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| Weekend (garbled) thoughts |
| Monday, March 23, 2009 |
Only this week, I was thinking, that its been a long time since we had a weekend getaway. Somehow this year has been quite quiet, with Saturdays and Sundays packed with gym and cooking and some TV and cleaning and catching up with work and some other stuff. I didnt want to spoil the gym routine. The first thing we do on Saturday mornings is go to the gym and sweat a little, followed by grocery shopping or some chore. I didnt want to stop that. It is one of the essential days of gym when we have time to workout how much ever we want, although I get tired soon, and ask DH to get done fast.
Plus our Friday splurge of Masala Dosa at the local Indian Restaurant, has to be nullified by work out. So Friday Zumba class followed by Masala Dosa, which is immediately followed the next day morning by another hour of gym, I hope to burn all the excess calories accumulated because of the Dosa splurge.
Anyway, Summer is just around the corner, so we can do some biking or hiking instead of working out at the gym, I am looking forward to it.
So coming to the story, (finally), Saturday diverged from our usual routine. So I was just thinking so and Friday morning a friend pinged me and asked me if we can meet, she was visiting all the way from Midwest and we were also okay with some outside air on a Saturday.
Where else to meet in Bay Area but our dear old Saravana Bhavan?
We left pretty late and picked her from her friends place and drove for lunch. There was a few minutes of wait time, but we got seated comfortably. She is a friend from high school. So you can see its been a really long time. I did visit her in UIUC back in 2004 when I was in Madison. And now I was seeing her after almost 5 years, and she hadnt changed one bit. I guess some folks are like that. Never change. And she is one of those friends with whom even if you talk after ages, the time gap would not matter in the conversation, she has the knack of just starting it off from where we left off, may be a year ago.
I also almost forgot how much she talked. ;--) It is a good quality to make people feel at ease around you. It certainly helps in life. I was telling DH while returning as to how I would like to be like that as well. She was in fact surprised to know I was even a little bit social. Back in high school, I was such a quiet girl, if I had not known her, I would not have known anyone in the school. And I knew her and talked to her only because we sat on the same bench. ;--)
I learnt some lessons from her. The first thing that comes to my mind is this. At that age, I was a total pushover. I was a people pleaser. And she made me understand some people need not be pleased. ;--) The lesson came a long way. She is a typical PSBBian, if you know what I mean.
We shared a little bit of family dynamics. About how I wake up early and DH stays up late, and how chores are split between couples, depending on our natural tendencies. She pulled my leg quite a bit, just like good old days of high school, mostly for being a goody goody girl.
We dropped her at SF where she was staying for her conference. And as we left, I was transported back to school days. I did fill DH in on all the nitty gritty details of those two years. I sometimes miss being around such highly motivated, energetic folks with some qualities that have helped me be what I am today to a certain extent. She will always be one of the few people who have changed me and my perceptions for the good. Some people stay to make an impact, dont they?
We stopped at the Outlet Mall on the way and shopped for some summer clothes. Our part to help boost the economy a little bit. Its funny I read recently about how Jetblue is giving flight deals which say one can get the ticket refunded if they lose their job upto a few months after the travel dates!
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Sunday was as typical as can be. It was mostly spent cooking and cleaning and watching Heroes back to back. That is our new obsession. It would suffice to say I get weird crazy dreams on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.
I think I can safely talk now about how I have become regular at cooking. Morning I had this sudden urge to make Adais, I was browsing for recipes and the pictures really made my mouth go watering. Yes, that in spite of having eaten dosas at Saravan Bhavan the day before. Nothing like home food, cooked to our taste. Rice and dhals were soaked before going to church.
I was highly emotional at church I guess, our Pianist's husband had died recently. And she took just one week off and was back to playing this week. I eyes welled as I saw her. She was very old in her 80s maybe, and I do realize death is natural in life. But still having spent a major chunk of your life together with some person, if they suddenly are no more, I just dont know how one can survive it.
I do feel bad if our routine gets disrupted for just one day or one week, and when are not able to do the things that we would normally do. Well, I guess we will cross the bridge when we come to it.
Last week, I said to DH," En life veggies cut panniye mudinjudum pola irukke" ;--) And this weekend he wanted to help me cut veggies. I know he didnt want me to get tired of cooking, and wanted to make it as less painful as possible. May be once a month he would cook for me, it was this Friday this month. I sent him the receipe, he faithfully followed it and it came out very tasty.
A session of cleaning up followed. Once again I realized how chores at home are split. Some things may be only I know and do, and some things only he knows and does. Some hours we spend doing our stuff, with the music blaring, once in a while hugging each other, teasing about anything under the sun. Anything is fun when done together, with someone you love.
Adais came out super, even I was surprised, given I was making it for the first time. I should thank my Mom and my MIL, for I realized how cooking can be made easy when they visited recently. Lunch was followed by TV watching, and we slowly drifted away into our afternoon slumber. As we woke up it was time to go to the gym. I enjoy gymming over the weekend, because of the company.
Sundays evenings are the most hectic. Cooking for DH to take, batches of rotis made, and lunch boxes packed. I try to make enough so I dont have to cook much during the week. Again both of us are working like we have wheels on our legs. We want to get done with the chores soon, so that again we can spend some time together before sleep engulfs me. This is a typical Sunday.
I am still waiting for the day when both of us will live under the same roof, everyday of the week. And as I have said earlier, may be many years from now, I will have some nice juicy stories to tell my grand kids, about the struggles we had to go through to make a long distance relationship work, I am sure they will listen to it wide eyed.
Ok thats my quota of emotional talk for the week, back to the grind now. |
posted by SK @ 6:16 AM  |
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| 8 Comments: |
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"I was thinking, that its been a long time since we had a weekend getaway"
hey, what was the valentines day all about!! :p
And I know those typical PSBBs. I know!
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oo I totally forgot that you and DH were in a long distance relationship.. there there..
I know you have been prodding me to write.. but I find nothing interesting these days you know..
WRT the PSBB comment- I know those types too :)
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Long distance relationships can be really really hard... but then the number of fights also reduces ;) Distance makes the heart go fonder... so don't worry, good times are ahead of you! Cheers!
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Hmmmm..Is she still at UIUC. I know only one girl from PSBB here. I know her hubby, actually. But she was from main. I know you are from Kkn. So she must have passed out.
"She is a typical PSBBian, if you know what I mean."
No I don't. Explain.
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:)
You are on a roll aren't you with the gym. I stopped in the middle, slowly getting back again.
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Sk mail me your id:) I am trying to make my blog private.
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Adi,
:--D yes yes but it was 'last month' no? :--P
Hey I meant PSBBians in a good way.
Daisy,
yes yes hopefully things will pan out soon.
Write write, i know you have lots of stories, its just a matter of putting them on paper :--D
Dhanya, Thankoo :--D Yes you are right.
Ram, dont think too much. :--)
And fyi u are model citizen of psbb :--P thats why you are clueless.
Rads,
yes yes do continue! :--) I am trying hard.
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"I was thinking, that its been a long time since we had a weekend getaway"
hey, what was the valentines day all about!! :p
And I know those typical PSBBs. I know!