I've come a long way from the girl that I was to the young woman that I have become.
I've come a long way......
from the girl that chose to go to evening college and to work the afternoon shift at her job just so she could sleep in late,
to the mom whose day begins at 6:15 (at least that's when the alarm is set to ring). By 7:30, my older one is shouted and yelled at and is out of the house with breakfast in her tummy and lunch in her backpack. Hubby also leaves around the same time. If all goes well, I will have managed to pick a fight with him by then. Then a quick yoga routine and then round two of S & Y to get the second one off to school. By 9:00, I try to be at work.
from the girl that used to bunk Saturday half-day school to watch the regional film on DD and took off from work to watch a whole day of cartoon network
to the mom who tries to keep her daughters' evenings and weekends busy so that they do not become couch potatoes. I splurge on games and toys so that the girls are not lured to TV by boredom. I take them to the library, park, on bike rides and walks. Whatever TV they watch, I drop everything else and watch with them. I can proudly say that I've watched all the episodes of Avatar - The Last Airbender.
from the girl that had only Maggie and tea on her recipe list and that used to laugh at women who wrote in ideas for quick and easy eats to 'Mangayar Malar'
to the mom that scours magazines and websites for recipes. I cook my own versions of Chinese, Thai, Italian and Mexican so that my kids will eat without a fuss. The fact that hubby prefers 'Rasam Saadam' over everything else is ignored and often mocked at. I am thrilled that my 'Mullangi Sambhar' and 'Paav Baaji' are the world's best as certified by my girls.
from the girl that used to depend on her mom for food, on her dad for drop offs and pick ups, on her maid for clean laundry to the woman that cooks, cleans and manages a household of four and a part-time job and that drives around so much that she feels at home in her van (the van storage houses water, snacks, pens, pencils, notepad, cell phone charger, hair brush and accessories among other things)...I've indeed come a long way.
Last week an older co-worker asks me - 'How old are your kids?' I tell him.
'Wow', he says, 'You have a long way to go.'
