What have I done to myself?

• So many thoughts, yet so little time to share it all.
• Many blog friends, no time to stay in touch.
• Enjoy blogging and reading blogs , can’t find time to write or share thoughts.
• Cheeky and smiley are growing up way to quick, haven’t been recording milestones.
• So many new year wishes, haven’t responded to even one!

What have I done to myself? I was enjoying my peace and quiet, all my free time, blogging and sharing thoughts on blogs, making new friends, basically enjoying the free ride that my previous job accomodated.

The new job I took up last month has literally swallowed me! No time to reflect on the year that’s gone by and no time to focus on what the future holds. Completely embroiled in the websites (yes literally, pun intended).  All my energy is focussed on just two things – my job 7.00 am- 6.00pm and my home 6.00pm-10.00pm. 10.00pm-11.00pm if possible manage some time to check on my emails and browse through some blogs.

That has been my life for nearly a month now and I am not a happy camper. Although taking on new challenges at work is awesome, I miss not doing what I really enjoyed doing not so long ago – staying in the loop and in touch! I miss it so much . So, sorry I haven’t been in touch!

On that note didn’t want to miss out on wishing every one of my friends and readers a very very joyful 2010. May the new year and new decade bring lots of good cheer, good health and fresh new beginnings to all.

 

Two to three

This month has been totally chaotic to say the least..parties, new job, holiday and the rest that go with all of these. I’ve hardly written, so I’ve missed out on recording so many important little snippets about life right now. 

Cheeky, I have loads to say to you and write about, but totally pressed for time.

I promise to write down more about our journey within the next couple of days/weeks, but I didn’t want to miss writing to you on this special day, to wish you the best life has to offer. You’ve been a blessing and I couldn’t be more blessed to have you as my child. The ride the last 3 years has been totally memorable and I’ve cherished every minute of my journey.

Happy birthday sweetie! Love you loads.

To be continued…..

 

Relationships

The facet that amazes me the most about human beings and life in general is - relationships. The various relationships we share, live and build over the years, truly fascinating. The key to happiness and success in life depends on how and how effeciently we deal with these relationships. Every relationship is an interesting one and they all leave us with a story to remember and cherish.

The last movie that I  enjoyed watching was ‘Fashion’. Hardly watch movies these days especially coz I have to watch them over 3-4 days or sometimes weeks. The other option is to lose sleep over the movie to watch it in one go, which means the movie has to be really worth it. But I haven’t done it in ages.

I finished watching Paa yesterday.  Was such a feel good movie. Relationships have been handled so beautifully with no melodrama. Simple play of emotions and not a taxing emotinal drama leaving you heavy when you walk out.  Lighthearted. Music is kind to the ear and very pleasing. Vidya was elegant, simple and a pleasure to watch. Everyone has done justice to their role, no unwanted characters. So, I’d like to say when I finished the movie I felt good. Paa is a movie that can be enjoyed by everyone.

The film advert’s say it is a Father son, Son father story. In my opinion though, the director has dealt with a range of relationships in a subtle, yet intense way. I am listing the one’s that caught my attention the most and in the following order. Spoilers ahead if you want to watch the movie and don’t like reading snipets.

Mother – Daughter : Absolutely astounding. Gentle and kind. The scene that got me sold, was when the daughter tells the mum - she is pregnant. The daughter a young medical student is going through a myriad of emotions herself -  career aspirations, being a single parent, society, friends etc when the one and only line the mum utters over and over again when the duaghter is confused is - “do you want to have the baby or not” ignoring every other factor and tells the daughter that when her dad passed away she was only 2 and her mum brought her up alone and is still there for her. Gave her the confidence that she could do it without chiding her or showing any kind of remorse! I wonder if there are mum’s in the real world who’d be like her.

Mother – Son: Very special. Melted when mum reveals to her son who the dad is in a very matter of fact way. The son asks his mum – “Why did you not tell me all this while, why did you wait” and the mum says coz I didn’t want to share you with anyone. I wanted to have you all for myself. Raw emotions hiding nothing. Truly sensational.

Son - Father : Interesting. The son has no idea of the father or his existence. Doesn’t know what a father’s role is meant to be in his life. Still when the mother shares the information about the father, there is curiosity, the bond is built instantaneously. How? Is that the speciality of your own blood. The son wants to have similarities with the father, the son is able to connect with the dad as well as he is able to connect with the mum who’s been with him the last 12 years. How can this be explained? I don’t think anyone can. He wants to see his parents together, his only aim!

