Tired !!

I was so tired yesterday that i slept by ten so missed writing the blog. Got up in the middle of the night to switch of the lights and then went back to sleep. May be it has been a hectic week and so my body was responding through tiredness.

It was a normal day at office and a lot of follow up to do for get the data from the business and sometimes it gets irritating :/). Hope all goes as planned and on time.

Isha has fever and has been troubling Mummyji a lot as she does not take her medicine and keeps clinging to her. Tana feels neglected when all the attention is given to Isha and then she starts throwing tantrums :)

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Dust bin !!!

Update :

Work at office is getting hectic as we are approaching the testing phase and have less time to finish all the pending tasks. I had such a hectic week that i did not realise that i and not been writing my blog :(

I wore my new skirt on Tuesday to office and received compliments from my colleagues. They were a few surprised faces too :) On Thursday & Friday i had issue with my net connection and hence was not able to post the blog. On Friday we had a team lunch at a restaurant called "Melbourne House". There is place called Melbourne in UK and it has a Indian restaurant named Melbourne house. The decor, ambiance everything was so very Indian and perfect that the name seemed out of place :)

Saturday: Went to do the grocery shopping with Tana and she was only interested in buying chocolates. Bought new pair of summer sandals for myself after a lot of searching. The dresses and skirts at M&S were so pretty wanted to buy most of them but stopped myself and maintained self control.

Sunday:

Taught Isha to show her teeth, eyes, hair, legs and she learned it pretty fast. But she is a very moody student would only show when she wants to other wise she will not bother. She saw the Orange peel lying on the carpet and took it and threw it in the dustbin...yeah it was so cute we gave her another peel and she went and threw it in the bin. We have to be careful and watch what she is throwing, now that she has discovered the bin.

She took the TV remote from Mummji and tried to change the channel when Mummyji was watching some yoga program. Now that she has learned to walk she keeps moving around the whole place and was trying to walk backwards !!!

Isha & Tana both love strawberries and grapes...actually they are fond of most fruits and that makes me very happy as i not much of a fruit person but prefer fruit juices.

Read about the cirrhosis of liver of Amitabh Bachchan and was very sad, he has been having it since last 8 years and needs to have regular check up because of it. I love him and admire him a lot, so it was sad to read it on his blog. Anyways he is a brave man and has been fighting it for so long, that it does not bother him much. God bless him and may he have a long life.

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Zor se bolna :)

A very hectic day at office and i was wondering where did the time go :( after coming home completed my self appraisal as it is Annual appraisal time. I wonder how much of it will matter in real time.

Heard a beautiful song of Atif Aslam...the lyrics and music were very soothing http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wno0tlYqJdc&NR=1

So sharing it here with all of you. I kept hearing again and again. AA voice is very soothing and melodious.

Tana's school starts today after the Easter break and Mummyji was trying to put her to bed and she told her "Dadi subah mujhe uthathene ke liye mera kaan mein subah zor se bolna aaj kal mujhe thik se sunai nahin deta !!!! Yes madam abhi se uocha sun ne lagi hain.

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Three years abroad !!

Friday :
The day just zooms through and by the time i reach home the kids are waiting for me . I feel so happy to see them and then take over from Mummyji to look after them and handle them. Isha was happy to see me though she does not understand where i go and then suddenly come.

Saturday : Visit to Chester zoo.
Got up early to pack the lunch as we had a trip planned to visit Chester zoo and it was quite a long trip but the kids enjoyed it. Isha kept saying "bu bu" for every animal she saw including elephant. When she saw the Lion she said meow meow which was very funny. She loved to walk in the garden and kept falling and getting up, she wobbled and kept trying to walk. Tana enjoyed seeing the animals, eating the ice creams and crisps. By the time we reached home we were very tired and put the kids to bed after dinner and relaxed.
April 17th - It has been 3 years exactly since i have come to UK and it feels as if I had come just few days back...time flies and when u look back it seems like last week ! Always looking forward to our going back home....when I am not sure, only time will tell.

