Passing Years...

At home with a slight fever and not at all feeling guilty about it. I mention guilty because I have a boss who I've never seen taking a sickleave! Actually work has become a bit monotonous of late - the same old issues, spools, debugs, sqls and solutions. But I'm also sure if it were to change drastically - say my work is full of java, I will hate that too. It's silly but that's what I am.

Once in a while life becomes better though - like when I get into arguments(some of them quite bad) with some of my senior colleagues who think they know everything and I win the battle. I love it! But the frequency with which I'm getting into such situations makes me wonder sometimes. I mean, do I have a short temper or do they? But with me it's always "give respect, take respect". People who start off on the offensive with a "what do you know!" ring tick me off immediately. It's easy to make it a gender-bias but I've not yet taken it that way. May be they curse me behind my back but at least people come across better next time.

Then...my mother has an aching leg and I'm pushing her to see the doctor immediately. What with all the recent terrible illnesses among our family and friends, I'm a bit skeptical but I hope it will not be anything major. Was just thinking about her and realized that I've hardly done anything for her. One of her longstanding wishes is to visit Kanyakumari and I want to do it this year. I mean, I'm someone who keeps dreaming(only) of travelling all over the world but have hardly seen anything within my own country, state or even the district! My mother keeps bringing it up but when we go it has to be full family and one or the other gets into some busy schedule. But this October, we shall go!

The kid is in my native place and getting into fights with my mother every other day, mostly over buses. His craziness for buses gets manifold there because most of the private buses have pretty lights inside them. Whenever a bus he covets is denied to him, he calls me up and says, "If you send me here next time!!" but we both know how much he loves the place.

Hungry now...with no maid for a month, we both are finding it tough to manage home. But I've forgotten how it is to eat outside and cannot give up home food. So here I go...