Grandma – Grandson: Totally rocks. She is the pillar of support in his life when his mum’s not around and that has been so aptly portrayed.

Father – Son: Strong.  When the father finds out that his son who is highly ambitious and successful politician with a vision has gotten into an emotional turmoil and a new family that’s come into his life, the dad asks the son to get out to the media and say it’s all a lie. The dad says something along these lines - “I will kill anyone who comes in my son’s way to spoil his progress” and the son says “thanks dad and I’ll do exactly the same to anyone who tries to ruin my son” basically expressing the same sentiment.

I have one concern for the kids who’ll watch this movie though. I am sure because it involves kids lot of them will be keen to watch it, especially in India. Which brings me to – why am I worried? A number of parents will have to deal with icky questions – use of words like condoms, sex, bastards all flow in the movie quite easily. Good luck parents!

 

What’s in a title?

A little while ago I wrote about a change that could be on it’s way! Well, that time has arrived. I have landed on a new job and as of next week I move on to my new role.

It is going to be v-e-r-y different to my current role. New - routine, job profile, team, workload, everything basically! I haven’t had a change, work wise in nearly 4 years! Apprehensive, a bit worried, excited and a bit nervy are all the emotions right now.  Is it a good move with two little babies and a growing family – I don’t know, only time will tell. But I was ready for a change.

Chalk and cheese is how I’d like to describe the girl I’m replacing and me. She is very chic, hip, trendy, loud, single,  and out there person. I am just the opposite.  She makes sure everyone knows how hard she works, I am the silent worker, who doesn’t like to say how much I’ve done, but just get the job done person. She is the kind who can’t stop saying stories and I’m the kind who can’t say a story even if there is one (I know, I know I am pathetic, that way)! I know people in her team and her customers absolutely heart her. I don’t know how I’m going to fill her space.

So, what’s in a title and is it worth it? Let’s wait and watch !

 

Are we living a pre-sketched life ?

According to the nadi astrology our lives were foreseen by sages many years ago and was written down in a script. These scripts are available even today for about 60% of people in the world and the rest got destroyed over time. I often wonder if we are just living a pre-sketched life? I often feel most of our lives are just so predictable. We just follow the mass, don’t we?

Why do we follow the mass – is it social compulsion/obligation for parents, is it because we really feel the need, is it because everyone else does it, is it because there is a need to belong to a cliché. In most cases it is one or the combination of all the reasons and may be a few others too.

Of course it is a given when it comes to education and work, but we seem to stretch it a little further. Most of us (I am sure there are exceptions, as in every case) finish education and work is next. Most cases even education is fairly constant; especially in India it is either Engg or Medicine. People who branch out into humanities are a minority compared to the other group. I am sure times are changing and hence it is not as rigid as it used to be, still!  Once education is done, it is work, marriage, kid and then kids. In this process the career of one of the partners takes a back seat unless otherwise there is good family support. Managing young kids, full time job and a house is certainly not an easy task.

Once kids come into the picture , it is a whole new game, they come with their own agenda’s. Their classes and other activities we need to cater to. Plus parents who are competitive also worry about – kid A does classes 1,2,3, and kid B does 4,5,6 so our kid would have to do, 1 to 6 and more classes. We constantly push ourselves to the absolute hilt!

I hardly take time off from the kids. I feel guilty if I do. As is, I am away Monday to Friday 7.00 am to 6.00pm. So, I try and spend every minute of the weekend with them so I don’t miss out what little I get. Getting away from them for a few hours over the weekend is not going to make any significant impact. Both my sisters have spent time away from their kids for both pleasure and work, and I have clear evidence that their kids don’t love them any lesser than anyone who has been with them 24/7! I still can’t get myself to step away without guilt. On the other hand, when I do step out I don’t fuss and think about them either. As long as I know they are under good care I don’t worry incessantly, unlike OK who will constantly think about them even if we are out. That totally annoys me and puts me off. When I am not with them I can’t do much about anything that happens so what’s the point? I have digressed totally anyway, it is the guilt part that I need to learn to free myself from. I feel bad every day when cheeky tells me just when I leave to work “amma come soon. Will you pick me up from school? I don’t want appa to pick me up.” Or the juggling and dodging that I have to do, to sneak out of the house so smiley doesn’t bawl and bring the roof down when I leave. That would totally crush me. It is just so hard.

