  my maternity leave (as sunil put it) has lasted longer than i meant it to.&nbsp;it's a little over a week since i put in a post.. and i'm feeling lousy about it. meanwhile so much has been happening. im afraid i haven't got the time to catch up on it all.. &nbsp; first things first: THEY'RE BACK! yeah yeah! my parents are back. and have been with me now for over a week.
how awesome is that!! it was lovely. their train got here dot on time. (2 mins before schedule, rather) and i was there dot on time to recieve them. them with their lots of suitcases. no changes in them all.
the same mama papa that i'd said tata to long long back. i was so happy, delighted, relieved, glad, and every other nice thing in the world. now mom's back to her work. she spoils me. i don't have to spend that much time in the office. i spend all my mornings walking to the golden temple, gymming and wasting time.
i also spend some time with her.. in the workshop. &nbsp; that apart, she lovvvvvvved the work i'd done :D awesme feeling. and my manager gave a nice report of me to her. that i worked hard. spent a lottof time in the workshop everyday. took care.
and that -- sigh. awesome awesome! &nbsp; other - maybe - interesting news is that mr.consultant has become regular at calling up. for therecord: mr.C has entered the picture as the friend of a friend. started talking to him coz he was planning a trip to pondi. and then .. chatting continued.
the other day i was talking to my friend, and realised it'd been over a year since i'd been talking to mr.C . and the story goes thus (facts first) that he chats with me only when he is bored. during his exchange prog, he was lonely. so he chatted. now in ahd, he gets lonely in the evening so he calls up. sadly enough i don't seem to be able to talk to him .i feel dumb and inarticulate.
don't know what to say. somehow the conversation seems pretty one sided. and this is quite a mutual feeling. he, infact, brought up this point in a recent record length conversation. and i had to explanation. the accuation went thus: and u have now gathered enough trivia about me to fill an entire volume.
and i know nothing about you. &nbsp; so tell me dear friends, what can i talk about to him. he's travelled half the world (in the last year alone). he is interested in 'fun'. god knows how i can relate to that. he thinks im limited in my expression - or whatever.. and i know i'm limited in my exposure and experiences.
if i start talking about the pet dog i might soon get, he starts tlaking about all the dogs he sawin germany, and all the dogs he wished had since the age of 5. well, that's something not everyone would know about him. but he's pretty yappy. so im sure that getting him to share stuff about himself is not all that great an accomplishment. problem = don't know what to talk about to him. when i last started discussing relationship issues about expectations and misunderstandings, he couldn't relate. i can't talk about my work.
the only things i do talk about are very personal issues, regarding me, my family or my friends. how can i even begin to share the whole perspective with someone else? not only would it be unfair on my behalf, it would be practically impossible to give him the context of my sob stories. &nbsp; in a very very very weird and pathetic way, for just one tiny TINY fraction of a fraction, i wished i could find someone like pk. at least there was no trouble relating to him at all. &nbsp; a HUG OF CONGRATULATIONS and many happy feelings: miss.TeaBagLady has now got through her college of choice.
the College of Arts. a biiiiig hug goes out to her. even though i know she doesn't read this. the feeling's out there in the cosmos with her name on it. may she get it when she needs it most! &nbsp; i'm going on a 'pilgrimage' this weekend.
walking up a hill to a temple and all that. for all i know it might be raining. and there have been reports about mudslides. so people, pray for me. and when i return, please keep some advice handy. and do do remember that i've never even met mr.C. 
