100000 Miles

Last night my car made history by reaching a 100,000 miles. This would be the second time a car reached a 100,000 miles in our household. Definitely not an occasion to celebrate, but most certainly blogworthy! I am grateful for my sweet car! For all the road trips, the pointless "What do we eat tonight?" drives, the frequent pick-ups from the airport, the gazillion "I think I am having a baby now, lets go to the hospital" drives and the sweetest drive of all: J's homecoming! Although, I have cursed the day I bought my V6 engine car many a times, especially in the last few months, I must say it has been a good car to me. Go Acura!

Peace!

The View

There are many things that I love about my job and there are many things I don't as well. But one one thing that I cherish the most is the view from my cubicle. Our building was built right adjacent to these beautiful woods in the middle of Richardson. And for those who do not know Richardson, it is a city in the middle of the DFW metroplex. A city, where an empty patch of land goes to the builders faster than you can say "Jack Robinson"! So I take pride in what I see from the window of my week-day, day-time home! But after working here for almost 3 years, I have forgotten the greatest part of having a window cubicle with a great view: to actually enjoy it! Every time somebody comes by to visit me for the first time, our conversation always starts with "Wow! What a great view!". And thats when I look out and say, "Wow! It IS a great view!". But after they leave, I get busy burying my head into my monitor. What a shame! And how often we do that in our lives. We are so busy with what to do tomorrow that we overlook the beautiful view in front of our freakin' eyes, today. What a shame! So starting today I am going to try hard to enjoy the view from the window. The beautiful blossoms in spring, the plush green leaves in summer, the changing colors of winter, the barren trees in winter and not to mention the squirrels. You should too! :-)


Peace!

Why?

Yesterday I heard 2 significant news. One was that somebody is having a baby and the other was a little boy has been diagnosed with leukemia. Although, the news of the miracle of a child being born excited me, but the news of a child with cancer troubled me and made me ponder about things of which I do not have control of. I started to ask the infamous question "Why?" Why should the little boy suffer? His parents are good people. Why Why Why? I did scientifically and psyhologically explain it in my heart, but somehow the answers seemed incomplete.

But I know the Bible says "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."

So I take solace in the fact that the Almighty one is in control!

"The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man." - G.K.Chesterton

Date Night!

My son is now 16 months and 10 days old. Unbelievable! And it has been 16 months and 17 days since my wife and I went out on a date! So yesterday we decided to go out for dinner. We asked our neighbour's daughter to baby sit J, decided on a restaurant and were so excited like it was our first date. I was talking about the whole day. Then I got home, played with J a lil' bit and Tessa came @ around 6:45 PM. And soon we were on our way after giving her a few instructions. But guess what from the minute I left home I started talking about J. When D asked to shut up and stop worrying, I said ok, but that didnt stop me. Will he be ok? Did he eat? Maybe he is crying a lot! What if he hates us for the rest of his life? Boy it was driving me nuts. I was so sure Tessa is going to call any minute asking us to come back. But the call never came. And through all this my wife remained so calm. I was suprised and super jealous. So anywas we had great Thai food. The waitress was so that nice she gave us a free entree even though we did'nt have the coupon. Elated, we decided to go to target to get a Console table that D had her eye on for a year now. We found it and it was on sale and was almost $20 less. Wow! Amazing! Picked it up. Then we decided to go to the clothes store. Found the pair of shoes I was looking for for half the price. Man, everything was just perfect. Then we decided to go home a little early cos I couldnt take it anymore. Got home as fast as we could to find my sweet little son already asleep . And Tessa told that he was perfect. Apparently, it took her just a few minutes to put him to sleep, the task that takes us almost an hour each day. So everything was perfect. But guess who was upset now. The strong mommy who asked me to shut up earlier that evening when I was freaking out. She didnt expect him to be asleep already. Now she was upset that she had left him behind. But now that I was home, I could care less, I happily settled down on our couch with the remote in hand to watch history being made in world politics. Interesting eh? Anyways thats how our first date since J was born, went about.

Peace!

New Day

First Black President of United States of America. Wow! I never thought I would say that. Somehow I had taken joy in watching Morgan Freeman playing president in many movies and settled to the fact that, thats as good as it gets. But today it has finally happened, a new day is here where a black man (ok semi black man) has taken over the reigns of the most powerful nation and possibly the world. It does make me proud to call myself an Indian-American. I see hope and future. If a man born to an immigrant Dad and a white mother, raised pretty much like anybody else, can reach the pinnacle of political greatness then anything is possible in the great nation. But, it does sadden me when I think of what he stands for. That's what scares me. I just hope & pray that the good Lord will give President-elect Obama the wisdom and knowledge to run this country efficiently. But today, we celebrate. May HIS will be done.

Peace!