Inhales a deep breath....
Since the last exciting incident in my life (the fire, of course), life has taken a turn for normalcy to return back. With the hectic work schedules playing a major role in my life, getting the 3-day Memorial Day break was a great blessing. Met with 2 of my favorite people and had a blast in Sandusky, Ohio.
With camping, laser tag, bowling, Put-In-Bay, water-rides, cycling, endless barbecues, camp fires and recalling good ol' times of the past years in Minnesota, the 2+ days couldn't have gone any better. Had a terrific time in Put-In-Bay. Anywhere we went, we had great weather and a great party atmosphere. Extremely relaxing and a super time off from the mundane life we all lead. And truth be told, my occasional beer drinking took me out of my comfort zone this time around. I did have Sameer to fall back on, just in case. Alas, honeymoons don't last forever. On the way back to Chitown, we were greeted by the most horrific rainfall we have ever experienced. Timely reminder that days ahead are going to be anything but relaxing. Roughly 3 hours of the total drive was done in heavy downpour resulting in a near-crash on I-90 after reaching Chicago. Harrowing time that, I can tell you. Maharani passed with flying colors.
The complain remains from Kirti that I have to lose a lot of weight, an argument which I can never win. Hence to counter that, I have started to do 2 things. 1) Run (away from her) and 2) Ignore the constant buzz about how terrible I am :)
I do intend to lose "some" of the flab that I have accumulated since the days of my India (& Europe) stopover. I don't understand one thing however, Kirti and I were both under severe stress during our time apart. While I have become the Goodyear blimp, she has become the equivalent of stick figure (Sucheeta and Sameer can vouch for that). I have been tasked and warned to get back to my 2008 "shape", while she conveniently forgets that she has a lot more to lose by not gaining any weight. I have a "work in progress" status for that. And just like the never ending signs of construction work in Chicago, this too is going to be a tough out.
In good news, Kirti got a project at CVS/Caremark for 6 months. Great relief. After nearly a year of near misses and what-ifs, things are looking bright. Don't know how long this will last, but we are not going to waste our time thinking about what-ifs and what-nots. Thinking about the last year, it could have been easily possible that both of us would have been in India with a lot of resettlement issues. Things happen for a reason, elders say. While our focus and our family's constant reminder is for having one or more additions to Rajesh and Kirti (one at a time is enough for Kirti while I would welcome more, the future headaches not withstanding), we are taking one baby step at a time. Now is the time, but actually, the time is now.
In other news, basketball season is over, football does not start until September (sob, sob!!!) and I don't give a damn about regular season baseball. However, FIFA World Cup is here and it has been fun to catch up on some of the games. My favorite team (Die Mannschaft, guess this and you are amazing!!!) has 1 win and 1 loss but given their track record, it is safe to assume, they will be through. I am hoping that is the case.
July 4th weekend is about 2 weeks away and we have made no plans yet to do anything. Lots to look forward to this year. Keep checking back here for more. You will not be disappointed.
Exhales...
Since the last exciting incident in my life (the fire, of course), life has taken a turn for normalcy to return back. With the hectic work schedules playing a major role in my life, getting the 3-day Memorial Day break was a great blessing. Met with 2 of my favorite people and had a blast in Sandusky, Ohio.
With camping, laser tag, bowling, Put-In-Bay, water-rides, cycling, endless barbecues, camp fires and recalling good ol' times of the past years in Minnesota, the 2+ days couldn't have gone any better. Had a terrific time in Put-In-Bay. Anywhere we went, we had great weather and a great party atmosphere. Extremely relaxing and a super time off from the mundane life we all lead. And truth be told, my occasional beer drinking took me out of my comfort zone this time around. I did have Sameer to fall back on, just in case. Alas, honeymoons don't last forever. On the way back to Chitown, we were greeted by the most horrific rainfall we have ever experienced. Timely reminder that days ahead are going to be anything but relaxing. Roughly 3 hours of the total drive was done in heavy downpour resulting in a near-crash on I-90 after reaching Chicago. Harrowing time that, I can tell you. Maharani passed with flying colors.
The complain remains from Kirti that I have to lose a lot of weight, an argument which I can never win. Hence to counter that, I have started to do 2 things. 1) Run (away from her) and 2) Ignore the constant buzz about how terrible I am :)
I do intend to lose "some" of the flab that I have accumulated since the days of my India (& Europe) stopover. I don't understand one thing however, Kirti and I were both under severe stress during our time apart. While I have become the Goodyear blimp, she has become the equivalent of stick figure (Sucheeta and Sameer can vouch for that). I have been tasked and warned to get back to my 2008 "shape", while she conveniently forgets that she has a lot more to lose by not gaining any weight. I have a "work in progress" status for that. And just like the never ending signs of construction work in Chicago, this too is going to be a tough out.
In good news, Kirti got a project at CVS/Caremark for 6 months. Great relief. After nearly a year of near misses and what-ifs, things are looking bright. Don't know how long this will last, but we are not going to waste our time thinking about what-ifs and what-nots. Thinking about the last year, it could have been easily possible that both of us would have been in India with a lot of resettlement issues. Things happen for a reason, elders say. While our focus and our family's constant reminder is for having one or more additions to Rajesh and Kirti (one at a time is enough for Kirti while I would welcome more, the future headaches not withstanding), we are taking one baby step at a time. Now is the time, but actually, the time is now.
In other news, basketball season is over, football does not start until September (sob, sob!!!) and I don't give a damn about regular season baseball. However, FIFA World Cup is here and it has been fun to catch up on some of the games. My favorite team (Die Mannschaft, guess this and you are amazing!!!) has 1 win and 1 loss but given their track record, it is safe to assume, they will be through. I am hoping that is the case.
July 4th weekend is about 2 weeks away and we have made no plans yet to do anything. Lots to look forward to this year. Keep checking back here for more. You will not be disappointed.
Exhales...
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