I suddenly found myself with 10 extra days of vacation this year. Things that passed through my mind:
- Invite my sister over - she needs a break - take her around - let her sleep in - introduce her to different people.
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Eat the the Mosquite Coast - well... the name intrigues me - I am not fond of mosquitoes. Yet, they do bring back pleasant memories of the evening after the farewell party at WCC after our graduation. WCC is situated on the banks of the Cooum at Chennai. Legend has it that Tipu Sultan's sons were imprisoned in the main building of the college and were brought over the Cooum by the British. The hostel of WCC is close to the wall separating the building from the Cooum. We sat on the terrace that evening and late night fighting the mosquitoes who came in hoardes into our mouth every often we opened our mouth to speak.
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Set out from my home with no destination in mind and just take turns as it comes - at each turn make a decision which way to go (isn't there something deterministic about this plan - just the fact that I want it to be indeterministic has already made it deterministic - for the fear of coming back home within 5 minutes, will I not chose to go in the opposite direction?) and explore some places for 10 days. I wonder which places I will see and who I will meet.
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Do the above for Brussels during a weekend on foot when the sun is out (chances of me being in Belgium when the sun is out is quite rare)
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Buy a bike and go biking around Belgium.
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Decide what to do with my Bongo Box gifted by my boss. (Link it to 1??? - my sister loves to eat good food in an ambient place)
I was at Witcher Plein the other evening coming back. The luxury of the place gets to me - I love luxurious environment. The Conrad hotel and the luxurious bath shops and art shops elevated me to an exultant feeling. Shyness stopped me from standing on my toes and doing a twirl. On thinking about it I could have very well done it - there was no one around. I am enjoying this feeling of being alone and enjoying this time being with myself. As I was telling Parmanu this morning - I am beginning to enjoy Brussels, myself and my work a bit more and it is a luxurious feeling.
At the same time about 5 people asked me over 2 weeks about my plans to have children. It is a co-incidence that suddenly everyone else is thinking about me having children. Many were of the opinion that I would make a good mother (and curiously when going through my IMD year book I found the same comment "you were the mother of the class"). Adopting children has been in my mind since I was a teenager when I used to see the advertisements in Reader's Digest and Illustrated Weekly - when I got married to Parmanu it was something I always told him I would love to do. Perhaps it is time now to start thinking about it seriously. "What about your own?" - a question that came up from 2 people - If it happens it happens - else I am not heart broken. Aren't there enough children around this world who do not have mothers and who crave for a mother who cares for them?
Now - off to Waterstones, Dance Practise for 7 hours and then dinner with a friend. She and I have to share stories of our first week in our respective new positions at work and I have to pep her up since she had a work life balance issue and she has a baby.