Satisfied ...

Here I am again ... and am actually quite surprised at myself, since I am not the kind to be regular about stuff like this .... in fact, every new year when we got fresh diaries for the coming year, I'd jump up and say, this time I resolve to keep a diary to note down little tidbits of my life .... and never went beyond a few pages .... only to redo the whole episode again the next year! But, here I am, today, because there's something I'd like to share ... or if not share, at least jot down, since I kinda liked it ....

Actually, its something that happened early today morning ... my 2.4 yr old son, Dhruv, was asleep and it was 5.45 am, I guess, when I was up and packing his tiffin for playschool and my tiffin for office. He is usually tight asleep during this time and wakes up only around 6-30 or 7-00 am. But, today, he woke up and came stumbling to the dining table, where I was packing his food - consisting of half-a-cake (happy-birthday is his name for a cake!) and 2 biscuits (bikkes - he calls it) .....

So, this 3 ft long chap comes up to me, puts his hand up to indicate he wants to be lifted and says its 9-00 o'clock ... thats the only time he can say, dunno why, but whenever he wants to say the time, it is always 9-00 o'clock! So, it was 9-00 o'clock and here he was in my arms, hugging me tight ...

Now, usually, the maid comes around 6-45 am and gets him ready for school, brushing his teeth and giving him a bath and dressing him up, which is always a battle, considering that he never co-operates ... but, getting back to the point, here was this little bugger hugging me, when it suddenly occurred to me that I could get him ready today ... so, I got some hot water ready, took him to the batoon (bathroom in his words!), undressed him and bathed him .... brushing was a pain, but somehow, he was a little less resilient today, and I got it done in 15 minutes ... bathing him, and dressing him ....

And, I felt so satisfied .... Usually, when housewives claim that it is a major satisfaction, looking after a baby that it is worth giving up financial freedom and a job, I always felt they said that to console themselves, because that they couldn't work like other working women, whatsoever their reasons be ... But, when I got my son ready today, I felt so so so satisfied, that I felt like giving up my job and staying home .... but again, beggars can't be choosers ...

Now, let's leave that story for sometime else .... Am already at office and the halo of greatness and satisfaction is wearing off, and so before I forget that I did something worthwhile today, something that made me satisfied, if for a momentary period of time, I wanted to write it down to preserve it ... for sometime later, when I can read back at what I did someday ... and bask in my own borrowed glory!

Adieu, till I come back .... no promises here, considering that irregularity and procrastination are second nature to me ....