A happening neighborhood

Today I invited friends in the community over for baking a choco vanilla cake together! All the kids were excited. 

It was a nice gathering - catching up once in a while is so much fun. And every time we have new friends joining in and making our big group closer! 

As we ladies chit chatted, cracked jokes and were enjoying our time, the kids were  well occupied with my adult coloring book and coloring tools. All gals! 

With every get together, we start planning for the next. And so is the next one all set. Potluck at a friends place. And it's full attendance! All in! Stay tuned for stories. Make your neighborhood exciting too. 

Talking to the walls

Last night, back from an evening with my girlfriends, my hubby was sleeping when I entered in. I called him twice. No response. Then minutes later I came to bed. Then he asked when did you come back and what all did you do? I said just now and the whole story-ladies night out! 

This morning again he came to me and asked the same question. I was like I have already told you and you asked last night. 

Guess what, he doesn't remember anything from last night in his sleep?! Wow! Ya I told the story again! Lol. 

This isn't the first time. Usually he is awake and asks me random stuff. And the same day or another day he would ask the same thing. 

Men simply don't listen! It's equal to talking to the walls! 

Guys- what do u expect? How should we talk such that you d listen and respond? 

Gals- Any solutions?

Note: I don't wanna explain things so Crystal clear to the walls around me!

Ladies night out

It's just my third time meeting these girls. They a bunch of fun loving folks. We planned for bowling and then dinner. But the real story is never what we plan. It's always the spontaneous plan that works. So we all gathered, started as planned in 2 cars. 6 of us. The 7th one joined us directly for dinner. Actually right in time after all the chaos. So we 6 first reached the bowling alley. Strangely they don't accept reservations. As we reached there, we realized it was full and the wait list way too long. Didn't look like we would get a lane. So we chit chatted for a while. And then left for dinner- inchin's bamboo garden. A indo Chinese restaurant. 

Here's my review 

And some pictures:

Then we went back to the bowling alley hoping we would get a lane. But no luck this time too. As usually got stuck there standing and chit chatting. Later planned to sit and continue. We spent some good time together laughing and giggling and finally got home late. 

Really a great evening !! Hoping to meet more often and regularly. 

My sleep cycle - A big complain on me

A biggest complain on me is my sleep cycle 

I just can't sleep early and wake early. Oh ya if I have to, I wake up though. But sleeping, it's always the same. So tough to go to bed by 10. I hit the bed by 12. And it takes me 1 - 2 am to fall asleep. One reason being no physical activity all day plus over sleeping during the day. And excessive sleeping is due to boredom. Yes, when I start working my day will be fine.

But nights? I doubt it. I studied 4 years engineering and during that time I used to wake up by 530 and catch my bus by 630am. I still remember those days I caught the bus on time. And maintained a 95% attendance. And if missed my bus, it would be a pain to reach college- walk, public bus, another public bus, walk. Uffff... Tired. That too in the place I studied - the heat and humidity way too much. So did I sleep on time? No way- it's my active time, the time I study, do my assignments! I love that hour, the darkness. Lol. I would go to bed not before 12. Weekends I did sleep longer though. Wake up at 10. That was the max that was allowed at home, else the fan would go off. My mom 'd be screaming. Breakfast would be getting cold. 

I believe in hibernation since then. Sleep when I can and if I can't, that's fine. I am not sleepy during days! Perfectly fine! Nights are when I usually write my blogs. I can't study in the morning, it's not my best time. 

That's me - A night owl 

I am not claiming if this right or wrong or good or bad. But it's something I am struggling to change. And so far I don't have any problems about- still young and healthy! 

Hope I am so in the future too. 

Can a night owl change completely to a morning person? 

My 10 cents - quick tit bits for new couples

My 10 cents - Advice - quick tit bits for new couples (be it married or not) 

Life lessons learnt over the years --

No one put the words together 

Experiences in the long way brought them together 

1. Over-possessive over your partner and they are at the moment not equally the same? -- get a distraction, a hobby for yourself. 

2. Fighting a lot? No solutions as yet? -- take a break, go silent for a while.

3. When is the right time to get married? -- When you and your partner are financially stable, When you have a steady income, experience needed to easily find another, When you can support each other in times of need and When you have a decent saving/balance to live in times of crisis.
(Age doesn't matter)

4. Is sorry's and thank you's necessary? 

Yes if you take each other for granted and disrespect each other.

If not, then it's not required.

5. How to segregate your time? -- professional space, personal space and family time

Then social time - friends n extended family 

6. Your partner is testing your patience? -- I recently started this -- counting numbers ... That way I remember what I was talking n he replies too .. there's a gap of 30 seconds ... Gets on my nerves! Errr... 

