So to start off I m pretty new to this blogging thing and the reason I thought of starting is because I went for this interview and the guy asked me in quite the matter of fact tone "So you have a blog rite?" and I had to go "ummn No,not because I cant write but because I didn't get the time"...lol...needless to say it didnt look like he believed me!(Still waiting to hear back on that interview btw!)
Anyway I am starting to think that blogging is pretty much the new facebook...I mean if you didnt get enough space to write what you are upto in the "Whats on your mind column" then you go ahead and blog your heart out :) Hahahhaha just kidding :) Coz some of my friends write lovely blogs and ones that are such a pleasure to read :)
Lets hope my endeavor turns out the same way :)
My life in a nutshell:
Completed my MBA from the Amrita School of Business,got placed in a reputed MNC,did a little thing like getting married in between and so quit the job and moved to a new city Bangalore! and started job hunting there,landed a job within a week that I loved and stayed at for 2.5 years :),did a little thing like have a baby in between :) the most gorgeous lil baby girl,Saarika :)
So anyway for the first time since I finished my studies I quit my job and decided I wanted to be a stay at home mom :) so the month of Saarika's birthday i.e September 2010 I quit and Saarika moved bag and baggage to Bangalore (She was staying with my mom in Cochin before that).
What ensued then was the 3 a.m feedings,life revolving around the maid and the cook and diapers and milk powder.Of coz the other side was having a warm little bundle next to me and even though she slept in her crib that was joined to the side of our bed she invariably sought out my pillow and by morning there we were, both heads on the same pillow,under the same quilt :)
Before I knew it 6 months were gone and lil Saarika had grown!I must say she is the most accommodating baby,no tantrums,no crankiness and if you take her out to a mall she becomes the happiest baby ever! :)
Anyway after 6 months of staying at home I realized the stay at home mom bit is not me,I love Saarika and I want to be with her but I need some intellectual conversation through the day,I need my own money to feel independent and most importantly I din't want her growing up thinking moms stay at home and thats whats expected of her!
I want her to be an extremely independent girl(yes so I am a bit of a feminist,sue me :)!) who does not have to sacrifice her job to raise her family and why?...coz I plan to be a mom exactly like my mom,who will sacrifice anything to give me the best of both worlds :)
She looks after Saarika better than I could ever look after her,pampers her more than I ever could and has let her husband go off to Africa all alone and fend for himself just so she can stay back and look after my baby :)
I only hope I can do this for Saarika some day so that when she grows up and has to make a difficult decision I can be there for her, no matter what choice she makes,to make sure she can have her cake and eat it too :) :) :) with the cherry thrown in for good measure :)
Anyway I am starting to think that blogging is pretty much the new facebook...I mean if you didnt get enough space to write what you are upto in the "Whats on your mind column" then you go ahead and blog your heart out :) Hahahhaha just kidding :) Coz some of my friends write lovely blogs and ones that are such a pleasure to read :)
Lets hope my endeavor turns out the same way :)
My life in a nutshell:
Completed my MBA from the Amrita School of Business,got placed in a reputed MNC,did a little thing like getting married in between and so quit the job and moved to a new city Bangalore! and started job hunting there,landed a job within a week that I loved and stayed at for 2.5 years :),did a little thing like have a baby in between :) the most gorgeous lil baby girl,Saarika :)
So anyway for the first time since I finished my studies I quit my job and decided I wanted to be a stay at home mom :) so the month of Saarika's birthday i.e September 2010 I quit and Saarika moved bag and baggage to Bangalore (She was staying with my mom in Cochin before that).
What ensued then was the 3 a.m feedings,life revolving around the maid and the cook and diapers and milk powder.Of coz the other side was having a warm little bundle next to me and even though she slept in her crib that was joined to the side of our bed she invariably sought out my pillow and by morning there we were, both heads on the same pillow,under the same quilt :)
Before I knew it 6 months were gone and lil Saarika had grown!I must say she is the most accommodating baby,no tantrums,no crankiness and if you take her out to a mall she becomes the happiest baby ever! :)
Anyway after 6 months of staying at home I realized the stay at home mom bit is not me,I love Saarika and I want to be with her but I need some intellectual conversation through the day,I need my own money to feel independent and most importantly I din't want her growing up thinking moms stay at home and thats whats expected of her!
I want her to be an extremely independent girl(yes so I am a bit of a feminist,sue me :)!) who does not have to sacrifice her job to raise her family and why?...coz I plan to be a mom exactly like my mom,who will sacrifice anything to give me the best of both worlds :)
She looks after Saarika better than I could ever look after her,pampers her more than I ever could and has let her husband go off to Africa all alone and fend for himself just so she can stay back and look after my baby :)
I only hope I can do this for Saarika some day so that when she grows up and has to make a difficult decision I can be there for her, no matter what choice she makes,to make sure she can have her cake and eat it too :) :) :) with the cherry thrown in for good measure :)
first things first.. welcome to the crazy world of blogging.. you are gonna love it for sure!! and a lovely introductory post... here's to the many many more to come.. :) luv ya gal!! mwah!!
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