Sunday :
The House cleaning lady had come so i was able to do other things and was busy till the time i left home to catch the train. I think the weekends are more hectic than the week days and i am more relaxed during the weekdays then weekends, where i hardly relax and I am busy whole day.

Isha keeps walking in her little little steps and wants to hold things in her hand and walk. Got her a toy mobile phone which has musical songs and tunes, she was happy to receive it and played with it. She has been a little cranky and upset and we are not able to figure what's wrong with her....hubby says she is tired after yesterday's trip...but she was in her pram and we all were walking...but may be it was a whole day outing so she must be tired.

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Going in circles

When we have to do lot of documentations which is repetitive in nature we tend to do a lot of copy and paste to save time and re-use the documents, in the copy and paste miss out minor errors and that cause embarrassment later. Hence i was trying to rectify the copy paste errors to avoid such situation which was pointed out by one colleague who is very rude, arrogant and pompous. It was a hectic day and I am glad that the weekend is around the corner :)

Isha has learnt to walk and now she has started to turn around and go in circles, hubby was joking that "jhumma jhumma char din hain hue use chalte hua and she has learnt to go in circles. May be tomorrow she will be running" She speaks to me daily on the phone and when ask to point her nose, points promptly (she doesn't realise i cannot see her...so sweet). Tana's Easter break will end tomorrow and it will back to school from Monday and it will be such a respite for Mummyji.

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Catching up

Friday:
Was glad to be back home with kids, but Isha was upset with me and was not rushing into my arms as she usually does and took time to come to me. Ate yummy chole & puri, thanks to Mummyji as she cooks very well.
Tana darling did a daring act when she requested Dadi to allow her to watch cartoon for one hour and thinking Dadi will not know she climbed on the table and put her chair to reach the wall clock and change the time so she could watch TV for long hours !!! I would not have even imagined to think of such a thought at her age and she has actually has done it. My god kids these days are very fast.

Saturday: A day at the beach
Went to Scarborough Beach as it was bright sunny day and all of us enjoyed the trip. Tana played in the beach along with her Papa and did not want to come out. She went on a donkey ride....yes not horse/ pony but donkey ride on the beach and the donkey's name was Snowy. Isha slept like an angel on the beach in her pram, she was very excited to see all the dogs and kept saying "bo bo " throughout the trip. She walked in the park and enjoyed herself. Tana was helped by a local girl on all the rides / swings of the park as she was a bit scared. Isha was not scared of the swing at all and wanted to play more. Later both the girls made me rush to the restaurant as both of them wanted to use the restroom.

Sunday
Left home early as I had to travel to London. for the US Tourrist Visa interview. Stayed at a friend's place and was talking with her till late night catching up on the news of our Mumbai friends and society.

Monday:
Got up early to reach in time for the US Visa interview and successfully got the visa. There was a bomb scare when i was there and especially when my number was called for the interview, and we all were rushed to the lower level in basement and then waited as the security guard told us not to worry as the glasses are Ballistic proof did not know what to do ? Be happy about it or pity oneself for being there at that time. It was a new experience and made me wonder if something really were to happened how will i be able to reach my family and tell them as i was safe, as we were not allowed mobile phones due to security reasons. Reached office after lunch and was so tired by the end of the day that was in bed by 10:00 PM.

Tuesday:
It was a hectic day at office and I had brought home work too to complete from home. A tragedy happened yesterday as i had typed the whole blog and before i could post the whole write up , it vanished :( hence did not post it yesterday and rewrote the whole blog today.
Isha did an amazing thing today when Mummyji left her on the bed and went downstairs to answer the phone, she got down from the bed by herself and reached near the stairs !!! I was shocked when i heard it, gosh we have to be careful with her.

Today:
Business as usual and so came late from office. Went to local Tesco store on our way home and bought a formal skirt to wear to office and formal trousers. Looking forward to wear the skirt :) excited just like teenagers are when they buy a new dress and want to show it off :0)
Isha has learned to point her nose when asked where is her nose, Tana taught her this ...isn't is cute.

