There are two seasons where Rishi goes berserk. One is Deepavali and the other Christmas. Preparations start almost a month in advance, boxes go topsy-turvy, decorations are mended, old ones discarded and new ones bought with fanfare. But Rishi has his ways about buying things; he never demands them outright. He just leads us to the place, loiters around them, doesn't show any interest in anything else, is sulky if we ignore them and finally compels us to almost beg him to buy something. But last week he broke the protocol; he begged me to buy them. He was like, "Aayi, you know I haven't asked you for expensive things anytime in my life. This time you've even got a promotion and this thing hardly costs anything. Buy this once for me, please...". I was taken aback for a minute but was happy too. We went to Sapna and got a big star for him to take to school.
Most of the promotion news is out and Rajani says she hasn't got one. I've dreaded it somehow. I always felt our careers were similar, though she's better than me, and somehow thought we would get promoted together. We belong to different orgs within the company and yardsticks are different but every year when she asked me, I don't know if I would've been disappointed if she'd got one while I hadn't. I guess similar thought runs in her head too. She was upset when I told her about it and I know it was to do with her situation than mine.
Anu has got her spectacles.
Most of the promotion news is out and Rajani says she hasn't got one. I've dreaded it somehow. I always felt our careers were similar, though she's better than me, and somehow thought we would get promoted together. We belong to different orgs within the company and yardsticks are different but every year when she asked me, I don't know if I would've been disappointed if she'd got one while I hadn't. I guess similar thought runs in her head too. She was upset when I told her about it and I know it was to do with her situation than mine.
Anu has got her spectacles.
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