Thought For the Day!

after a long skype conversation with Australian M, the conclusion is ....

" You can never be too thin nor too rich"

School, flu and the blues

I am so paranoid about this swine flu business getting into schools here. I know as sri lankans we should be more worried about the dengue business than swine flu. But then again so many kids have been travelling and on vacation. school is a place where kids can easily pick it up. What with india having cases in large numbers should we not be a bit more alert about it. or am i worrying about the unknown as usual?

then of course this busines of the lady who had gastric bypass and died. I was so upset after reading it. No i was not booked for one, but i did think i will get a tummy tuck once i save all that money (trust me the tummy is never the same after child birth). yes i know u have to work out and not take the easy way out under the knife for a bit of vanity . It is tempting since I suspect most of the flat tummy yummy mummies have done it.

Back in Shool!

So the kids are back in school after two whole months of vacation. S who is going into year two is a bit unhappy since he has got two strict teachers.

collecting his new books he could not temporarily see anything i was panicking about his eye sight but it was just a shock of a different sort.

S: mum they have given the wrong books

Me : they have (check the book it seems ok)

S: yes they have given me year seven stuff i am only in year two

Went to pick him up after his first day and a bunch of other moms asked him how his day was

S: Bad very bad

oh dear i think we have a long year ahead!

Various......

The past two days this week i have been chased by two buses overtaking each other and making my life miserable. (my car was in between these two buses) . I cant seem to get rid of them until we reach some sort of junction.

So when today a bus gave way to turn i did a double take and was looking around to make sure it was me that he was giving way for... Then the bus driver winks.. (yes its u i have bestowed the honour of not running over today.)

Speaking to M the college friend
M : My life is a treadmill
Me: U mean u have been working out nonstop
M : I have been walking all the time, its like walking and walking and more walking. Though i would ride a bike for a change and tried to run over an eighty year old woman.

(M just moved to australia to do her masters.)

I was laughing so much after talkign to her..
only excitement i had in return to tell her was how i got home from work , cooked dinner and fell asleep on the couch. Pathetic..

Hurray that we got the long weekend..

Perfect Marriage?

I get a text this morning while driving to work from a friend

Friend : Is there something called a perfect marriage?

Me : Nope

Friend : so whats the point

While trying to not get run over by the 178 bus guy while driving and texting i was thinking for a minute did i give the wrong answer. I cannot generalise and answer no but my answer might come from my experiences. Quickly think of my immediate circle of relatives and friends and No i was right on there. I could not think of a perfect marriage. Since there is no such thing as a perfect person?

again she sends me the same text: whats the point ( she needed quick answers for which i am a bit clueless)

At traffic light quickly send the answer of " THe kids"

i dont know if she was convinced by what i said but she replied back " yeah i guess u are right"

Felt kind of bad maybe i should have texted some cheesy positive things but i gave my opinion.

Texted back saying "it will pass..." ( i must say i come up with profound answers NOT)

Maybe i should read up some books or something since this is the third person asking marital advice this week.

Sound of Drums at three am!

Fast asleep and i slowly wake up for the steady sound of drums being played. Quickly grab the alarm clock and its exactly three am. I was slightly confused if it was the burglars again for the fifth time or am i hearing things. Lie back on the pillow and there goes a different drum beat. Maybe someones having a kind of late party or what...

Then suddenly get panicked what if its the tsunami alert or something. I have no idea where these ideas come from. I dont know how an alert sounds but this was wierd surely this must be it. Quickly wake up DH who is like a polar bear in hibernation but how to blame him its three twenty.

me : " Do u hear the sound i think its a tsunami alert"

DH : "no no thats the korean drum beat while they are praying, its prayer time for them"

( i kid u not i was worried about the mans explanation what the hell, what korean drum beat)

Me : What there are no koreans in the neighbourhood

Snore snore ( the man is sleeping again )

God thought i will sort this out and decided to check it out. So open the balcony and wow there is loud drum beating like a perahera carnival sort of thing and lights. This is on main galle road i think. Since i am awake i thought i ll get the security of the apartment to check what it is. Peep down and the fellow is fast asleep. Call him like five times and he does not wake up. Great this is the guy who is going to save the apartment and wake up and warn us if there is an alert or fire or anything.

Get back to bed and count sheep...

Shopping for the vacation!

I am away on vacation which was a bit suddenly planned last week. Going on vacation meant new clothes. Made a promise to myself that i wont buy anything when i am in europe since all the clothes go from here anyways only to find out what if i do find something from brazil or mexico that i might need, i might buy. (tough life so promise broken while made)

Found a nice pair of ballet flats to wear on vacation with the brand name "nothing else" only to find they give nothing but pain. I am not wearing sneakers and look like an american tourist in europe. ( might regret once i land there since the feet are already killing me)

Unnecessarily told DH i wont shop. He kept asking are u sure, are u sure like ten times. once when someone asks this so many times u are bound to get confused. browsed the net and was horrified to find out that bags cost the whole of our ticket to fly return. logically thinking i am sure there are places where people buy unbranded stuff so shall try to discover.

oops the whole point being is going on holiday to bond with the family and look at new places and visit museums and eurodisney and not be vain and buy new clothes...