was shy when he saw me again. took time to come to me. did a lion roar at me. tried to hide his joy and sadness in a number of ways. showed me all his new toys. talked to me non stop never once calling me mama. he had grown big. his hair had grown long. i couldn't get enough of him. after some time i scolded him for hitting me and that is when the tears erupted. 4 long weeks of being brave and he just exploded into wracking sobs. his tiny body shaking. upper lip trembling. all three of us hugged each other, the BH, Mowgli and I, and stayed that way for some time.
we are okay now. back to our routine. Mowgli took two days to finally call me mama. he would call call me ammamma, mamamma, kochu and everything else except mama. i don't know in his mind whether that insecurity of being left alone has gone. last evening we had gone out for dinner with friends and jokingly told Mowgli bye. he stared at us not saying anything watching us slowly walk away. and all the while his eyes filled up with tears, but not a sob escaped his lips. i felt so miserable seeing that. is it right for a two year old to control his emotions so much?
not sending Mowgli away for a long time. till he can understand that this is just a vacation and that always he will come back to mama and dada.
P.S. Cocoal on the other hand was overjoyed. Knocked us down. Licked and pawed us and peed everywhere in her excitement!
Monday, November 30, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Home sweet home!
Reached in one piece and yes, the baggage also reached!!!
Pretty eventful. Continental is the #^%^&&^@$@! airlines ever. Fought with them for over 15 min for the car seat. They refused to check it in saying that I need to pay $100. How much ever I argued that Emirates had allowed it, the refrain was : “Maam, If Emirates has allowed it then you should board the flight from Houston” . Finally they allowed to check it in free till Houston and then its my responsibility.
Then started on the baggage! One was 58 pounds and the other 65 pounds, both well within Emirate limits. Again they started off on their familiar refrain on how I should have checked in from Houston and blah blah blah. BY then I was fed up arguing with them and paid them 100$!!! ( My fingers r crossed hoping that office will reimburse it.)
Houston was great. The Emirates people were super cool. Checked in the car seat without any fuss and told me that Continental should have checked it in free from Austin itself. When I told them I had to pay extra for the baggage, they were pretty shocked and said that they have some alliance with Continental, therefore I should not have paid that amount!
Moral of the Story: Do not fly by any of the domestic US airlines. If you have no other choice then be prepared to fight it out !!!
Yes, I know there is an even better moral of not overloading your bags with stuff, but then that is debatable! :-)
Pretty eventful. Continental is the #^%^&&^@$@! airlines ever. Fought with them for over 15 min for the car seat. They refused to check it in saying that I need to pay $100. How much ever I argued that Emirates had allowed it, the refrain was : “Maam, If Emirates has allowed it then you should board the flight from Houston” . Finally they allowed to check it in free till Houston and then its my responsibility.
Then started on the baggage! One was 58 pounds and the other 65 pounds, both well within Emirate limits. Again they started off on their familiar refrain on how I should have checked in from Houston and blah blah blah. BY then I was fed up arguing with them and paid them 100$!!! ( My fingers r crossed hoping that office will reimburse it.)
Houston was great. The Emirates people were super cool. Checked in the car seat without any fuss and told me that Continental should have checked it in free from Austin itself. When I told them I had to pay extra for the baggage, they were pretty shocked and said that they have some alliance with Continental, therefore I should not have paid that amount!
Moral of the Story: Do not fly by any of the domestic US airlines. If you have no other choice then be prepared to fight it out !!!
Yes, I know there is an even better moral of not overloading your bags with stuff, but then that is debatable! :-)
Monday, November 9, 2009
Too much of a good thing!
The novelty of relaxing has worn off.
The novelty of not having anyone around, but just me has worn off
The novelty of not having to answer to "mama" every ten minutes has worn off
The novelty of not having to search for keys/mobile/wallet that are mostly under the BH's nose has worn off
The novelty of not having to clean the house has worn off
The novelty of not having to make sure that Cocoa has a bone to chew on and there are no slippers/mats etc has worn off
I miss my family. I look at couples walking together hand in hand and I miss the BH. I look at kids wistfully. Just want to be with my baby who as of now is pretending that I do not exist.
