~Smiles~ Unlimited!!

Well.. that’s the story of my life these days….Life is busier than ever, super busy with work, busy juggling the social calendar and did I mention I am doing some papers at the business school, yeah I know.. I too amaze myself sometimes :)….As the weekdays are a bit overstuffed lately, weekends seem to me like a lifeboat and I try boarding without many plans as I occasionally like my weekends vague and empty. Anu has another outlook altogether on weekends and what to do with them. He likes to jam in as much as possible into fragile weekends and I can only look on in awe.

The nine year old is, well let’s say he’s quite into all. I look across at him sometimes, sitting next to me in the couch or walking with me alongside and I begin to see a hint of the teenager that is yet to come. Staring at his own horizon, thinking I can’t imagine what and looking.. well, older let‘s say. It’s the last thing a sentimental mum like me needs to see, I am someone who always wish kids to stay at a certain age forever, like a character from the Simpsons or something. But I guess it isn’t to be. Your children all grow bigger and older around you, leaving you feeling small at times, that is how it’s meant to go, I suppose (sigh!!)…

Yay!!! Spring is here….after the doom and gloom of winter, my favourite season is upon us at last and my spirits are instantly lifted. As spring flowers raise their heads all around you, Sun god decides to make more frequent visits, so yeah all great and bright things on the way….I honestly believe that this year is racing at an amazing jet pace, can you believe daylight saving starts next week? tell you what, I am certainly looking forward for the longer evenings.

Well, that’s about it from me. Might make a cuppa and see if I can make anymore headway with the mountain of Ironing I got to do… Hang on, phone ringing. Oh gosh, must dash – I totally forgot about something important I had to...More in next...

Alright here I am, yeah I know that I have been a lazy girl of late and have been wallowing in guilt about that.. I still think of blogging and blog in my head all the time. Ok, I made up the blog in my head bit but I still think of the blog! Promise! To be fair it wasn’t just sheer laziness, I was ridiculously, CRAZILY busy at work and fuel to fire is the social calendar, which has been bursting at the seams lately and there is also this outbreak of leavedo’s at work, the other day we took a colleague out for lunch and managed to terrify a restaurant full of innocent people in the process, it was fun believe me :)

Now that I got the formalities bit out of my way :)....Is it my imagination or are the days really going faster?? Winter appears to be passing by faster than I thought and at this rate it might even slip by before me enjoying the chance to hibernate a little….think about it, family snuggling in front of the television while its cold and bleak outside, in the cosy living room with garam cup of chai and snacks to chomp on… ahhh a perfect clichéd MasterCard(priceless) moment, right? Here’s hoping I get to enjoy one of those days pretty soon…As the old saying goes, sometimes we need to stop and smell the roses, I suppose a sanity check always helps, just taking a step back and taking stock of where we’re at with our lives and ourselves. Life is precious and short and I think it is up to us to make the most of it…

And here is some wisdom from Garfield, I just LOVE this guy, he is full of humour and quite a classy one may I add..

Ok gotta go and finish some work before I say Ciao to the week…more in next…

Aaj main oopar aasmaan neeche
Aaj main aage zamaana hai peechhe
Tell me o khuda Ab main kya karoon
Chaloon seedhi ki ulti chaloon

Finally I fit into a pair of jeans I have put aside for the past 5 months.... Girls, u know how it feels!! To top it, I am listening to some awesome music these days, amazing tunes and melodious voices...

I had couple of weeks off and indulged in some quiet afternoons, lazy reading, munching junk, shopping, late night BBQ’s and plenty of couch time…Yesss MOVIES, hoping to post the list very soon. Anu and me saw all the Harry Potter movies once again and here are some of the good lines I remember by Dumbledore.
*It is not our abilities that show what we truly are... it is our choices.
*For in dreams, we enter a world that's entirely our own.
*Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, when one only remembers to turn on the light.

Oh, and one more thing, a major achievement to account for my holidays - Venu and me managed to clean our backyard which we have been putting off for quite some time, it was some hard work I tell you…I have some friends who take great pleasure in gardening and claim it to be relaxing but I can never get my head around that concept. Now that the backyard is clean and tidy we need to get on to landscaping.

Right now my head is spinning with the sole thought of getting back to the grind but I suppose nothing can drag me down as I am a bit carried away with my new jeans.

and where were we with the song again.. Yoonhi bin baat ke chhalke jaaye hansi, Dole jab hawa laage gudugudi, Sambhaloon gir padoon, lalalla...

Oh Gawd….It’s Monday!! I have hoped and hoped this morning that the clock would magically turn back and make it Sunday again, so I wouldn’t have to leave my cozy warm bed and face the world... well, can you blame me after the performance of Men in Blue (meri izzat ki tho waat lag gayi).....Yeh Ghalib ji ka sher unke naam -

Anu is right! I gotta get my loyalties right, Go Black Caps!!!

Why is it that weekends always pass in the blinking of an eye, while five days of work doesn't? - An eternal mystery to me. Kaash.. only if we could do something to make them a bit longer. I am pretty sure I am not the only one to think like this, come Monday morning you see the very same pepped up individuals who sang ‘Have a great Weekend’ dragging their steps with long faces on Monday. I know what my goal for the future is now, to find a job where I can have a three-day weekend (Lucky Govind). But on second thoughts how would the weekends be special if we didn’t have 5 weekdays (Ssshhh..this is my confused soul speaking)

So, chalo all you smart people – here is your mission for the day….Put your thinking caps on and figure this out - How do we make the weekends longer?? While you do this, I will try and figure out if there is a way of dozing away on desk with my eyes open.

Chalo ab thoda sa kaam bhi karloon…Signing off with hope on this splendid Monday morning that holds the promise of a wonderful week ahead - Have fun!!