Jagamum naan Ahamum naan

*** This was written in BC (Before Covid-19) Hurray!!! Its being 2 years and I am so so so ready to visit India. Now there ends the easy part of the whole thing.  Tickets, gifts and CHOCOLATES!!! Now that's the most painful part of the whole trip. It would be lot easier if your people tell you what they want. And all I get for that question is - Oh we just want to see you. Now Now... that's anyway granted. Then I start the grueling part of the process, finding something for people I care. And that certainly took sometime and energy. *** This is AC (After Covid-19) My meticulous planning and packing has all gone to drain as I couldn't travel. This is the disadvantage when you plan too much. I am left with chocolates and gifts which I can't even return  So now I am meticously figuring how to distribute chocolates here.🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Considering how bad I am at updating this space..... as usual this is a week delayed release Obviously I am talking about one main thing that has occupied my whole being- Dewy - Its been 8 years; when they handed over a tiny little mouse like thingie into my hand and thus adding responsibility of another human into your life - The one who irritated the hell out of me by messing with my sleep in early days and later ; turned into a sweet darling one that awaits for me to come from office so that she can just lays her eyes on me before she jumps to bed after weary day. - At the cost of sounding cliche, I have grown with her, from being an impatient self to considerably more patient and many other better qualities (so I say) - And just like that in front of my eyes, there she has grown and entering tween. - She has a very unique perspective to things and also a very strong personality which I sometime find it painful - She can be carefree ( oh I don't bother if you done have time for ...

If someone has told me 10 weeks before that Dewy and I can stay in confine spaces for longer period of time without killing each other , I would have asked that person to check their brain  Dewy and I are not huggy, lovey mom-daughter duo and are generally (almost always) at each other throat for something or other. But this 10 weeks has proven that theory wrong.  Staying in, not stepping out of 500 sqft home and no fresh air wasn't something we (basically every human being who is living through this) envisioned for summer. I don't think I can take much credit anyway, as Dewy has held the fort with all her mighty.  She is the grownup in this combination.She took it in her stride. She found innovative ways to play and she cleaned up her shelves and put in place some form of structure to her playing schedule so that she can survive when her mommy dearest works. This is an year we are never going to forget and you know the kind where we would say to the generations. "At that...