7. A good habit -- save the good days n events -- write them down 

Will make you happy , when u look back to the memories of your wedding life .. Thou the present doesn't look that great .. On a rare bad day! 

8. Expectations and disappointments are quite natural -- can't avoid -- so better express them more often and get them to realistic ones 

9. Marriage is partnership! Justify it with all your daily chores! 

10. Dating and living together in a marriage are two different things. Both of you may change. No one to blame. So talk important things well ahead- financials, kids, dreams, goals!! 

I wish you live a honeymoon life all along!!

Realizing my honeymoon phase is all over! It's my second anniversary! Trying to hit the Refresh button every now and then, when we run off track! Life is rocking!!! 

Work-Life Balance

How does it look for you? How do you wish it to be and how is it actually?

The balance has always been the way I would love it to be for me. It’s always my colleagues that become friends and after work we hang out together. Plan our evenings and weekends. I miss those days.

Enough is said about movie nighters. Before that it was 2 young ladies. We used to meet up during lunch at work and then after work hours. I never went straight home, we always had other plans. And of course most of the time you could find me at their place. They were roomies. You‘d mistake me too to be their roomie, Coz most of the time I‘d be there. We wished I could stay along with them too but their third roomie didn’t entertain that. Ha ha.

Next I look forward to a new job and good friends too. Hope I am lucky this time too. 

Music to me!

I love listening to songs and music. I can listen to them all day. It’s more of a background music to me as I am browsing other stuff and working on other things. I rarely listen to the words and the meaning. For me, music has helped me--

1. In writing records while in school and college- I always felt I wrote faster when listening to faster beat songs and wrote slower while listening to melodious songs.
2. It lets me concentrate while I am studying for exams- Yes you heard that right. If the music wasn’t running in the background, I would have 1000s of distractions in compare to just one distraction of music. I actually do read well with this running on background in low volume. 
3. It calms me down while stressed or nervous- good music to the ears is always pleasant.

How is music to you? Share your thoughts.

How to turn your boring life to an exciting one?

You know I am actually bored. Having no clue what to do. I am looking for a job, but meanwhile, the journey to pass each day is a struggle. There’s nothing exciting to wake up in the morning and nothing to do during the day. So how on earth would you expect me to even fall asleep at nights when all I do is sit idle all day?

However beautiful a city is, what matters more is your friends. A bunch of friends- likeminded in nature is at most important. And that’s what I am missing now. Leaving back all my friends in Chicago and around, my hubby and I moved here- Seattle! I know no one here. I did make friends around but no one is as jobless as I am. They may be equally bored but no one’s cribbing like me for excitement. 

Looking for hobbies around- everything seems expensive. As in even those I would get bored of soon. And it’d be waste of the money. As of now, blogging is my only free hobby. I need things to do that would spend time rather than money. 

Guess the only thing possible is to keep making bucket lists. So then there would be a list of random stuff to do. The next time I am out of job- I sure should have a plan ready. Ha-ha. No more cribbing. LOL. 

Comment below/ message me/ call me- and we can have a discussion on it. A random bucket list of things to do when you utter the word- “BORED”.

Blogging after a week…

Hi Friends! Had a good birthday week, a kind of packed birthday week. A lot of events each day. Of course I had to finish 26 things in 5 days. So it did take a turn on me. Along with them I also put up with time to blog in and maintained posting a blog every day.

Soon after the busy week, I wrote a couple of blogs. Ah I should say I started a couple of blogs, couldn’t finish any of them, my thoughts didn’t quite flow through. Somewhere in the process they got stuck each time I started a fresh random topic. Then I closed the word document. And said to myself, skip one day, its fine. Then 2 days, then it was 3, and now a whole week!

My last week, had been a bit held up with jobs and interviews. That could too add on as an excuse to writing. Today- was a good day after long. I had left over food and so didn’t have much cooking to do. Also all my friends had been watching this movie – Kung Fu Panda 3. My hubby wasn’t interested in a cartoon movie. LOL. Oh ya, and do you remember my birthday plan list- had some leftover ideas.

Yup, watch a movie by myself. I got myself ready, and headed to the theater. I didn’t plan or check the timings. Just randomly walked out. Reached the theater counter, asked for the next show timing- it was in 10 minutes. Quickly got a ticket. And headed over to the theater. A good theatre it was. Good seats. Empty one as usual- odd timing you know. 20 minutes full of advertisements. Then put on the 3D glasses and it was a good show.