I totally want to post something witty and amazing, but I am out of steam. I look at the calendar and see that I still have 5 weeks to go, and I am about to jump out of my skin! I want to go back to work, I want to go back to Bikram yoga, I want to ride my bike to my favorite bar and have a few scotch & sodas while talking story with all my drinking buddies! I am thinking that 2 months of just sitting around reading is surprisingly not as fulfilling as I imagined it would be.
I am enjoying the time with my husband, and with the kids, and I do like being here, but the slow tick-tock of these endless days, are wearing me down. If my knee wasn't injured I might start going for runs just to burn off some energy. I cant focus, and I just keep obsessing about all the things that I need to do this summer. I am worried about my lovely job and how I might lose it because I took this time away. I am irritated by people who don't return emails. Argh!
Okay, enough with the negative. Sorry for the uninspiring post. I wish I had something going on to report on, but literally, there is NOTHING going on.
Ah. But...Maybe I should list all of the books I have read since I've been here. :)
-Someone Else's Garden *Dipika Rai
-The Glass Castle *Jeannette Walls
-An Instance of the Fingerpost *Iain Pears
-Between the Assassinations *Aravind Adiga
-His Dark Materials Trilogy *Phillip Pullman
-Hotel *Arthur Hailey
-Five Point Someone *Chetan Bhagat
-If Today Be Sweet *Thrity Umrigar
-Mother Pious Lady *Santosh Desai
-A Girl Like Me *Swati Kaushal
-Known Turf *Annie Zaidi
-Hindi Bindi Club *Monica Pradhan
-Being Indian *Pavan K Varma
-A Fine Balance *Rohinton Mistry
The last one I am still reading.
So 14 books in 3 weeks, and I still have 5 weeks to go. Hmmmm. I need to find a bookstore again. The train station here has Sidney Sheldon and Jeffrey Arthur. That is it. So I have been trying to get Husband to take me to Vadodara, a larger town a couple of hours away. We might go when the kids are done with exams and make a day out of it.
Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh..................................
I am enjoying the time with my husband, and with the kids, and I do like being here, but the slow tick-tock of these endless days, are wearing me down. If my knee wasn't injured I might start going for runs just to burn off some energy. I cant focus, and I just keep obsessing about all the things that I need to do this summer. I am worried about my lovely job and how I might lose it because I took this time away. I am irritated by people who don't return emails. Argh!
Okay, enough with the negative. Sorry for the uninspiring post. I wish I had something going on to report on, but literally, there is NOTHING going on.
Ah. But...Maybe I should list all of the books I have read since I've been here. :)
-Someone Else's Garden *Dipika Rai
-The Glass Castle *Jeannette Walls
-An Instance of the Fingerpost *Iain Pears
-Between the Assassinations *Aravind Adiga
-His Dark Materials Trilogy *Phillip Pullman
-Hotel *Arthur Hailey
-Five Point Someone *Chetan Bhagat
-If Today Be Sweet *Thrity Umrigar
-Mother Pious Lady *Santosh Desai
-A Girl Like Me *Swati Kaushal
-Known Turf *Annie Zaidi
-Hindi Bindi Club *Monica Pradhan
-Being Indian *Pavan K Varma
-A Fine Balance *Rohinton Mistry
The last one I am still reading.
So 14 books in 3 weeks, and I still have 5 weeks to go. Hmmmm. I need to find a bookstore again. The train station here has Sidney Sheldon and Jeffrey Arthur. That is it. So I have been trying to get Husband to take me to Vadodara, a larger town a couple of hours away. We might go when the kids are done with exams and make a day out of it.
Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh..................................
I came across your blog by way of other girls married to Indians. Your blog is quite funny and interesting. I am American and married to an Indian guy. We are now living in the states. If you like reading, I would suggest you buy a Kindle reader. I absolutely LOVE mine and you can take it anywhere without having to collect a whole bunch of books. Plus they have a list of free books that you can put on your Kindle that they update often, so I'm always finding new free books!
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