Weekend @ Atlantic City

M has been making plans to the Atlantic city for the last 3-4 weeks but something or the other was coming up and plans were getting cancelled. He was on call this weekend so it was kind of sure that we are not going  to Atlantic city , but on Friday after events took  a  turn and M swapped his weekend support with a collegue and once again he stared to plan the trip. We could return back the same day as the drive is only two hours.

So Saturday morning after the routine breakfast and lunch drill we were supposed to leave. Once again I was not really excited about going there so kind of dropped the idea at the last minute and started watching TV and within minutes M started complaing about how we are postponing it for weeks.  So I pulled myself together and started getting ready. The reason why I was not so enthusiastic about the Atlantic city trip is my stay in Cyprus. I was living on the sea front there and every evening we would take long walks on the sea front. Weekends meant shopping at the farmers market for fresh fruits & vegetables and head towards the beach. There was a small rocky island within a small distance, so M and myself would carry a beer each and swim to that island, sit on those rocks soak up some sun, drink our beer and catch up with the stuff happened on the weekend. This was very unwinding and very romantic. So now if I have to drive two hours to get to a beach, it doesn’t motivate me that much.

Anyways lets come back to the present, so on Saturday afternoon around four we started from home for Atlantic city. We totally forgot about the traffic part and it took us three and a half hours to reach Atlantic city. We parked our car in Bally Casino and came towards the shopping area to find a whole bunch of brand names like Banana Republic, GAP, Ralph Lauren…..Well no points for guessing, I totally forgot about the beach and the boardwalk and entered into Banana Republic. Found a cute pair of white sandals and really cute almost grey metallic hand bag. Bought them without a second thought while husband was sulking for that I was wasting time shopping instead of going to the beach. Within minutes we headed towards the beach and it was almost dark. I was almost sure these guys will not get into water but booboo never fails to surprise me. The moment he saw water he ran towards he waves trying to catch them and I ran behind him. A big wave washed the shore and I could feel cold water on my legs and I immediately grabbed booboo and ran away from the water. Booboo was very disappointed and freed himself from my clutches and went to his dad and begged him to go towards the water. And that was the beginning of a wonderful experience. He enjoyed playing in the water immensely. What surprises me is that neither he was afraid of the darkness nor the cold water. Within minutes he was a all wet and rolling on the sand. And then he spots another older boy, almost 5 year old and both of them start laughing at each others jokes. Booboo never gets intimidated by anyone, its so difficult to embarrass him or scare him. After sometime the older boys mother came and he went away and booboo turned to his dad for companionship. This whole thing was so much fun.

I had to literally drag father and son from water and they took shower and got dressed. By the way did I mention anywhere that I did not pack any change of clothes or even towels because M said he wont get into water and I had to run and buy towels and clothes for father and sun while they were having fun in the water. Now all three of us were real hungry and ate a nice big pizza slice. Whenever we come Atlantic city its kind of a custom to eat funnel cake (American version of jalebi) and the curly fries. This time I did not like either and had to eat something good to take of the bad taste and what else can be better than fried ice cream with topped with fresh cream. Now this was awesome and I can suggest you guys to try it at least once. Booboo slept in the stroller after dinner and then we took a long walk on the board walk and I won a few soft toys in some of the arcade games and the M & I went go karting, of course separately because on of had to be with booboo.

After the games and go karting it was casino time. Once again children are not allowed inside so we took turns, blew a hundred bucks and came back empty handed.

We headed back home an hour past midnight and it was a two hours drive. So the conclusion of the trip is that booboo is not scared of the sea and we need take him to Coney island this weekend. But no funnel cakes or curly fries this time.

 

Trouble found me again

Looks like I am not capable of staying away from trouble for a long time. I was under tremendous pressure when I started working for this company. From day one I kept on complaining and M kept on pointing out towards the bright side which included the role I am in, the kind of work atmosphere, blah blah blah.

Somehow I managed to overcome the initial troubles and slowly got comfortable with the role and things started looking better. One fine day I get a call from the director of the new team I moved into recently. One of his manager was moving to another team so he wanted to know if I would be interested to join his team.. The offer was very interesting, I was gonna head the team for US and Brazil, but that doesn’t mean I should not look at the downside.