There are fresh new battles to face everyday at home, work and anyone we may encounter impromptu. So, in all this struggle and constant battle, we forget ourselves, we forget what we liked doing once, we forget to take the time to think and breathe fresh thoughts! So many things to do and so little time to do it all. Life just passes by without giving us a minute to pause and think about the good things.

Our life’s just a rat race all the time. Why does it always run in such a pace?  Do we do anything for ourselves? Do we ever take time for ourselves to do things that we would like to do or have liked doing at some point earlier in life? We are constantly living for other people – either parents, friends, spouses, children or grandchildren. When do we live for ourselves? Do we ever think out of the box and do something different to make our life more meaningful and worthwhile? Are we making a difference to the world we live in – in any small way? Do we ever look beyond the square and follow our dreams? In most cases we just follow and live a random pre-sketched life. Agree or do you have an inspiring story to share?

 I started off fine early on. Offered my services/assistance to children requiring special needs, extended it to older people needing help. Social service gave me happiness, helping people in need invigorated me and gave me the zing I loved, but I have slacked off! I haven’t done anything worthwhile in a really really long time, living a waste of a life I think. I neither do anything for myself nor for others, apart from my family, utterly selfish!

 

Our books

When I pick up books for cheeky from the library I base it on a few things 

-Books that relate to specific issues we are dealing with

-Books that keep him interested (not too verbose)

-Books that teach him things in a way he’d be willing to learn

-Books that has characters he can associate within immediate family and friends

-Books that are just plain fun for him 

So this time around I picked

 The boy who wouldn’t share by Mike Reiss: Cheeky has not been too happy to share his things with his sister and no amount of explaining or reasoning worked to the extent we would have liked, so I found this book and wanted to give it another try! 

The book has two main characters – Edward and his baby sister Claire. Edward is a really grumpy and grizzly boy who never shares his toys. He wouldn’t let his sister share his teddy bear, rocking chair or even his slinky. He says ‘they’re all mine’ and doesn’t let her even touch it. As a result he is snowed under his toys while his mum comes in with some yummy fudge. She can’t see Edward and gives it all to Claire. It then goes on to say his sister Claire was really kind and knew that it was only fair to share and she shared it with his teddy bear. Edward understands how nasty and mean he’s been. Claire then shares with him as well and he realizes his mistake. And at the day of the end he says the day turned out just fine  ! 

A lovely book to drive home a simple message. In cheeky’s language ‘nini’ is any treat. He has used that word since he was 10 months old. So, it was simple and easy for me. I said  amma came in with ‘nini’ and since she couldn’t find Edward, she gave it all to Claire and left. When I said that his eyes popped and I am sure his mind registered the message. It is work in progress and we are much better than where we started, but we are far from the goal. With all his books he loves to associate the familiar names/people he knows, so as you can imagine in this book ‘Edward’ was Cheeky, ‘Claire’ was Smiley and ‘Mother’ was amma and of course teddy bear was ‘bluey’. 

Goodnight Andrew by Guido Van Genechten: A few months ago we were having a tricky time with getting Cheeky to bed. He wanted to play non-stop and not go to sleep. I thought Goodnight Andrew might help. 

This book was first first published as: Het grote slaap-boek in Belgium. In 2002 it was published in English as Goodnight Andrew. This book basically tells children everyone goes to sleep and goes on to tell how each animal sleeps. For eg the bat sleeps upside down and the crocodile sleeps on his belly in the sand, the snake sleeps up high in the tree and the elephant sleeps standing up under the tree. End of the book it says Andrew sleeps on the bed cuddled between his bears.

 So, Andrew is Cheeky and his bears are bluey, anu meenu, ajju meenu and titey. For a brief background go here. Worked like magic . This is always the last book we read and cheeky automatically knows it is sleep time after that  ! 

From Head to Toe/ Brown Bear Brown Bear and The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle: Eric Carle is a hot favourite in our household. I picked these because it was fun, colourful, vibrant and educative for cheeky. 

From Head to Toe is a fun book where you can get the kids to stand up and do actions and enjoy. Introduces them to their various body parts and also actions they can perform with those respective parts. Smiley joins in the fun too when we read the book. It goes like this 

I am a gorilla and I can thump my chest

Can you do it?

