54 posts tagged “vasundara”

Growingup

7 A.M. Saturday morning. Alarm rings.  Mom, never a mornings-person wakes up.  Brain immediately goes into hyperdrive.

"Darn, it is 7 already.  But then it is Saturday.  Oh, someone called on the cell at 6.30 and I silenced the phone. Who was it? Prabandam mami. Wonder what she wanted so early. Maybe she wanted me to watch some prabandam show on t.v. But then, she knows I don't have a t.v. Well, I'll call her up later and talk to her. Should  I boil yesterday's milk or today's?  And there is a lot of yesterday's decoction left. Maybe I'll make my coffee with yesterday's and make fresh decoction for A.  Why the heck is my head hurting so much early in the morning? Maybe the cold. I wish there is some sunshine today. I am sick of damp, cold clothes.  You know, next time I get a payment, I am definately going to invest in a drier. I think I deserve to wear dry clothes.  Oh, I need to finish up a proposal today if I have to take tomorrow completely off.  Maybe I will work on the capacitor proposal. I need to find out why I should coat MnO2 with CNT.  Perhaps I can use some of the background section from the old proposal.  But am I going to make a case for a pseudocapacitor or a capacitor.  Oh well.   Need to read up some more. I remember Ajayan had a neat paper..got to look at it. Oh, have to talk to G3 about the Maney project.  I hope she will be able to help me there. I can't handle the project myself..especially with my regular work. Maybe we should go out to breakfast today.  Or maybe not. We will most probably be eating out tomorrow. CAn't make it a regular habit.  Besides this month has been such a terrible drain on the purse for some reason. Gotta tighten up.  But I still have stuff to buy. V's birthday stuff. I am totally slacking. Last year, by this time I had everything, including returnn gifts for V's friends ready by now.. I have not even starting thinking about it yet.  And there is the srgm trip coming up too. I am having second thoughts about the srgm trip. Maybe we won't go.  I have way too much work. But then V will be disappointed. LEts see.  And I really want to go to the Parasala concert tomorrow..don't know how to work the logistics. Stupid priya..why does she have to have school today? I can't even leave V at TN and get my work done today.Have to call up mil to see how she is doing.  Don't think I can visit them this weekend. She is going to be upset. Well.  I better get Pongal and sambar going. Damn, I really need a break from this stupid cooking..you know,like a forty-year break or something..sick of planning breakfast, sick of planning lunch..sick of dinner..and it is not even like I cook well..the food tastes yucky anyway...how I wish I were rich enough to afford a full time cook..."

At this point, the six year old wakes up, ambles up to mom and says :

"Amma, you know how castles are made of stones? Our castle is made of diamond and gold and jewels. If you enter it, it sparkles."

Can I please be six again?
 

When a soon-to-be six uses the phrase "Not long after" in a conversation, it means she is reading too much Enid Blyton.

Edited to add on Dec 17: If she says "I am enraged", she is reading too much Amar Chitra Katha.

Writer

It can be a colossal pain when everyone in the household (including a certain soon-to-be-six) blogs.  There is always a race to get stuff on the blog. Dude got it first this time - all because I did not know how to switch off the flash in my digital camera, and before I could figure that out, he had taken a nice photo in his, uploaded it and written up the blog post.  Not fair I say.

My daughter wants to be an explorer scientist writer.  I believe the explorer part comes from Dora, with whom she was enamored for the better part of her six-year existence, the scientist part comes from the dad, and the writer part comes from the mom who seems to be always writing - grocery lists, leave letters, emails, proposals and blog blahs. 

Now what would she do as an explorer scientist writer? 

This.

Soon-to-be-six: "Amma, I told Malu that I am not going to have a party for my birthday and she says that everybody MUST have a party on their birthdays.  Is that true?"

Mom: "No.  You can have a party if you want.  If you don't want to have a party, that is fine too".

Soon-to-be-six:  "But Malu says that I will stay at five-and-a-half if I don't have a party."

Mom: ???

Parenting

Dad (exasperated at the six-year-old being difficult): I am going to write a note to your teacher that you are a troublesome kid at home.

Defiant kid: If you write a note to my teacher, I will write a note to your students that you are a troublesome father at home.

Pretween, tween, preteen, teen....sigh !

(Image from here)

Wonton

Over vegetable won ton soup at a Chinese restaurant, dad and daughter were discussing the various things that human beings eat. 
Daughter: What kind of animals can human beings eat ?
Dad: All kinds of animal meat.  People even eat snails.
Daughter: Really?  What about maravattai (millepede)
Mom (thinking to herself): I don't really like the turn this conversation is taking.
Dad: Yes.  Some people even eat dog meat. And snake meat
Daughter:  So, people eat all nouns.
Mom and Dad: ??!!

Angel4c

Dad and mom working on the computer. Kiddo playing pretend game, talking to herself:

"We are all magical angels.  When we need energy to fight enemies, we have them.  When we don't need to fight our enemies, we can remove the energy and put it in a cup.  That is called the  hotsugaroil. Because it looks like sugar in hot oil."

Can I have a cup of hotsugaroil please?

Chess

When it takes one hour to defeat your soon-to-be-six year old in chess, it means (a)  you suck at chess or (b) the kid is good.

Maternal vanity makes me choose (b).

Parenting

"If you don't finish up your Dosai, no karate class for you".

"If you don't clean up the room, no more books for you".

"If you don't finish up your lunch in school, no more lunch for you"

"If you don't braid your hair, it will fall off".

"If you don't drink up your milk, you are going to end up with osteoporosis like kollu paati".

All of the above within a span of 20 minutes. I am well on my way to becoming a professional blackmailer.  Anyone need my services?  Charges nominal.

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Soon-to-be-six: "If you tell a lie, God will dance in your brain and you will get irritated" 

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Neighbour:            What do you want to be when you grow up?
Soon-to-be-six:      A big girl.

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Soon-to-be-six:  "I don't like boys.  They are rash".
Mom ruminating: "I'd like to hear that in ten years.  ummm..on second thoughts, I don't think so."

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Soon-to-be-six: They show Tom&Jerry and Mr. Bean on TV during AV period in school. I don't like it.  I want to read my book.
Mom ruminating"YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS".

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