Day 19: Write About Today

Coincidently today happens to be Valentine’s Day. The day of love. 

When I was younger, the Valentin’s day was all about mushy romance. Greeting, cards, balloons, chocolates, roses and the works. My husband sent me red roses without fail. 

However, today it is just a normal day.  In the morning cook called saying she wont be coming and I sighed with relief, that there were leftovers from last night, and I didn’t have to cook. Ideally I should have jumped with joy and go out for a drive and a meal. 

In the evening , I am attending a webinar from my Counselling master class. I told my husband that we should go for a dinner in the evening and he said he is too full from the lunch and its a bad idea. To make up he said we will go tomorrow instead. 

Does that mean we are out of love? Absolute not! Just that our ideas for romance has changed. We have lived together long enough to know we care for each and we will go to any lengths to make each other happy.  That day just need not be Valentine’s day! 

It can be any day ! Even today!

Its just 3 Pm as I am writing this and we still have the rest of the day. You never know ! We will just get up and do something that screams “ You are my valentine!” 

Day 18: Write 30 Facts About Yourself

  1. I was born and brought up in Mumbai 
  2. My zodiac sign is Taurus
  3. I am 5 Feet 2 Inches tall.
  4. I did my education in Marathi
  5. I am an MBA finance graduate 
  6. My first job was in a bank and I was a cashier to begin with. I was embarrassed about it. 
  7. I have lived in Mumbai, Gurgaon, Paris and Pune 
  8. I lived in Paris for 9 months 
  9. I was a faculty in a very small management institute in Gurgaon 
  10. I had two job offers and chose the one which had 5 days work week, so I can relax for two days. I am that workaholic! 
  11. I have visited 18 countries 
  12. I have visited Taj Mahal 8 times 
  13. I had an arranged marriage  
  14. I have a daughter
  15. I have had a kidney transplant 
  16. I was on dialysis for a year 
  17. I run a blog called Miracle Moments 
  18. My first meal in a 5 star restaurant was at Bukhara in Delhi 
  19. My favourite cuisine is Chinese and favourite eat is Pizza 
  20. My fall food is chips. I can finish a whole packet in one go 
  21. My favourite holiday destination in India is Goa 
  22. The only time I  travelled by business class was to Paris, when the airline messed up with my bookings and upgraded me 
  23. Once I sat in the flight and dozed off. I didn’t realise the flight hadn’t taken off for four hours. I woke up and asked my co-passenger if we are landing on time and he told me “we haven’t even taken off! “
  24. We are four people in the house and we have 6 domestic staff 
  25. We recently got a pet cat Sansa 
  26. I need to have three cups of tea a day 
  27. My first celebrity sighting was Ajay Devgan 
  28. I was travelling back from Paris when 911 happened and Ajay Devgan was in the flight.
  29. I was travelling back from Chicago when 26/11 attack on Mumbai happened .
  30. I blew up all my savings to buy my husband a Rolex watch 

Day 17: Post About Your Zodiac sign, and whether it suits you

My zodiac sign is Taurus and I am every bit of Taurean. 

Some of the Taurus traits, both positive and negative, are applicable to me. 

Value honesty and hard work – I cannot lie. Even if id I am so unconvincing that everyone comes to know I am lying. I am very hardworking. I am rarely pulled up for not putting effort in my professional life. 

Money  & luxury: Taurus craves for money and luxury and I am no different. I am no back packer. I like luxurious holidays. I love my comfortable life. 

Patience: I am extremely patient. 

Food:  Taurean don’t eat to live but live to eat and I am no exception. I love good food. I like cooking good food. I am always surfing food channels and obviously diets as a repercussions of eating good food 

Flirt : I don’t think I am a flirt but more than few occasions I have been called flirtatious. I think its classic case on intention getting lost in translation. 

Set in my ways: I like things done in certain way and sometimes I have issues if thing don’t go that way. 

Hate authority – Who likes being controlled. I certainly don’t. I feel suffocated. 

Greedy –  Its one trait I do not agree with. I am not at all greedy. 

With famous people like Queen Elizabeth II, George Clooney, Angelina Jolie, David Beckham being Taurus I feel I am every bit of Taurus.  

What is your zodiac sign? Do you agree with it? If you are a fellow Taurus which trait you think is the best? Do share in comments.

Day 16: Something You Miss

I miss my Dad! 

I am a Daddy’s girl and I miss him every day. 

He was such a gem of person. I was never afraid of him. I could go to him with anything that I wanted to share or discuss. Its one quality of his being a parent has been imbibed in me.  I am a lot like him in my parenting style. 

He had a great sense of humour and our conversations as a family or even one on one were humorous, insightful without being preachy. All three siblings have inherited his sense of humour. We are not boring. 

He was a voracious reader and would buy a lot of books and that encouraged us to read.  We went to a Marathi school and to improve our English he would buy English film magazines.  We were film buffs and crazy of film stars and we ended up reading those magazine which improved our English. It was a very smart move. I don’t buy magazines anymore but buy a lot of books thanks to him. 

He was a fantastic human being and was loved by all. 

I can still feel his hug and his warmth and can hear his hearty laughter. I remember he would gently caress our forehead to put us to sleep, I miss that.  When I fell sick, I so wanted him to be with me and put me to sleep. 

He passed away when I was expecting my daughter and my biggest regret is my daughter never got a chance to meet my dad. They would have had a blast together. 

Two weeks before he passed away, I had called him to tell him how my first sonography went.  He wrote a small not about it in his diary mentioning it and saying few good things about me. I have that note with me and  consider it my most treasured possession. 

Day 15 : Bullet Point Your Day

When I saw the prompt for today, I was like I have hardly to do anything to do a bullet point. After writing, I think I do invest my time in learning and adding a skill so I should be proud of myself. 

7:30 Wake up In Morning (Thank god for online school and work from home. There is no urgency to get up in the morning)

7:30 – 8:30 – Morning cup of tea and read news paper. Prep for breakfast. Wake up daughter for the school. Play with our cat Sansa 

8:30 -9:30. Exrecise. Mostly I play a You tube video and workout. Current favourite Chloe Ting

9:30 – 11: Breakfast, bath, another cup of tea. 

11:- 1:00. Work on my counselling certification / blogging / Creative writing course. Any errands that need to be done. 

1:00 — 3:00 Lunch, Tv time, talk to my daughter. I watch a crime serial everyday. I am a big fan of crime and thriller dramas 

3:00 – 5:30. Back to writing, blogging, my udemy courses. Sometimes I take a nap or read a book 

5:30- 7:00. Have tea, go for a walking listening to music 

7:00-8:30 Prepare dinner, read or chat with my sister or friend. Sudoku is a must in my evening . My husband is free by this time so we talk, fight or just chill 

8:30. Dinner 

9:00 to 10:30. TV Time with husband 

10:30 – 11:00 Reading and meditation 

11:00. Lights off