 I am a monkey and I can wave my arms

Can you do it?

 I am an elephant and I can stomp my feet

Can you do it?

And cheeky screams

 ’I can do it’  with the accompanied action! 

Smiley follows cheeky and does the same action. It is so much fun and they love it. We’ve learnt animals, actions we can do with coordination and it is also fun for them. The fact that they get to do activity while reading a book makes it so much more fun! Kids are so quick at grasping things, they even know the order of what animal and action comes next ! 

Brown Bear, as I mentioned in this post, is just a matter of associating the colours of the animals and the animals itself in the book. There are just 3 lines in each page and so it is easy enough for a toddler to learn and repeat. 

Both the books, From Head to toe and Brown Bear Brown Bear is a true confidence builder in kids. Gives them confidence in the actions they can do when they affirm it ‘I can do it’ and also makes them confident with their ability to read on their own as opposed to being read to (well from their perspective it works, right). 

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is again one of our top favourites around here. Absolutely lovely book – colourful, vibrant, shows kids little concepts they can grasp easily – days of the weeks, numbers 1-5, fruits, introduction to various kinds of food, concept of opposites big/small, colours and also concept of growth – an egg becomes a caterpillar and then a butterfly. Perfect for a toddler to grasp and enjoy the concepts and it brings a smile to the adult who is reading the book too. An infectiously happy, fun and plesant reading experience. 

 Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson – This book is the story of a little monkey who has lost his Mum and a butterfly that tries to help him find the little monkey’s mother. The little monkey begins to describe his mother in ways he can articulate. So, first the monkey tells the butterfly that she’s bigger than him and so they begin the search. The first animal that the butterfly offers to the little monkey as his Mum is an elephant! The little monkey sees the elephant and says “My Mum isn’t a great grey hunk. She hasn’t got tusks …”
The butterfly then takes the little monkey to the different animals that he thinks could be the moneky’s mum based on the little monkey’s description. So for example when the monkey says she’s got more legs, he takes the monkey to a spider and when the monkey says my mum leaps and springs, butterfly takes him to a parrot. So they pass many animals and the monkey finally says after getting frustrated, Butterfly, butterfly, can’t you see? None of these animals look like me. But the butterfly then says you never told me your mum looks like you. So, the monkey says I thought you’d know and then the butterfly goes on with how would I – this is followed by a picture of its baby the caterpillar who looks way different to himself (the butterfly). The book finally ends with the little monkey finding his dad and then his mum eventually ! 

We love this book. It is a little more verbose than the rest we’ve seen, but he loves the colourful illustration and the different animals. It is easy to talk about the characteristic of that particular animal and the fact that the little baby monkey has lost its mum gets a very ‘pavam’ look from cheeky! He sympathizes with the little monkey and is happy when he finds his mum and dad finally. A very very cute book for toddlers.

Cheeky Charlie by Ben Redlich – This book is about a cheeky monkey who keeps teasing and poking fun of others. He makes fun of everyone who comes his way just because he is bored. He goes this way until he is reminded by a fellow monkey that his bottom is no different than theirs. Does he at least get the point then?

This is the least favourite of the books. May be because cheeky is not at the age where he understands making fun of other’s behaviour and being rude to others. May be between 4-5 years this book would have made more sense to him. So, when I start reading this book he is happy to sleep !

We are looking forward to the next set of books we are going to pick up. Any recommendations for a 3 yr old?

 

Basking in ‘Monkey see Monkey do’ happiness

Motherhood is guilt ridden most times. There is always something that gets your goat and makes you guilty. The one that I’ve had utmost difficulty dealing with is the fact that I’m unable to spend quality time with smiley like I did with cheeky (just me and him before she was born). The other way around feel guilty about making cheeky a big boy way too soon, when he was still a baby himself. That I didn’t give him his due time in growing up like a baby! So, it is always one or the other clogging my head and makes me feel crap!

 The last month though, I have been basking in happiness. I have cherished every little moment and have felt blessed that I made the right decision by bringing them close to each other and it wouldn’t have been good any other way! The pleasure derived from seeing them play together is not something that can be easily described. Smiley idolizes her brother. She knows he goes to ‘chool’ 3 days a week and when he returns she follows him like a little puppy and tries to mimic every little thing he does. It goes both ways, he absolutely adores her too. Hates to see her cry and will go straight to get the person who was responsible for her tears. This doesn’t mean they don’t whack each other and pull each other’s hair. All that totally happens too ! Thursday and Friday it is party time at home with double dose of havoc. The grandparents dread those days when they need to deal with the double dose of everything. The otherwise well behaved smiley rightfully turns to her brother for all the excitement, activity and destruction too! 

