| This is one where we did absolutely nothing noteworthy.
Drove to F town Saturday late morning in drizzling rain, car hydroplaned at 75mph on a puddle of water, sending shivers down the spine, not a good idea to speed at 75mph on autopilot in the rain.
Yummy Tambrahm lunch of vatha kozhambu and beans and keerai masiyal, not to forget rasam and home made thayir.
Created the 'mood' to watch a movie while the kiddos were in their own world playing upstairs. How thankful I was that friends were the kind that let the kids plays by themselves instead playing with them (like DH ;--P) Some parents, their life revolves around kids. A reminded me that when we were young we would play with our friends with not much adult supervision. Fun times! I am not sure if our kids will get to do that. Summer holidays were filled with days where we kids will gather in someone's house for the day and go home only for lunch and dinner. But of course we can only dream of watching a movie while the kids in the house were awake. We watched for exactly 20minutes.
Visited another friend for dinner. I felt left out (or not) when the talk revolved around managing two kids. Managing two kids is four times the work of managing one. Dotter was too excited to have so much playtime, she had an accident. Poor thing.
I have become old. I don't sleep well if I am not in my own bed. Darn! Woke up at 4am and couldn't go back to sleep.
Yummy, slurpy oats with veggies for breakfast. More chatting and yapping.
Picked up Thai lunch, more gastronomic heaven. More yapping. Planning summer trips. Planning second sabbatical trips together. Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica!! One can dream. We went for a short walk in a beautiful trail.
On our way back realized we were friends with these guys for 10 years. We grew up together and that lets us be ourselves inspite of our quirks. Just accepting each other for who we are.
DH and I have known each other since we were 19. Really grew up together, dreamt of a life together.
We have known these guys since before they got married. JSK and E have known each other since there were born. It is too cute to see them together. The time we were there, I didn't have to worry about dotter. She didn't come to me or DH for anything. She was too busy playing, doing crafts or even fighting with her friend.
I asked them again why don't they move to the Bay?
We got back. We have some friends here but it is not the same. It breaks easily. Wavelengths don't match. We have our own likes and dislikes and we are not tolerant. As I said I am a mirror. I don't see folks being genuinely nice. I wonder if it is the same difference that comes with living in a big city vs small city. Small city means more time, people are relaxed so people are nicer, and have time for friends? In The Bay, I guess people are too busy, including myself, more commute, less time, more stress, no time to be nice to neighbors? Or may be it is just me that feels that way?
F town trips always leave me feeling this way.
This is one big reason in favor of nearby public school. Dotter will have some friends closeby. But Mr Elon believes in 'unschooling', and not a fan of the public school system ( http://anonhq.com/elon-musk-admits-to-unschooling-his-children/) Alas not everyone can afford to do this!
Ciao! |
you must visit us next time you are in F town :). we'll have more time to chat in a relaxed manner.