Its three weeks since I moved into this new team and literally I am walking into the office @ 7:00am which means I start at 6:00am and leave work way past 7:00. Inspite of all this I have loads of pending tasks and unread emails in my inbox. Looks like people have high expectations from me and this makes everything all the more difficult.

When I complain to M he has the same answer, things will improve, give it some time. The question is will I live to see that day? By the way yesterday slept in the bus while coming back home and the driver woke me up when the last stop came. I had to take another bus and travel back home. I need good food and sleep.

 

 

No Title for this post

Its been a while since a wrote a post. I am totally swamped at work and then everyone knows the drill at work. Things are slowly getting under control. Lots of things happened since my last post. From the top of my mind I remember few of them:

*           Found a cleaning lady who comes on Saturday / Sunday morning and helps me in the routine cleaning. It’s a great relief to have her around. I guess for the money I pay for one visit one can afford to have a full time maid for the whole month. Still it’s a very good proposition. The best thing I like about her is the ease with which she adopted my best practices. Looks like I am addicted to the house work because at times I found myself helping her.

*      Had an amazing 4th July weekend. Thursday (3rd) we had early dispersal and I spent shopping at the H & M store in Manhattan. As a fellow shopper put I, it was impulsive shopping but I had fun. I bought two very cute skirts, one halter neck top and a couple of formal shirts. Friday (4th July) we went to the nearby Six Flags (this is the second visit to six flags in the last two months and M has already planned another trip alone sometimes next month). All of us had lot of fun and I was amazed to see that booboo is not afraid of the rides. Infact I am yet to find out something which can scare him, brave little boy he is.

*      Saturday (5th July) we planned a trip to the ocean city but we cancelled it due to rain. We spent the whole day lazing around. It was amazing. Sunday (6th July) we wanted to go to the nearby mall, but M was not in a mood, so instead of the mall all three of us spent one good hour in the Jacuzzi which was followed by lunch and a good long nap. The day was pretty much over and we ended it with a trip to the Indian grocery store and called it a night.

*     Today I took membership for the New York Sports Club, this gym is in the same building as my office so I plan to come here for a work out either before or after work every day.

*      Two of my friends from Cyprus gave birth to baby girls, both of the kids are adorable and the third friend is due in September.

*      Watched Sex and the City with my friend (again she is also from Cyprus but now moved to MI). Well I am not gonna write about how great it is to have friends forever and all that but cannot stop myself from mentioning about the hot neighbor Samantha had. He was “wow”. I also liked how well Samantha handled the situation.

*      My birthday is next month and I have started dropping hints to M.

Well I guess this is all I can remember as of now.

Take care all of you and I will try to be more regular from now on.

 

Its all about me

I am having an extremely busy week at work. Lots of training, wrapping up and all. Amid all this I managed to read my fav blogs. It seems my comments are going in the spam Q, so my request to all is “please check you spam Q”. I picked this tag from Rads. How can I not take it up if she tags me, if she can write I should because her life is at least three times tougher than me. So here you go.

 I am: Very warm person.
I think: positive.
I know: and accept my mistakes and short comings.
I want: to be loved and wanted.
I have: a loving a supporting husband.
I wish: I could undo some of my mistakes in the past.
I hate: when people keep on BS’ing and some other people agreeing to the BS.
I miss: the 6 mths old booboo, best times they were.
I fear: failure.
I feel: sleepy (current status).
I hear: the first cry after booboo was born, every time I close my eyes..
I smell: nothing specifically smelly around me.
I crave: freshly made mango pickle.
I search: my search is over, found my soul mate..
I wonder: what happens after death..
I regret: certain things I did in the past.
I love: booboo and M.
I ache: meet my grandmother
I care: for every living being
I am not: a pessimist.
I believe: in live and let live.
I dance: like no one is watching me.
I sing: I do not.
I cry: when M hurts me.
I don’t always: like to be surrounded by people
I fight: for injustice towards women.
I write: random stuff, no sugar coating.
I win: when there is no hope.
I lose: when I put my best efforts.
I never: cheat.
I always: give what I expect from others.
I confuse: people. No one understands the real me, take time.
I listen: to my mind.
I can usually be found: looking at booboo while he is asleep
I am scared: of death.
I need: some alone time with myself.
I am happy about: my life as a whole.

