Mixed day

Yesterday was a mixed day. It started bad. went on to be good as the time passed. it ended excellent.
Morning was bad because we were only 2 people in our department instead of the usual six. it went on to be good because we were doing fine, just the two of us. but the situation started taking a u-turn when there were a dozen trials to be taken and a lot of samples to be checked. and then there was this visit from an official for issuing a necessary document. things went worst when SR started having health problems and had to go home early. so there i was, alone in the department. on top of that, there was a major raw material issue on the floor. and, unfortunately (or fortunately for me) 2 machines were down. so there were no tests to be done, so i could complete the other work which was pending. finally, at 1500 hrs, TRI arrived and i breathed a sigh of relief.
I was disappointed with my self. with all these activities to be done, i panicked. i convinced myself that this was the first time and it was natural to be so and next time things wud be handled in a better way. but still, i panicked! there is no excuse to that!
This was Tuesday.
Lot of things happened between that day to this day (friday, the 24th). i got my eye swollen.. no. no one hit me on the eye. i just got infected with Stye on my left upper eyelid. so it has swollen so much that my eye is half shut. Visits to the doctors have increased in the past three days. Everyday evening i am going to some doctor or the other! oh! what has happened to me. i never required going to a doctor for days together and now here i am at some or the other clinic everyday.
Work is good. work environment is getting horrible. people behave nice, think something else. its pathetic. for once, i feel i should be working in a different team. this lot sucks. not proud to say it, but i dont have any ideas nor the energy to put efforts to change the situation. i tried. i failed. i tried again. i failed again. third time, i am not so comfortable with the idea. and i dont want to waste my time trying to do something that i know will not happen.
tomorrow starts diwali and we are going to Goa. first time in my life i am going to go to goa. pathetic, i know. but still, its never too late is it? we will be spending 3 days there and then we are back to our home for Diwali. I wanted to spend Diwali somewhere else. some secluded, silent place. but all such destinations were already full 2 months ago. and those available were unaffordable for our current available finances. and S has his work to complete which could never happen had we stayed in Goa for the entire week.
the 3 days in Goa, S is going to make most of the time taking photographs. he wanted to go on a photography expedition for a long time, but it somehow was left out. so this time, he is going to have a great time.
things at home are good. life is busy. to my delight, my cold has reduced a lot. i get sound sleep during the night. its still not gone 100% but is much better now. because of the infection to my eye, i am now wearing my glasses all the time i am awake (happy news for S and maa) and the better part of it is that i am planning to make it a habit even after the infection goes away. hope it works out.

Wishing you all a very Happy and prosperous Diwali.... May the love and friendships in your life grow stronger by the day.
Have a lovely festival of lights. and try not to burst too many crackers...
Be safe....
M

Life is short...

Life is short. Break the rules. Forgive quickly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that made you smile.

One party is over!!

Its been a long time since me and S have been planning to call a lot of people to our home for dinner. things were not happening somehow and plans were getting canceled. Either i used to be busy, or sushil unavailable. but finally, yesterday, we made it and called one of the families we were wanting to since a long time.
The menu was short and i made most of the things at home except 'puran poli', which we decided to get from outside. things wrapped up quite quickly and did not become hectic at all since i had a holiday and there will be no hangover to office too since today is a holiday too!!
office is hectic and tomorrow i have a presentation where i am going to be butchered! so now, rest of the day will be spent in preparing for the presentation and doing the touchups.
home is good too. we were planning to shift into another house. but we didnt find anything suitable. nothing was comparable to our current home. the location, the space available and everything.... all the new apartment constructions the houses seem to be very small, though the area (in sq. mts) is the same as our current apartment. i, personally dont want to move. but it is S's parents who want to shift from here, since our apartment is on the second floor with no lift. they are not in a fit state to climb up. anyways, so we had halted the plans for sometime now but S's father is insisting that we do something about shifting. so i am going to make some calls today and probably try visiting some of the places which i can by myself.
to my delight my in-laws are quite in harmony with us now a days. probably their desperation to move to this house has increased ten fold. my in laws seem to be unable to stand their own son and DIL now.
this reminds me, a couple of years back, i had gone to a person who tells your past, present and future just by taking 2 informations from you-first is ur thumb print and the second is ur birthdate and birth time. well, i am not really a big fan of fortune tellers, but this was definitely different. i cant call him a fortune teller. its not a science either, but just for information visit this site to know more...
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/021124/plus/1.html
so, anyways, on these 2 pieces of information he had taken from me, he told me my name, my parents name, my sisters name, my husbands name... well... it had started getting interesting. anyways, i will not write everything here, but he had predicted that my BIL and FIL would end up having huge disagreements.. so intense that they would go to an extreme.
S said, this was NOT possible. BIL was not married that time.
the time to come was to unfold the tale. and it happened. it happened just the way that person had told us. is it a co-incidence, i know not. but he also told me that you will have to take care of ur in-laws. well, with one prediction having become a concrete reality, i said, well this is almost happening too. and so, i have decided to shed all the things that have gone wrong in the past and start afresh. yes, i had said that now i am becoming a 'never forget nor forgive' kind of a person. but now i am mentally prepared to make an exception to that.

A change...

Lot of changes. but its good to have a change. to have something new around you. thats why the change in the template. i like the format of it so much that i didnt mind letting go of the upgraded templates and had to revert back to the classic template. anyways, there is always an option available for reverting to my original template..
so, enjoy the change for a while....