If she sees her brother jump, she has to follow, he throws a ball she has to, he rides a bike, she has to, he draws, she has to. They feed each other, they play with each other in the tent, he picks a book to read, she has to get a book. He wears his sunnies; she has to wear it as well. If he drinks water, she has to, so it is basically ‘monkey see, monkey do’. She has to type just like him on the comp, run like him, do ugly faces like him, roll on the floor like him and has to bathe with him too. Cheeky, poor thing, doesn’t get a single second by himself other than when she is sleeping. 

So, it has been fun, fun and fun watching them bond. I don’t believe words will do justice to what I see, so I’ll leave you with some pictures !

 

Good-bye already

 We are in the process of saying good-bye to some items that have been left untouched by the kids for a while . Cheeky’s toddler bed is one of those. We bought it for him a couple of months before smiley was due, so she could use his crib. We thought with his own new fancy bed, he wouldn’t be too upset with giving his crib away. Somehow, he didn’t sleep in it for long, hardly even 3 months. We left to India 3 months after smiley was born and when we got back he was used to sleeping with someone. He either preferred our bed or his grandparents. Now, he simply prefers the double bed in the guest room as his own and wouldn’t sleep anywhere else! These days kids make their own decisions, pretty much! 

Next step is moving smiley out of ours and putting them both in one room. But I just can’t get myself to do it…just can’t let go off the little one from our room. 

But I’d like some suggestions based on your experience for when I do decide to move the little one out  

• Should I buy a bunk bed
• 2 king size single beds
• Get them to sleep in the same double bed 

until they are keen on having their own separate rooms. From past experience I think the toddler bed was total waste of money. Spent over $200 but lost half the price for it just sitting pretty at home. The same might become the case for bunk beds too, but somehow they seem fun and exciting for little kids. I know if I buy the bunk bed I will have to get rid of them again in may be 4-5 years and lose money again. I am more inclined towards buying 2 single beds but bunk beds are tempting too.  What should I do? Hmm..choices…choices !

 

Brown Bear logic

Cheeky and I have been reading Brown Bear Brown Bear by Bill Martin Jr/Eric Carle. 

“Brown Bear Brown Bear What do you see? 

I see a red bird looking at me 

Red Bird Red Bird What do you see? 

I see a yellow duck looking at me”

 and it goes on .. 

As one can tell, it’s just matter of identifying the colour of the animals and the animal itself. He knows them and so, he loves reading it. He doesn’t let me read it for him and rather he reads it for me ! Ah..the pleasure I say ! 

Now this book was lying around at home. It was a gift for smiley and I was trying to read the words out to her while cheeky had another activity. Cheeky got hold of the Numbers book, which had an image of the ‘Brown Bear’ and guess what, he started reading it. 

Brown Bear Brown Bear

What do you see? 

Looks at the next page and says 

I see a green tree looking at me  ! 

Green tree green tree – What do you see? 

I see yellow star looking at me 

Yellow star yellow star – What do you see? 

I see penguin looking at me 

…and goes on to finish the book.

 How cute I thought.

What was really going on in his head when he started reading it? All books with brown bear’s image would say the same thing (not really, coz they had different images and he knew them all)? This book didn’t have words but he still read it the way he reads the other Brown Bear book. Does he realize that words mean anything at all? Was there any cognitive thinking involved or was it just plain picture association. Same picture same logic. These are times I feel I should have done early childhood learning and child development. Must be so interesting to learn the insides of how they function. 

He is also getting the concept of opposites right now 

He turns and tells me ‘amma this is small brown bear book and points to the actual and says that’s a big one’. 

He was sharing grapes with his sister and he gave her two big ones. Silly little one stuffed both in her mouth and had the ‘hanuman look’ and was ready to choke. So, I told him she is little and you need to give her small ones. So, he picked the little ones and reconfirmed with me if they were indeed small and if he could give it to her? At what stage are they meant to learn the concrete as well as abstract concepts? Interesting..anyone who has info please pass it on.

