Spring 2018

Can’t believe it is already May!! Time has been flying super fast these days and I don’t think I am doing a good job of keeping up with it. Every weekend feels like we have lots to do and when Monday comes around, I am always exhausted. I keep thinking I have to change this cycle, but not sure how.

Monday mornings are especially difficult because nobody wants to get up at the right time on Mondays and it is always a tight race to get the kids to school on time. It was much better in Redmond where the kids had to leave for school by 8:15. They did a really good job of getting ready and I used to have an hour extra every day. Now that their school starts at 9 and that we live right across school, they have a very laid back attitude.

Yesterday, after the kids left and the chaos was all done, I felt like I needed a moment or two to myself. I made myself breakfast and sat down with a magazine (even though my brain was screaming at me to get started on work). I slowly ate breakfast while browsing the travel magazine and then started looking at the past years pictures on my phone. Every day my phone shows me all the pictures that were taken in the previous years exactly on this day.

So, past pictures showed me this from 2014. We were still in Redmond and had planted some Tulips and Lilly’s which bloomed beautifully. I went crazy taking pictures. One of the things I love about the Pacific Northwest – the bulbs blooming in the Spring 🙂

After moving to California, we planted Tulips here as well. But, only one bloomed and it was short lived. We were disappointed. But, we do have other flowers blooming nicely here. Here are a bunch of roses from our front yard 🙂

 

 

Wordless Wednesday – Spring Blooms

Snow snow and more snow

It has been snowing non stop since morning. I did not even know there was a snow storm prediction today. I was in my own world making plans for shopping at Target with my dear son. He loves to go there. I was hoping that the snow would end in the afternoon and we can go. But no… it is still snowing. There is a winter weather advisory until tomorrow morning.

Now I am in the state where I start to hate the snow and winter and everything related to it. I am so ready for Spring. Usually around November I look forward for the first snow. It is beautiful and looks like a winter wonderland outside. When it starts accumulating and then slush follows…. that is when I hate the snow. I am still okay because it would not be freezing cold outside. When the freezing temperatures hit a couple of times, I start thinking about life back in India and how we do not have to face all these snow storms and freezing temperatures etc etc…

This year I will be traveling to India in summer and it will be Hot. We will be traveling from 30 F to around 90 F. I am sure I will complain about the heat all the while in India and the moment I come back, I will complain how cold it is here. Well at least in India, I get to wear all my cool cotton selwars and dress up everyday.

I hate winter. Spring where are you????