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Anger management

How time flies one never realises....and today was such a day in office with me trying to find where did the time go and what did i do :)

Sometimes egos come in between the relations and because someone once offended you, one does not want to interact with that person and avoids that person by creating more distances between themselves. This is something i noticed today in office and realised i was behaving in similar manner with another colleague. So i need to take corrective measures. I have realised with age instead of mellowing down my temper i am getting defensive and angry quickly when compared to few years ago. I generally don't get angry very soon and hardly loose my temper but since past few months I am getting irritated with minor mistakes and getting angry soon. Need to learn to loosen up a bit and relax....take a chill pill :)

Spoke with Isha and she was trying to blabber something into the phone and i was trying to reply in gibberish as well, mostly the conversation was ta ta ta...and ta ta ta :)

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Pleasant behaviour

Had a less hectic day and was glad for it after such a long time i did not have to rush and come back with home work from office. On my way back from office did not like the Taxi driver behaviour as he was slightly rude and irritated, partly because i was late and partly because i asked him to detour and take through another route. I don't like to meet rude taxi drivers, they put you off :( One has enough things to put them off in office and life you don't want more from anybody else. I think people who work in service industry should always smile and be pleasant with others.

Isha is feeling better but still not eating properly. Keeping my fingers crossed for her to get well soon.

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Work & Credit

Thankfully the work was less hectic than my expectations and so I was quite surprised, never the less got to do lot in the short span and hope will complete the remaining soon. Have a Visa interview next week so busy arranging papers for the same and collecting them from everywhere - office, school, banks etc.

There are all kinds of people, some who do all the work and not take credit for it. Some who do not work but pretend to do all of it and want to take credit for it. Similarly some who know all the things but don't try to show off and some who know nothing but behave they know all. I cannot stand the second category and they get on my nerves. I have noticed that in this world it the second category who seem to get noticed and appreciated because they market themselves inspite of not being a good brand, and the good brand lacks behind because of lack of marketing.

Isha is still not eating and her cough, congestion is still there :( Her vaccination has been postponed to next week because of her cold. God please make her feel better soon and take away her cough & congestion.

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Updates

March 24th to 26th:

I have been very busy at office and hence not been able to write the blog as after coming from office I was busy doing office work and kept postponing to write it for more than a week ! The last week was quite hectic and had no relief at all.

March 27th to 29th

The last weekend was at Tana's friend's birthday party at the Gurudwara and so visited the temple too. Isha enjoyed the visit as she found so much free space to move around. She looked like a doll with her pigtails and kept crawling in the temple.

It was hubby's birthday and so there was a cake and card, got the kids to sign it. As it was on a week day we cut the cake on Sunday and Tana and Isha made such a noise, Tana to cut the cake and Isha for the strawberries on the cake.

March 30th to April 1st :

Again a hectic week at office with video conferences, tele conferences, config, testing and documentation. So much to do and so little time. But the week zoomed past so fast that left me with pending work I have so much to complete before the long weekend !

Isha has begun to walk...take little steps and walk by herself, soon she will be running.

Loonng Weekend 2nd April till today:

Its Easter time and so had long weekend break and got to spent time with kids...no office and no work, did nothing related to office :)

Isha has begun to walk and loves to walk little distances with little help and feels very happy as she gets the attention from us. She is having very bad cold and cough, i think it could be because of her teething issue and she has not been eating properly and not been sleeping well. Poor baby has slight temperature.

Tana has 2 weeks break and she has been driving us crazy... she is always up to something. She stood on the washbasin to watch herself brush her teeth and gave me a heart attack when i saw her. She took the all purpose cleaning liquid to clean her wardrobes and i had to threaten her to not touch it. She creates such a fuss to eat food and we have to bribe or threaten her to eat it.

Though I had the long weekend I am tired due to Isha' health and not been sleeping well. So should catch on my sleep for the hectic week ahead.

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