Boo Boo, Mamma and Daddy

We came back home, and ate dinner and called it a day. Sunday morning we all woke up after 8 and ate a relaxed breakfast followed by yummy cake which you can see here . OMG, how could I miss out talking about the cake. In a long time I ate such yummy cake. You can find the picture here. M kept on saying no for the cake and he wont stop eating once I gave him one bite. That man is full of contradictions I tell you. After we stuffed our faces it was time to explore Boston. We agreed on going to White Horse beach, where you could enjoy some water sports like Jet Skiing, mini vice, boating etc…The moment we reached the parking spot it stared raining. We decided to eat lunch and then come back. So we once again headed to the only Indian restaurant there to stuff our faces. God these Buffets. Swathi’s husband Kishore was surprised to see that I started my meal with the desert. After lunch we browsed through the antiques shop and then went to the water front. After a lot of thinking we took a mini vice and swathi & kishore rented a Jet Ski. M got all excited the moment we stepped into the mini vice and he started speeding. I had a tough time controlling. I was totally freaked out and he got an earful. Booboo did not cry but he did not enjoy it either. The moment we came back a cop was waiting for us and he gave us a speeding ticket. I was a little irritated with the whole thing and gave the cops little small talk.

We drove back home, drank some good warm coffee and one more round of cake, fed booboo dinner and started our drive back home.

There is a teddy bear in Swathi’s house which is really huge and booboo fell in love with it and wanted to carry it all over the house. After he came back he wanted to know where baby (the teddy bear) went. I need to get him one. All together it was a fun trip. Swathi and her husband are friendly and warm people, it feels good to be in their company. Thanks swathi for having us and letting us eat all your cake. I am already looking forward to your trip (which is still not decided when). Come here soon.

This is a welcome back post for Keerthi, even though she is not going to share all the goodies she brought back from India I am writing this post in anticipation of all the posts she is going to write about her trip, about the wedding, parents, friends, shopping so on and so forth.

Now this tag is about listing the changes that are evident in me after I met my soul mate. I have changed as a person from the day I met M which is almost eight years back, some good and some not so good.

Now talking about changes after marriage (I know it’s a little different from changes after meeting your soul mate. Every husband cannot become his wife’s soul mate, but since in my case I believe that my husband is my soul mate I will have to refer to the changes after I met M). Now even as a little girl I was never happy with the thought that a girl has to change after her marriage, be it her eating habits, what she wears, her religious beliefs (in case of an inter religious marriage), her maiden name so on and so forth. I strongly opposed to such ideas and ended up having an argument with whoever mentioned this topic. It always bothered me when I was told that the girl has to change her mannerisms to suit the requirements of her in-laws family and her husbands requirements and I also heard instances when the girl was cursed and labeled as a home breaker if she was instrumental in changing her husband’s mannerisms. Double standards you see. Anyways coming to me I think I did not change much. My basic approach and my beliefs are pretty much the same as before. But here are some changes I came up with after racking my brain.

1. I never knew how to say “NO” till I met M. He told me the importance of talking my mind and avoiding future problems. Since then I speak my mind out most of the times, still there is some scope for improvement.

2. I was always an aggressive person but the levels have gone up after meeting M, he encouraged me to stand up for my beliefs.

3. This one is really important. I was a workaholic before I met M. By saying so I mean someone who worked 14-16 hours a day 7 days a week, without a break for two years. This was the time when we were dating and our relation saw some real bad days. The worst thing was that I was not only working had I was literally working on my Boss’s tasks. He explained me the implications of such approach and how to deal with it. At the end of the two year period everything happened they way he told and I realized my mistake. I started taking it easy, now I am satisfied in my personal life as well as professional life.

4. He also taught me to resolve any issue between me and him. You might wonder why he had to teach me that. Reason is simple, if I don’t like something, I cut myself off from that person or situation and eventually that relationship dies. I confessed my weakness to M during the 2nd or 3rd date and he took care of that and made me talk about what was bothering me and we would never go to sleep without resolving it.

This is all I can think of now. I am not tagging anyone, feel free to take it up.