Post trip blues .....

After we came back from Sikkim it is seemingly taking us a long time to get back to normal. First there was a gas leakage at home when I opened the valve for cooking. Calling the emergency number made us realize we would not get any action in the night. So we wound the pipe which we suspected was leaking with brown cellophane. When finally the gas people - 2 people turned up. Well at least the 2nd guy came with the required pipes so we went ahead with him and got both the pipes changed. It was clear the last guy had cheated us ( specifically me ) - first by overcharging for the pipes and second by giving a pipe that was to expire soon ! Anywayz ... the gas leakage taken care of .... the next problem started ...

I found the front tyre of our car had no air. Hmmmm .. hardly had that been fixed when the car would not start !!! Uh oh .... looks like the cold weather in Pune had had its time to work on the battery. So today the battery people came - said the battery was not drained by was less charged so had to take the battery to the battery re-charging unit. It will be done by tomorrow.

And the week is not yet over ... wonder what else is in store ??? All small small things .. but nuisances nevertheless ..... ! :)

Generation Milestones ....

Sometimes it seems like ......  I have lived way too too long .... :)

• I get a dejavu of dejavu !! Not only do I feel I have done this before .. I feel I have felt the same dejavu before too ... ugh ! :)
• When I hear "Going down" ..... I know it refers to bending from the stiff waist to pick up things from the floor .... ;)
• Master Health Check-ups are impending doom/horror stories or torture chambers to be lead into ...
• I know too many people who have more than a passing acquaintance with doctors ...
• 25% of the talk with friends seems to revolve around health related issues, medical insurance and life insurance...
• The newspaper headlines about increasing taxes, petrol prices and crime rates never seem to change ! 

And the last .....

• Going .......... going ......... going ........... gone ... sounds ominous .... !!

Life's like that ... only ............. [2]

Teenager + Reading/Read "Linda Goodman's Sun signs" = Crazed Insane Giddy Teen :)

A phase of life I always associate with having a very sharp tongue and not minding using it ! :) Ok I will admit it - I don't have many friends from that time and I don't even wonder why !

So .. in this maniacal phase of gobbling up everything about Sun Signs , each and every one of its tenets..... any additional information was eaten up with nothing short of rabid fervor !

My friend [ who is a Scorpio herself ] came to class one day and told me of this new book she had read on Sun Signs and proceeded to give me all the fresh fodder about Scorpio gals. I hung on every word.

She then quote verbatim from the book - "Scorpio women can be first rate bi***** ".
"What???!!!!" I spluttered .... completely taken aback .... then ..... after a moment or two I shrugged and said "Oh what the heck .... it is true I guess ". My friend said she had had exactly the same response ... And since this line had come at the end of the page ... she turned the page over and read ....

"........... and they don't mind being called so !! " :)

Life's like that ... only ............. [1]

There I was sitting and watching the falling snow flakes from the sky through my window ..... thinking this could have been very romantic but for a couple of things - If my hubby were in the same continent as I and if I were not stuck in a Greyhound bus with 3 blown tires smack between Indianapolis and Chicago with no means of informing my friends. ( Various reasons for the incommunicado state ).

The guy in the next seat decided to become loquacious and started to tell me about himself.

He told me how he met his girlfriend and the wonderful person she was. Well .. I thought .. someone was having their romance. :) He went on to expound on her virtues for the next few minutes. And then mentioned that although he was against it when she got with a child ; he was now thankful that she had gone ahead and had had the child. His son was a joy to him and he loved him a lot.

It also made him see how difficult it was for his girlfriend to be single parent. He realized it was time he took up his responsibilities. He described in great detail his understanding of what he now needed to do with his life. That he needed to be with his son. He had to be a good father. He needed to make a stable home for the family.

So towards this he had proposed and was en route to his wedding 4 days later.  Wonderful I thought ..
And then asked ... how old is your son ? 5 years came the prompt reply.
????!!!!!!  ...... better late than never ??? :)