TGIF catching up with an old friend

TGIF!! and what a start to a bright friday morning. Instead of fussing over hubby's "departure to office" routine or reminding my son the nth time to shift his gaze from the TV to his bowl of cereals, I was on the phone dialing across seven seas to reach out to a high school friend, Priyanka.
Since I moved out of India six years ago, Priyanka and me just lost touch. Finally thanks to social networking, we have reconnected. An hour from my morning routine and an hour worth of her night's sleep spent on our phone conversation is not enough to make up for six years of life gone by, but somehow I feel younger and full of zest just by reliving our times together!!
Priorities change with time but the bond and element of trust we develop with childhood friends just strengthens into a comfort zone where you can always be,"forever young"

Movies child care swap and a long weekend

Tonight is the last evening of the long V day weekend and what a weekend it has been!! By gifting hubby a watch I ensured a much better (read expensive) gift in return for myself. My long term child care swap arrangement(basically we plan movies over weekends and leave our kids with each other, so if I go for the 3 pm show the other family watches my kid and vice verse) with two other families allowed me to catch up on the latest flicks and stuff myself with more than a 1000 calories worth of popcorn!!!
The rest of the week with its predictable routine lies ahead but right now, it is the dazzling beauty of the ice skaters for the Winter Olympics which casts a spell over me...

T for technology

Five years in the bay area popularly known as the silicon valley of the world and my technical skills are limited to MS office, surfing the net and social networking. NO MORE!!, I have silently sworn and so here I am with a book aptly titled "HTML for dummies"!! This is my year to erase my technology illiteracy and contribute more than just smiles and nods in technical discussions.
It is a week since I begun my trod into this virgin territory. It has not been as easy as memorizing Julius Caesar or critically analyzing Byron. Even preparing a publicity plan for my clients was easier but I guess this is the reason why technology rules and I must look upwards and not give up the trod....

Turning 30

Grey strands crop and loom over my once black hair
New creases define my skin
giggles fade into the past
domesticity beckons
Love takes on new meanings
a new decade begins….

Sunday Super Bowl/Work..Sigh!!

The one and only husband decides to head to  work today. "But its sunday..super bowl day!!", I exclaim from my dug out on the crumpled bed. I reel under the possibility of pretending to enjoy a game I have not  begun to comprehend as yet but anything to keep him from from leaving us (the 'us' includes the one and only son) all alone on a sunday.

He leaves!! I stagger out of bed and let sonny boy take over. Sodas and cupcakes follow. I can already imagine the weighing machine groaning but I will deal with it tomorrow. For now still waiting for hubby to be back. It does not help to know that he is working with a female colleague. Trying to keep the mind and vision from wandering in the oh so broad and adulterous lanes of very dangerous possibilities.