Just a week more.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Thought for the day
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." - Soren Kierkegaard
MY SON WANTS TO BE A
COCONUT TREE CLIMBER!!!
Yo
u will not find one house in Kerala that does not have a coconut tree! Every three-four months, there is a guy who is eagerly awaited by the ladies of the house. He will most always be a skinny guy, as thin as the trunk of a coconut tree. With utmost skill he will shimmy up the coconut tree and pluck and throw the coconuts down never once losing his balance. The only equipment that he has is a rope that is tied between his ankles. How he manages this, I don't know. As soon as he has climed the umpteen trees in the compund, the grateful lady of the house gives him tea and some coconuts as payment and tries to persuade him to stay and split the husks for her. Sometimes he does and sometimes he doesn't. Finally the coconuts are gathered and stored in the dark store rooms where they stay till they metamorphize into delicious chutneys , coconut oil, grated coconuts for the thorans. 
You name it and we have coconut in it! They are distributed amongst family and out of towners (like us) who do not have a coconut tree. The BH grumbles about this , but I always get my supply of coconuts and coconut oil each time i visit Kerala. Yes, I know its available in Bangalore, but when it is freely available at home then why buy it?? If you hear him grumble you would think he carries the entire sack on his all the way to Blore!!!
u will not find one house in Kerala that does not have a coconut tree! Every three-four months, there is a guy who is eagerly awaited by the ladies of the house. He will most always be a skinny guy, as thin as the trunk of a coconut tree. With utmost skill he will shimmy up the coconut tree and pluck and throw the coconuts down never once losing his balance. The only equipment that he has is a rope that is tied between his ankles. How he manages this, I don't know. As soon as he has climed the umpteen trees in the compund, the grateful lady of the house gives him tea and some coconuts as payment and tries to persuade him to stay and split the husks for her. Sometimes he does and sometimes he doesn't. Finally the coconuts are gathered and stored in the dark store rooms where they stay till they metamorphize into delicious chutneys , coconut oil, grated coconuts for the thorans. 
You name it and we have coconut in it! They are distributed amongst family and out of towners (like us) who do not have a coconut tree. The BH grumbles about this , but I always get my supply of coconuts and coconut oil each time i visit Kerala. Yes, I know its available in Bangalore, but when it is freely available at home then why buy it?? If you hear him grumble you would think he carries the entire sack on his all the way to Blore!!!Coming back to Mowgli, he saw this super interesting and completely new activity at the BH's place. And ever since then he is seen standing next to the coconut tree trying to climb it. and saying to the tree "Mowglinu jump" ( can be loosely translated as "Mowgli wants to jump on you")!!!
Monday, November 2, 2009
Time flies
doesnt it?
I was going through some old posts and I'm surprised at how the time has gone. From Mowgli crawling around to now running/cycling around the house; of how our house used to be before we had Cocoa, of how our, the BH's and mine, thoughts have changed. The priorities.
Again and again I come back to this one thought! Of how much my boy has grown up in the past one year. And how much more in these four weeks I'm away from him. I talk to him over the phone and every day he says a new word. My mother in law tells me of how he is playing with a car, fighting with the birds, his broken english phrases and I feel so sad. How can I miss out even a day of his growing up?
Well, thats life for you!
I was going through some old posts and I'm surprised at how the time has gone. From Mowgli crawling around to now running/cycling around the house; of how our house used to be before we had Cocoa, of how our, the BH's and mine, thoughts have changed. The priorities.
Again and again I come back to this one thought! Of how much my boy has grown up in the past one year. And how much more in these four weeks I'm away from him. I talk to him over the phone and every day he says a new word. My mother in law tells me of how he is playing with a car, fighting with the birds, his broken english phrases and I feel so sad. How can I miss out even a day of his growing up?
Well, thats life for you!
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