Oh and Happy 2012!

Much to be happy about and thankful for this year. Completing one year of married life after all the years of living in sin, moving to London, new job, new home, new friends and most importantly for Dot!

P.S: Dear Dot, if you ever read this then we are most excited about meeting you in a few months and spending our next new year's eve with you.

The things one googles when pregnant!

Ranges from biology to astrology making pit stops at very gritty subjects which leave you shivering in a corner and sleeping with the lights on.

Best to have a sense of humour about it me thinks.

18 day vacation comes to an end.

Devastated. Can't remember the last time I had such an awesomely relaxing vacation. Can't foresee the next time I will. The things in between better be worth it !

It's okay to be an outsider!

It irks me no end to see recent migrants to America so eager to replace all their old associations, experiences so quickly.

If you are a self-proclaimed tam-brahm used to waking up to smells of filter coffee and idli sambhar for more than two decades then don't claim to be getting into festive spirits and realising life is good when you smell freshly baked cookies five Facebook status updates later.

Living in New York for 6 months doesn't make you a New Yorker so please don't speak for the city or the people if your favourite pass time is heading to New Jersey to gorge on "desi" food.

Just admit that you are an outsider. Why let the urge to fit in overwhelm you so much that you give up on things that made you who you are to begin with?

When in Spain...be intriguing and dramatic.

Unpredictable 2011 still continues to be so. Not one to be forgotten on December 31st at 12am, 2011 has planted its seeds which will blossom in 2012 and stay with us for the rest of our lives.

Coming into 2011, we had plans of being back home in Bombay this time this year celebrating our 1st wedding anniversary with freinds and family. And still here we are in Majorca, Spain sitting out in the sunny balcony of our 8th floor hotel room, looking at the sea and being awe struck by how unpredictable life is.

The lovely orange trees, almond, date and olive farms and the rolling hills all building sketches of Spain only read of in books is definitely making us count our blessings for being able to travel and see so much.

Unable to write in singular anymore , no matter how hard I try. Just a sign of times to come...it's going to be about 'us' more so than ever. 2011 is going to be tough year to forget.

Restlessness

Despite my active imagination, I don't think my mind has been so jumpy in a long time. Constantly moving from job to life to travel to lunch menu to rain and repeat with some new variables.

I've been at my new job over a week and it's been a painfully slow start. All I seem to do is read blogs and go out drinking with colleagues. I doubt my younger self would have complained about this, but sadly I'm older and in a real big hurry to kickstart my career and attain eternal fame, wealth and prosperity.

Yesterday, finally I managed to get some work an then I realised I'm not as quick at picking things up as I used to. Or maybe I've been so bored at work the past week my brain is simply refusing to compute and understand the counter-intuitive softwares used by the company. Eitherways it isn't making me feel smart and therefore I am not liking my job already.

On the train into work today, I regretted my loss of wonder when I used to gape at everything and be a tourist. Now I just feel like one of the many zombies, running through life just to get onto the 8:07 train in time.

I need to calm down. Calm my mind down. This big mug of black coffee isn't helping.

First day of work at the new job tomorrow. My clothes are ironed and kept in the study. Bag packed. Tummy full of butterflies. Nervous like the first day of school.

Will there be bullies? Will there be friends? Where will this lead me? Delicious excitement of the first page of a book.