End of Summer musings, life, dil dhadakne do and blah blah...

I love Farhan Akhtar PERIOD

So as it appears, we have some rain today after 19 long days. And here I am trying to blah blah with endless cups( just the second, somehow endless have become a bloggers choice) of chai, about the wonderful summer this was, how Syd has 6 teeth now, how he doesn't care about calling me mama(sigh!) and watching Dil Dhadakne Do yesterday and falling for Farhan Akhtar (Blush!) all over again.

We had an eventful summer this year compared to what we always did. Except for the fact that our new bikes haven't seen a trail yet, I cant complain much. We hiked the Whiteface mountain, explored a few new restaurants , spent lazy evenings at home, cuddled Syd a lot, spent time in NYC, enjoyed 'free' concerts, entertained at home and said 'I love you' to each other and Syd a billion times:)

I also read a few books-thanks to my voracious reader friend from Boston-and I enjoyed sneaking out for a bit for my time with books. If I keep up any interest in blogging in the next couple of weeks I will rate a few that i read, may be.
I bought a lot of clothes and shoes, after all that's MOMCATION. I needed one:D.
I started following crazy amount of fashion bloggers and mommy's on Instagram looking for some inspiration to spruce up my blog, Worry about my Chai pic not being popular, but I know its a phase and this too shall pass.
Me and Pech, watched 2 seasons of Sherlock back to back and I really am putting off watching the 3rd season because I dont want to wait for the 4th for too long. Dont think I can hold off for too long.
We cried watching Million Dollar Arm, I watched some hopeless Malayalam movies, but the chills watching 'Munnariyipp' gave made up for all of the earlier mentioned hopelessness.

The fall chill is slowly coming down on us now. The tress I see are already changing colors and I don't remember me being so happy about the change in seasons especially knowing a brutal winter is just around the corner. May be, I am just Happy, May be!! Whatever be this 'sometimes only positive energy', I wish it stays, forever.

My life, Sunday through Monday!

P.S: The title is not befitting the actual post, but then, who cares!!:)

It appears a little strange to me that I kinda remember my 'forgotten blog' when it rains! Even though I am pretty happy about the 'Thoovanathumbikal' effect of it, I wish I remembered My Pursuits every time it rained.
I have been trying to read a few books, watch sensible movies( thanks to Netflix) and contemplate on life and be a good Mom to Syd offlate. But the other dormant self of mine, has been troubling me on and off constantly asking me,"what the hell am I doing with my life?" I do get the courage to shut her up once in a while but then totally loses it most other times:(
So yesterday I totally ignored her, never bothered the chores that are pending and watched 'Stuck in Love' first thing on a Sunday Morning, and loved it! The movie left me wanting to read Dear.Mr.Henshaw and Stephen King books:) and I will.
For now I am retrieving A Wild Sheep Chase. Surrealism is all I want to get through the day!!!

Tuscany it is!!

It's a rainy day today, gloomy since morning and so is my mood.
Syd is asleep(yay!) P is on a call and I watch Ann Burell cook on food network. And I go to Tuscany with her as her wild Boar ragu is doing beautiful brown thing:)
Under the Tuscan sun is the movie I want to watch and Tuscany is the place I want to go to if I had an option now!! May be dream, atleast, before the little tyke is up:)

Updates

So Syd is 6 months and 21 days old today, very clearly knows mommy, tries to reach out to me as I walk by him and hugs me.
I no more complain about boredom, though monotony is in the complain list, however bullshits that when he smiles at me, thinking, monotony?
Since May 2012, Acha amma visited us twice, we moved to our new home and I read a few books, watched a lot of movies, made no new friends and made some progress at driving.

Let the groove get deep!

I have this groove on the cushion on our IKEA rocking chair now. The one near the window, that lets me see most of the 18th Street and Kerrigan Avenue. The USPS post box, the old tree trunk- with surprisingly fresh green leaves, the traffic signal just a hand stretch away from my living room window are all pretty much visible from here, and hence the groove on the chair!

The last couple of days have been a bit grey, raining most of the times. Frankly speaking I hated the rain when it started falling down Sunday night, for I was worried that the falling temperature would affect my IDLI fermentation! Universally accepted as a major worry of homemakers living in this weather. Well, the Idli batter fermented well, despite the rain and hence the lamentations about the rain transformed into some splendid time by the window side, taking me to all the places(virtually) where I enjoyed rain.

