its all relative! :)

been quite a few days since i posted something! Not much happening i guess! Bumpy is doing ok and am looking forward to seeig him/her move during my scan end of this month. The dad might miss it agaiin. But then theres quite a few scans to go! And we are hoping we will see a happy n dancing kiddo in all of em! Amen! :)

i am someone who doesnt mind being alone. I do not get lonely just 'coz i dont have company. I have office, i go home, cook, watch all the movies hubby has watched or doesnt want to, read some and sleep.

So when i got a call yesterday from one of my uncles that they were in bangalore and that his mom wanted to visit me, i went ah no! There gos my relaxed evening doing nothing! His mom is my Dad's aunt, my grandpa's younger sister well into her sixties! So like my cousin grandmom!

Plus, with no Mayunk to supervise, the house has been pig sty i feel most comfy in. Papers strewn around, chaddar neva folded, clothes lying on every empty surafce (you get the picture!). When someone old is coming, you know they look at all these things pretty closely AND god forbid "critically". So i said i will be home by 730, you can come after that. Ofcos, she was staying miles apart, so my uncle dropped her at my office! this meant i HAD to sheepishly say "welcome home!' to that messy looking space. Ofcos she was very sweet and said you are working, and that too long hours, so its OK. Dont worry.

We reached home. Soon we were just sitting and talking comfortably about this and that. Family stuff and how age has changed things for her. Then we started seeing photos, our shaadi album, and she heard all my stories with lot of interest. Adding her own anectodes and opinions to them. Asking questions and answering mine.

Cooking time, and i made simple baingan bharta and dal. She ofcos offered to cook the whole meal saying when will you get ready khaana. (Mayunk, i miss you!!;) I jus asked her to make rotis, that i am terrible at and we had a simple dinner with some more chatting. She made it a point to praise my cooking! :)

on the bed too, she told me about her singapore-mal-bkk-pty-colombo trip. She even did paragliding!! How cool is that?!

The funniest incident shared was when she, the other 2 sisters and my grandpa were going to one of brother's place (they are 9 of em in all, grandpa being the oldest!) and went to the autorickshaw stand to ask them if they would go. The driver asked em "where do you want to go?' And not ONE of them could remember the NAME of the place. All saying they are older than the rest and how can they be expected to remember. They told him we know the way, you start moving and we will tell you once we remember! :)

All in all, the visit i was dreading turnd out to be quite an enjoyable one! She was genuinely happy to see us doing well and that she could spend at least an evening at our place.

You cant choose your relatives, but sometimes you are glad you dont have the choice! :)