Inspite of

being with you 24*7*365

knowing you are coming to India in 3 weeks from now

knowing you are an adult and are capable of taking care of yourself

I cannot bring myself together to leave you and go.

with a lump in throat,

wifey

After 2 years

Flight tickets to India- check

Shopping for friends & family- check

Pack bags- check

Clean the house- check

Cook and freeze food for TH to last a week- check

Excitement kicking in- check

To do list to shop/ eat in India- check

My desh, here I come!

To the man

*who called out to me in a grocery store noticing my little one chewing on a can and gently told me its poisonous for babies

Thank you for taking the time to tell a stranger that her baby is chewing something that could be poisonous

*who never stayed in touch inspite of living in the same community and yet knocked on my doors to ask for a drop off at the airport, well, I am no Mother Teresa

Sweets overload

Turn on the tv- a random chef cooking lemon cheesecake

I surf channels and I watch the ad for Nutella

My friend calls me asking how I make Paal payasam

I log in to Facebook and am loaded with a heavy dose of modak/ kozhukattai pictures

Why oh why this happens to me?

I am devastated

all I did was to get on the weighing scale and check my weight!

This evening

Girls night out

Chit chat

Gossip

Yap yap and yap

Order food

Gobble gobble gobble

Yap yap yap

until you realise you forgot your wallet at home

Mighty embarassing I tell ya !

July 16th

Story:

You were in Singapore

I in India

You proposed on 12th july

I retort, cuss, fight

and after 4 days I give in

Cut to 2 days ago bed time

Tell me what's special about July 16th and you nailed it

Frankly my dear,you saved your ass with that answer.

Happy proposal anniversary TH.

Love ya

Best place on earth

As I turn off the lights ready to hit the bed,

you stretch your arms

I curl up to you

Hug you tight

We don't talk a word

We drift off to sleep

The birthday gift

Me: What are you going to gift me OUR ( yes that's right, we share our birthday) birthday?

TH: What do you want?

Me: No cooking the whole day and we are eating out. So what do you want?

TH: You have already given the gift

Me: &&%%$$@@???

At the sports club

a woman unexpectedly opened the shower curtains where I was bathing.Instead of being angry or ticked, I was giggling to myself.Poor soul, I must have scared her

That dress

SHE: Why are you looking at me like that?

HE: You look sexy in this dress

SHE: *sheepish smile* thank you

Fast forward the next day and the next to next day

HE: Its true I like this dress on you and I told you so, but that doesn't mean you should not change into another dress at all

SHE:&&%%$$##@@???

My honeymoon

is officially over..

Parents visit

Inlaws visit

Not a single foray into kitchen

After a good 7 months, its just us 3 ..life is taking a new turn..wish me luck

Love multiplies

when shared, that I know.What I did not know is that it also comes with the cold and flu.Thank you TH

World Cup

Yay, I lived to actually see India lifting the world cup.Can I even ask for more? I can die a peaceful death and go to grave.But you know how India won?

• No restroom visits during the entire match
• No changing positions even the slightest bit
• Praying hard every time the commentator raises his voice or the crowd roars
• Most of all, not interacting with folks cussing as the game progressed

Worth it all..Great job team INDIA

Yet another time

You are home unusually early

We have dinner together

I make mental plans to watch tv with you, to lay on the couch along with you, to generally chit chat with you on various things

.............................

when you casually throw the bomb at me telling me

you are off to sleep now and you will wake up on time @ 2.30 in the midnight to watch the epic INDIA v/s PAKISTAN semi finals.

duhhh! what was I thinking

A mid afternoon call

from you asking me if I had lunch, if all is well with the little one inspite of your neck deep work .You have been coming home wickedly late, all you do after coming home is have dinner and crash.I couldnt help but shed a tear or two when you called.

How do you feel

when you realise that you went to the bank, did the grocery,visited a friend , all with only one ear ring?And to top it all, no one even hinted..hmmphhh&&%%#*%

Weekend

Weekend

you are back from work unusually early

dinner done and and so is rest of the kitchen work

the little one is asleep

I look at the clock and its only 9.30 pm

I do a little victory dance

I call out for you

you are not to be seen

.....

.......

head to toe covered in comforter, you are deep asleep and snoring!

There is something

about rolling over to the bed space of your spouse after the spouse gets out of the bed,soak in the warmth, feel your eyes just give away to sleep while inhaling the smell so specific to the spouse.