 

 

 

 

Busy Friday

I am totally swamped at work and down with a terrible cold. Yesterday took a half day off from work to see the doctor. She prescribed me an antibiotic which I bought from the pharmacy and went home around 4:30. Turns out I am not capable of resting at all. So I will stop complaining about how little time I get to relax. So instead of lying down I get into the kitchen, and start cooking dinner and call husband to find out if he wants to finish grocery shopping before picking up booboo. He was ok with the idea and I was there in front of his office at 6:00 to pick him up. Finished the grocery shopping and got booboo and reached home by 8:00. Bathed him, fed him and while baby and daddy were playing I lie down on the couch all exhausted. I could not take a day off today as I am totally swamped. Looking forward to Saturday. One of my friends is visiting me from CT. Coming week is going to be super busy. So wish me luck with that. Have a good weekend y’all.

 

Sex and the City Quiz

I am

40% carrie

30% Charlotte

20% Miranda

10% Samantha

Who are you out of the four? Find here.

 

 

This is how people found my blog

* booboo the baby tv–Is there any TV channel named “booboo”, I havent heard

* most used proxy for gmail in whole world–If you find out please do not forget to share it with me.

* why should we go to six flags–I do not believe in giving free advice.

* kareena kapoor’s haircut–How the hell would I know the details about her hair cut.

* cherries good for lungs–for LUNGS????

* guy look himself in the mirror after hai–You totally lost me here dude.

 

 

Summer made its presence felt strong and good.

So finally summer has arrived and that too with a big bang. AC’s are out, Jacuzzi is refilled with fresh water and some chemicals added to maintain the ph. M finished his release successfully, this kept him working till the early hours of Saturday. Today their team is celebrating by going out for drinks followed by a movie. Needless to add I am super jealous.

Saturday we spent most of the day cleaning, cooking, eating and relaxing in the Jacuzzi. Boo boo loves it there and threw a tantrum to come out. In the evening we went to the nearby Balaji temple. Its always nice to see so many fellow Indians, for a moment I forgot this temple is not located in India. Women wearing tradition Indian dresses, little girls wearing pattu langa (there are the moments which make me wish for a girl) and Indian jewellery, visiting parents, pulihora and payasam and prasadam makes me totally emotional. Booboo loves it when I apply vibhuti and kumkum on his forehead and demands me to apply it in front of every idol there. And then every time M makes a sashtaang namaskaram in front of the god booboo copies him immediately and says govinda govinda. He doesn’t like the tirtham and tries to spit it out the moment I put a drop in his mouth. Somehow he will not eat payasam if I make it at home but in the temple he ate a small bowl. Came home finished dinner and put booboo to sleep. I crashed on the couch while M was clearing the table and loading the dishwasher.

Sunday morning was spent making breakfast, cleaning the second floor, 1st floor and basement. Lunch was rajma chawal, which is booboo’s favorite. He slept immediately after lunch and we wasted no time getting into the Jacuzzi. This was followed by lunch and booboo woke up as I was clearing the table, just in time. We started watching “Race” and at some point I drifted to sleep and M managed booboo. This is what I do not like about afternoon naps, they do not feel enough yet you loose a few hours out the precious Sunday afternoon, which can be utilized to finish some chores. Made the evening tea and we all went out for a walk. This is when the summer heat hit us good and strong. Came back home at half past nine. There was a huge list of chores to finish and we had so little time. I started feeding booboo and M disposed the garbage, we ate dinner, I cleaned dishes while he started ironing his clothes. By the time I managed ironing the formal wear it was 1:00 in the night and we decided to call it a day.

Ps., did I mention about the cold and body pains. Happy Monday everybody.

 

On being the political capital

and becoming the crime capital.  Sad but true.

How I wish things improve.

 

Book Tag

 Tagged by Aditya

The rules:

Pick up the nearest book.
Open to page 123.
Find the fifth sentence.
Post the next three sentences.
Tag five people, and acknowledge the person who tagged you

“Rengifo’s predicament is a symbol of the wrapped economics that have taken root in Venezuela. Surging prices more than doubled the value of oil in the year ended on may 12. That hasn’t put food on the table.”

This is from he Bloomberg Markets, July 2008 edition. ( I know its not a book, but that’s what I was trying to read for the last 3 days)

I Tag, 

Childwoman, Keerthi New, Kiran, Satish Bolla & Swathi

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