I am pleased to announce that my indomitable fighting spirit is back. I have taken control of things since my last blog. Not much has changed, but my outlook has. Hopefully that should help. I do sometimes think that it is temporary, but it does help. I may not be able to change things around me, but I can change the way I view it. My mantra for the year is : Add life to your years not years to your life. Yeah Baby!
My bike may not be in the best condition. But it does move albeit after a couple of kicks. :D Next week, I am going to give it for service and the walk back home will be my exercise. I could make do with some weight loss! And the kicking till then, will amount to exercise too! Haa haa.
The stone that came hurling at the car, could have shattered it and hurt us. But it did not. The insurance might really have hard time controlling their laughter when they see us, yet again, but what the heck.
The crap that the fridge oozed has stopped smelling. Or maybe I have got used to the smell, I cannot make out. But it does not bother me. I do look at suspiciously every once in a while, though.
My maid can take all the leave she wants. I am managing the work just fine and my home does look better than ever. I scrubbed it clean yesterday and feel damn good about it. I am contemplating about doing away with the maid altogether. I will be substituting at Neha’s school for a week, without the maid to clean my home. Let’s see how that goes.
The standby for the standby maid has been arranged for. Just to swab the house though. Once I decide about having a maid at all or not, I might just go in for a high-tech mop of some sort.
The fish tank is back to looking good. I reached my hand in with scotch brite and scrubbed and then filtered the water like crazy. Seems to have worked. The fish are doing just fine and the babies, all fifteen of them are doing well. No casualties so far. The babies are 15 days old and growing.
I am going to attack the plumbing issue this month with a vengeance. I am just going to take the maintenance to task. I might have to change a lot of the fixtures but it is going to get done.
My husband has promised a paint job for the house at the earliest and a nice interior designer who did up a couple of my friends’ places is going to get into the picture. The TV stand ( I have visited atleast 10 shops in the past week, but nothing worked out) might soon be a reality and so also a bit of additional wood work that I have been aching to get done.
I started going to the gym. At 7 in the morning. So far it was vacation time for Neha, but now that school starts tomorrow, Let’s see how that goes. I am hoping to stick to that schedule. Otherwise, I will have to make do with evening walks when Neha plays at the sandpit. I did go to the parlour. So what if my face reacted to the fruit facial I got done. Can u believe my luck? My skin might be allergic to being treated nicely for a change!!!!!!!!!!
My husband is really stressed out at work. I am stressed out at home. We need to meet half-way through. That very difficult conversation needs to be initiated. I am going to have to get to it one of these days.
My friends have their life to deal with and I need to deal with my loneliness. I am not prepared at this point to let anyone that close.
My childhood has been a bone of contention all my life. I cannot go back and change it and I cannot deal with it either. I always get stuck here and it always comes back to haunt me.. Damn it.
But I know I am blessed in many ways. It is just that some of the unfulfilled needs as I was growing up was not met and that somehow holds me back. More than I care to admit. I am proud of how I turned out despite my situation.
Anyways, I am facing life full on, face rash and all, with renewed vigor. I should not waste time cribbing when it is slowly slipping by and all I will have when I look back will be regrets on why I did not use my time better.
My bike may not be in the best condition. But it does move albeit after a couple of kicks. :D Next week, I am going to give it for service and the walk back home will be my exercise. I could make do with some weight loss! And the kicking till then, will amount to exercise too! Haa haa.
The stone that came hurling at the car, could have shattered it and hurt us. But it did not. The insurance might really have hard time controlling their laughter when they see us, yet again, but what the heck.
The crap that the fridge oozed has stopped smelling. Or maybe I have got used to the smell, I cannot make out. But it does not bother me. I do look at suspiciously every once in a while, though.
My maid can take all the leave she wants. I am managing the work just fine and my home does look better than ever. I scrubbed it clean yesterday and feel damn good about it. I am contemplating about doing away with the maid altogether. I will be substituting at Neha’s school for a week, without the maid to clean my home. Let’s see how that goes.
The standby for the standby maid has been arranged for. Just to swab the house though. Once I decide about having a maid at all or not, I might just go in for a high-tech mop of some sort.
The fish tank is back to looking good. I reached my hand in with scotch brite and scrubbed and then filtered the water like crazy. Seems to have worked. The fish are doing just fine and the babies, all fifteen of them are doing well. No casualties so far. The babies are 15 days old and growing.
I am going to attack the plumbing issue this month with a vengeance. I am just going to take the maintenance to task. I might have to change a lot of the fixtures but it is going to get done.
My husband has promised a paint job for the house at the earliest and a nice interior designer who did up a couple of my friends’ places is going to get into the picture. The TV stand ( I have visited atleast 10 shops in the past week, but nothing worked out) might soon be a reality and so also a bit of additional wood work that I have been aching to get done.
I started going to the gym. At 7 in the morning. So far it was vacation time for Neha, but now that school starts tomorrow, Let’s see how that goes. I am hoping to stick to that schedule. Otherwise, I will have to make do with evening walks when Neha plays at the sandpit. I did go to the parlour. So what if my face reacted to the fruit facial I got done. Can u believe my luck? My skin might be allergic to being treated nicely for a change!!!!!!!!!!
My husband is really stressed out at work. I am stressed out at home. We need to meet half-way through. That very difficult conversation needs to be initiated. I am going to have to get to it one of these days.
My friends have their life to deal with and I need to deal with my loneliness. I am not prepared at this point to let anyone that close.
My childhood has been a bone of contention all my life. I cannot go back and change it and I cannot deal with it either. I always get stuck here and it always comes back to haunt me.. Damn it.
But I know I am blessed in many ways. It is just that some of the unfulfilled needs as I was growing up was not met and that somehow holds me back. More than I care to admit. I am proud of how I turned out despite my situation.
Anyways, I am facing life full on, face rash and all, with renewed vigor. I should not waste time cribbing when it is slowly slipping by and all I will have when I look back will be regrets on why I did not use my time better.
6 comments:
hugs dear...and wow, i liked ur spirit..great going,huh! chin up, with an attitude like this, u would sure race ahead of ur problems.
Wow !! Hats off to you lady !! If ever anything s gonna help you in your life, it will be this attitude !! :)
As you said, its all about deciding what to do in your life,rather than contemplating why you have to do it !!
May t Force be with you !!
Cool!!! Back up and bouncy again - great! Now just keep the tasks doing and don't hesitate to reach out to friends. Sometimes we just think they have their lives but they are always happy when we reach out.
"I may not be able to change things around me, but I can change the way I view it."
That's it...exactly it!!!!!
....way to go babe....nothing I say can be better than this phrase.
Joined the gym huh....now u r motivating me.
ROFL....reaction to a FRUIT facial.
Hi, I am a first time visitor, but loved your fighting spirit! take care...and be happy...trying times like this makes us stronger and reilient...
Hey, keep up the spirit going. I am one of the persons very much influenced by you. I've always thought of you as a person who has fought all kinds of odds to live life in the real meaning.
Fight back, lady.
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