The weekend that was...

Anyway, after a hectic week of missing T and wishing she were here sorts, hubby dear and I decided to give hibernation a skip. T was giving folks back home in Chennai a great time, a tough time, playing classroom...she's the teacher, and making mum n dad her students. Well...all we could do was to hear all those stories over this thingie called cellphone. Ok ok, no cribbing.

So the weekend that was...hubby dear and I started out late saturday morning. He wanted to buy the 6th pair of brown formal shoes. And I go...why??? I don't seem to spot the difference among the first 5 anyways...there was a li'l bitta arguing, but it dint last long. I was behaving like a nice goood wife especially when hubby dear promised to buy me some goodies as well. The sound of shopping make my heart thump. We all know that. Shopped till late evening, with a peaceful lunch thrown in. Who wouldn't wish to have a silent cosy lunch with wine on a lazy saturday afternoon in the middle of a light shopping spree...huh??? Got back home. Watched some DVDs which were part of the purchase. What else did buy??? An interesting neck piece, some belts, a paira denim, home sandals, track pants, a sweater, a Clinique lip color (????), and some cheese.....And what did hubby dear buy???? A paira brown formal shoes!!!! Thats it. And he calls that shopping!!!!! Whateva...

Sunday morning...this was interesting. Scouted around for cars for me!!!!!! Yippeee...well..dint buy one though. Anyway, gave that a miss. Went to the hyatt for brunch...with grey goose martinis. Niiice..Again peaceful. Bumped into a few friends there. Was good fun. Spent a coupla hours having brunch. Went shopping again. This time for curtains. Bought some neat stuff. Then zoomed off to the German Embassy for the Christmas Carnival. Met a few friends there as well...(Nids...if you are reading this....sorry couldn't spend time with you as much as I wanted to...you did notice that rush for the beer right????) Post the carnival, went to the Habitat Centre for some old world theatre. Was interesting to see collegians perform. They could have been louder though...considering it was the amphitheatre. It sorta reminded me of my days at the Asmita Theatre group in Delhi. Was great fun. Hmmm....why didnt I pursue that?????

Monday today...and what am I doing???? Changing the curtains at home. Actually trying out new things at home. Pulled out some Egyptian paintings and some Nigerian Masks from the attic. lemme give my home a fresh look. Hard try....

ramblings about the past few days

Oh well, life has been weird, difficult and interesting...all thrown in at the same time... the last few days. Had to rush to Chennai urgently. While I could have managed to stay in Delhi alone with T, I wanted to spend some time with mum and dad. Had to take this decision rather urgently. B wasnt in town. He was traveling to Europe on work. Anyway, reached Chennai. Spent the first day at home. Very quiet. Spent most of the time in my room, going through everything that was left behind by me. Felt nostalgic.

The next few days went off in a jiffy. Met up with really close friends...Thanks all you guys for spending time with me. It was really sweet. Appreciate it. Next time...for a longer duration for sure.

• Watched a movie with Abi, at this new cinema hall on the Mahabalipuram Road.
• Met Anush, Navi and Vidya for drinks and grabbed some dinner as well.
• Met Prem who was very sweet to me. He called home and mum said that I was sick..down with a flu, and he came home with some nice steamin hot chicken soup!!! So sweet that was....He's been a friend to me ever since I can remember...
• Made a quick plan to have coffee with Sandy, Divya and Preeti in the middle of the night at Matchpoint. Spent almost the entire night there over conversations and coffee, of course...
• Met Aki, Nithya, Chamu and Natasha for lunch at this quaint lil Thai restaurant called Benjarong. We were the first to enter the place at 12.30..and the last to get out ..at 4.30!!! So much college talk!

Anyway, also managed to spend a lotta time at home. Had loads of mum & mum-in-law cooked food, which was missing in Delhi. Read a few magazines, started reading a few books, made some alterations to my room, went out with dad a few times to his office, slept and watched television.

I am back in Delhi now, left T behind in Chennai so that she could spend some time with grandparents before she starts school in April. I feel bored. No one to talk to, no one to scream at, no cycling with her...I miss her. But yeah,...I know she is in safe hands. She is at home.

Now I don't know where I wanna be. I have my freedom here...but I feel lonely. There are too many things to do in Chennai, too li'l time, indifferences, everything...but thats home!