And as I think, I remember the paper boats in the courtyard of my house in Nileshwar, the big tamarind tree which sheds all its leaves along with the rain in the work area, Amma's worry about the non dried clothes,  the frequent power cuts, Achan wandering around in the attic to make sure there is no leakage anywhere, the mosquito battalion and so much more...Some familiar scenes in many households:)
What I loved the most was the time I spend on my bed, gazing at the rain and occasionally taking a bite of the mango fruit mat( Mangachi, in simple terms) and listening to Megham poothuthudangi. Nothing can be more ecstatic when nature itself sets stage for your fantasies accompanied by some Padmarajan Film moments playing at the back of your mind!

Desert rain, the charm, the vigor...made me fall in love with the Middle east and left me with a feel of wanting more. A couple of showers was all I saw in almost 2 years. But the hail stones pouring down into our balcony was a sight to die for. But I have to confess, I did wish there was a flood, a minor one, that offices close for at least a day! Never happened!:(
Rainy days in Philly! I totally cant agree that you can fall in love only once. Coz, I fell in love again! This time it was accompanied by snow:) Everytime, I think that nothing can beat the beauty of Monsoon in Kerala, he, I mean the rain, tries to impress me with a new accompaniment. And the snow was a perfect partner in the crime. Especially when someone is seeing snow  for the first time! But I remember the husband who walked in with his coffee, thought something is wrong with me as he saw me gaze at the rain, dripped his coffee on the laptop, spoiling the rest of the day!
I played Megham Poothuthudangi repeatedly, I tried recreating those days with of course a dried mango piece when it rained. Alas! It doesn't work now:(
Not really!The Sunday evening shower was accompanied by Thunder! Reminded me of Edavapathy, the October rains back home. Edavapathy in NJ, I cant ask for more, I feel....

I wish you pour with all your might, and let the groove on my chair get deep!

Weekend!

Out of desperation to blog, I confess, I go through hundreds of blogs every week to rob some ideas! And many a times I realise what a safe position I have placed myself in by naming the blog, My pursuits! Meaning to say, have I had it under any particular label, say, Fashion, Home Decor, Cooking or so...this space would not have seen any more than 5 posts. I have no interest that persist for a while.

Having said that, I see awaiting weekend and then the Friday bliss is a popular blog post for many. I decide to borrow the idea and put in here!! Post a wonderful picture, something which pictures how i would wanna spend my weekend, Filmy kind, you know. But here is what normally happens.

Friday Evening: I start to ping P around 6 in the evening, asking when he would come home. I tell him I dont wanna cook anything. A very understanding husband agrees that we get Papa Johns Pizza.
How uninteresting is that. How can he be this understanding? " I dont want pizza", I say. " Ok, let me come home and we will decide' he says. Terrible...I wanna fight over something. So finally by the time he comes home, I put up a face and say I had the left over as I was too hungry. He still orders his pizza that pisses me enough that I decide not to talk to him that night!

Saturday Morning: Reality strikes me during early hours of the day. I was being mean I agree and I patch up! We sit down with a cup of coffee each around 12 in the afternoon and I with no shame whatsoever eat the same Papa Johns Pizza. " Half of Saturday is gone, We havent done anything productive". I say
"Lets go to Newyork" says P. Damned, he is very understanding. What do I fight over?
So we go to NY,  roam a bit, I complain about the city being dirty. However spend sometime here and there and get back home! A good finish to Saturday mostly is a good movie.

Sunday: Gets up at 12pm! I regret all the time that I wasted until then. And P sits down to read an article. A seven page article about Narendra Modi on a Sunday afternoon. I totally forget what hes upto when I am engrossed in watching 4 Weddings on TLC. As the break hits, I ask him to stop reading! And when I reach a stage of saturation with TLC and Food network, and when P gets done with all online activities that he can, we finally go to the Indian Street and concludes the day with some yummy Dosa at the Dosa House and I have a good time listening to the guy across the table, who whilst enjoying the curd rice, bores his friends talking about the book he is planning to write!!! End of weekend!

Here's another weekend:) I wish I have a similar one for I love living life with its simplicities like this than a fantasy retreat!!

Lamentations!

Sunny, Bright evening. Cup of Garam Chai..
And I am still looking for inspiration to blog.
Realisation: I have no natural flair for writing:(
Current Status: Desperate blogger!