 

Change – now that’s a constant

I read in an article a while ago “The only thing constant about life is change. You either embrace it or hide from it”. Interesting right? 

My constant grouse when I was in my late teens was  – there is constant change with everything in life. From when we are born we embrace change as a constant entity and live the forever evolving life; we go through different phases, developmental changes, friendships, events, schools, and colleges, basically everything. So, I asked myself how can one live with one person all his life…won’t we get bored of that person? Why can’t there be a marriage contract for 5 years;  stay on if you are happy, else move on with life without the commitment and responsibility, without feeling let-down and depressed? I reasoned with others – that’s probably why a lot of marriages result in not so happy endings because the person is a constant, change that and it’ll work I said. There needs to be variety in life…variety is the spice of life right…right ? Why should we be pinned down to one person? This was when my wisdom was going wild and then reality dawned and the like everyone else I got married and it is 7 years since !  

But my life has been good with change in general. Change has been the way of life for me as much as I have a love hate relationship with change. Some of my quirks with change – I always go to the same toilet cubicle at work, won’t change it even if it is occupied and this is something I’ve heard form many women, it’s like I own that particular one, I sit on the same row and seat in the bus every single day (if available) and am not happy if it isn’t, you get the idea. But, life has never been monotonous or boring for me. Have always had something interesting happening at every stage. Well until I was single it was exciting enough and sort of continued the trend after marriage too. Moved to the US and lived there for 2 years. Started our life with 4 boxes. New marriage, setting up our new home, new to cooking, new place so it was all exciting, though I wasn’t working life was peaceful. But couldn’t stay that way forever. So with visa constraints in the US we decided to move to OZ land. That was again new and thrilling, packed up all we had in 8 boxes and left. New experience again, came here and looked for jobs. Both of us heading to work was a change we needed to get used to as opposed to hot new menu cooked every single day and placed on the table before OK arrived from work. 

Decided to build our home, so that was another novel experience. So a year after we started working here bought a land and put deposit towards the house. The construction process itself was very time consuming. The following year we moved into our new home. Then cheeky followed ! 

Once kids arrive life is a new beginning everyday. Each day is a new experience and life changes like one can’t imagine. By the time we were getting used to cheeky and the changes life was throwing at us smiley’s arrival was around the corner. 

So, in the last 3 years work has taken the back seat. I’ve stayed in this current job for 4 years and haven’t looked for any change.  Why – It is completely stress free, strict work hours, lovely fun loving team, no micro managing, they know my work ethics, they pay me decent amount for the work I do, I enjoy my work, plus I get a lot of free time to do things that I want to do during work hours (very important) since time at home for such stuff is zero. And when life was already throwing so much change my way, I was happy to have at least this one thing constant. So every time people asked me if I was looking for a move I didn’t say no but was happy to stay on. There was one thing that was worrying me though – I didn’t want to end up like my manager who’s done this same role for nearly 10 years now. With me there was no scope to move unless she moved, a really small team and career progression absolutely nil unless I looked elsewhere. I wrote this about 7 months ago just when I was new to blogging and was starting to feel the need for change. When you are in the comfy seat you really don’t want to move. You start getting used to the easy way of life and the fact that it is a tough survival game outside of my world was a hard fact to deal with. I constantly feared being stagnant, but was reluctant to get out of my comfort zone to look for opportunities. Within, I knew I wanted to change and was ready too but the inertia was too strong to break free from. 

An opportunity came up, great move up, higher pay, higher position and perfect progression for me and I was keen but the work hours deterred me from applying. I spoke to the person performing the role, got some feedback and left it at that coz it was a demanding job. Nothing can really steer me from leaving work at 4.30 to be with my kids. But life is funny that way, despite me not taking the next step, the position kept coming back to me rather people kept pushing me towards it. My mil at home said I should may be look at a change and look for a higher position with a larger organization than the current one. This was without me mentioning anything about the job or my inclination for change. I thought it was a sign to apply for that position. The following day I was again steered towards the same role by my very own personal guide and well-wisher at work. It was too much of a coincidence. I applied. Is change coming my way? Only time will tell. Is this change a good thing if it happens and should I take it ? You tell me.

But life’s good right now. Being appreciated at work is always a good thing. When things are looking down one way, it gives the much needed boost and balances it out another way. My heart felt thanks to the almighty for taking care of me!