When the kids were in elementary school, we spent a lot of weekends going out to the Pacific Science center in Seattle or generally to other places. We did something or the other every weekend. They did not have any classes to attend on the weekend, no home works to worry about and in general…
Birthday Post
This week we celebrated Sarath’s 17th birthday. As hard as it is to believe that he is 17, I am very happy to see the young man he is growing into. He is compassionate, kind and smart. The transformation he has made from middle school to now has been amazing. He is emotionally mature now…
My Personal Mantra
Recently, I was asked by someone what my personal mantra was – what helps me to keep going through rough phases of life. This is a really difficult one. When we are going through rough times, it is really difficult to focus on the bright side of things. Even though we hope that everything will…
Weekend Snippets
This past weekend, I had to drive Sarath to his lab like every weekend. It is a 45 min drive one way. There is public transport available, but it takes 1.5 hrs to get there. So, to save him time, we usually drive him there and back. On good days, it takes us 1.5 hours…
Conversations
Last weekend I applied a hair dye on my hair. The one I usually use was not available and I bought another one to try. I just did not like it at all. While I was waiting for it to dry, I was doing some stuff around the kitchen and was talking to Sarath. I…
Having it All!
Happy New Year!! My mom was a working woman who managed to balance it all beautifully. She has always been my role model. But, when I am trying to do it all and have it all, it feels so much more difficult. She made it look so easy even though I know it was not…
Washington DC
We finally made the trip to DC and New York this summer. It was a long awaited trip. The kids have been asking to go to NYC for a long time, but something or the other prevented us from making it happen. This summer we planned it in the one week window we had where…
Summer 2022 – Part 2
Read about our summer adventures part 1 here. As soon as I came back from India, my in-laws came to California from Denver. My BIL’s son and my SIL’s kids came with them. We had a full house. The kids had fun together. Then both my SIL and BIL families visited us and for one…
Summer 2022
I finally made the time to write about our summer. After two years of not traveling, this summer was a welcome change. The summer went by in a jiffy – maybe I should say summer vacation because in California, summer is not over until end of October. Our summer vacation was super busy yet relaxing…