reconciled to it....but clearly not.....most days am learning how much I do not know and need to learn...coming home to chores, cooking, kids' activities.......weekends are a different loop of activities.....endless...... Big G started secondary school...both kids in different schools....logistics of drops on busy mornings...tackled on a day to day basis. Big G turned 12....the swim party did not happen but clearly pre teens wanted to be on their own but being  cloistered together in a small bedroom with younger sister tagging is still fun....i got the ganache right this time...two weeks ago had made a soggy cake for husband's bday...lilG had begged to join the bday celebrations but whe...

Lol! what was that in the guise of a headline? Now that we have made the usual comment or quip on it lets move on to the post. Yes...it's been a case of missing in action....times I have tried to come here and post something coherent....always abandoning it for something that needed more immediate attention.... Hmm so where does one start? What have I been upto.. I did mention that December was anything but the benevolent calm phase ...... celebrations and festive spirits....It was hectic....That was also when I decided that I had to get out of my comfort zone and drive to work highway et al. Work-wise, status is W-I-P and the learning curve taking weird shapes and sometimes a circular loop where I am positioned right where I started....not flattering.... but I take inspiration from the story of Vardaraj and the drawing of water from the well....Story from school days. Kids have Easter vacations...the first week they were in a 'stage' as it's called - creative one. ...

It is the New Year.....since a week already. I have made 0 resolutions yet. I have not even got around to reflecting on whether to, any trend analysis of the previous years, why I am not doing any, at least a guiding theme for the year like 'balance', or 'peace' etc etc .....nada.....the mind has been cluttered with a whole lot of stuff, not much of clearing out happening.... Though out of all the ongoing chaos in my life there are realizations...and I have decided to stick to one day at a time, one task at a time....should do well with that. I always have minimum two tasks ongoing.....I am reading two books at a time (when I did that is)....or cooking and vacuuming....or cooking when taking the kids' homework and no wonder then I deserve the 'singed chef'' badge. I remember once, it so happened, that I was learning 2 languages at the same time - only one day of the week so I could live with that, and the mind had not aged much then, but oh boy the swi...

Hello folks, back here...had a bit of time logging in to blogger....was rusty with passwords...and that should explain the headline...So in case anyone besides myself who occasionally reads these posts...a big thank you and ...it's kind of ok if you don't bother to wave your hand. Can't say I am happy with my  posting rate this year...but having  dropped the bar on my blogging pace to maybe one before the year ends...I plod along here at times it is convenient. Which for this post happens to be in the middle of a birthday party. You read that right....it's Big G's b'day party belated by a month...which was being put off due to some work from home weekends, non availability of her close friends etc etc. The menu is veg puffs, popcorn, cake, nachos....I seem to have missed one thing, not the guacamole but can't remember....yes right back to the headline, on the state of mind. The kids have gone to play out in the garden and get hungry....the husband is v...