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I've finally started going on my evening walks and it feels great to step out of the house for an hour a day. Of course, this splendid outing is limited to me walking up and down the road in front of my building and nowhere else because I should be able to get back within five minutes if GBM starts howling. I usually feed her before leaving and then she's content to talk to her yellow doll- Manja Coloru Manjula- or the box of her car seat. Or watch M dance. She doesn't seem to miss me during this one-hour period and I'm grateful to be of insignificance.
I've not been reading much. I tried to read Dr Spock very sincerely but I concluded that he just keeps saying you can do anything as long as you feel it's right. Which I knew anyway. Also, he keeps talking about childcare in 'simpler societies' and how it's all golden there and it began to annoy me. I'm pretty sure he'd consider Indian society to be 'simpler' and that certainly wouldn't be true, considering how complicated childcare here is. Every aunty worth her weight in Grand Sweets michur will have an opinion on what's best for your kid, even if the kid she raised turned out to be an A-class moron.
One book I really want to read is The Emperor of Maladies. I tried to read it when I was pregnant and quite liked it, but it was just too heavy to get past then. What with me being preoccupied with apple pie and all. I've come to realize that I basically don't want to read any literature where I don't immediately know what the hell is going on and who the hell the first person voice is. I remember wanting to read such books when I was in college and even feeling proud that I got them, but now that I have very little time on my hands, I don't feel like indulging the self-indulgence of others.
I try to watch one episode of Seinfeld every day on my laptop with earphones on when GBM takes her afternoon nap. Since she's started sleeping for seven hours at night these days, I don't try to put myself to sleep when I'm not particularly sleepy. I will eventually run out of Seinfeld DVDs though and I must plan on what series to watch next. I'm quite tempted to order off all the highly violent crime thingies that I didn't watch during my pregnancy. I'm sure some wise aunty will come and tell me that violence can be transmitted through breastmilk though.
I do some amount of writing every day, too. Whether it's blogging or work-related or even sending 'creative' text messages to N or A. It keeps me from completely transforming into a dairy cow.
This is the summary of my Me-time. And though it must sound pretty lame to all you swashbuckling young people, I'm pretty happy.
I've finally started going on my evening walks and it feels great to step out of the house for an hour a day. Of course, this splendid outing is limited to me walking up and down the road in front of my building and nowhere else because I should be able to get back within five minutes if GBM starts howling. I usually feed her before leaving and then she's content to talk to her yellow doll- Manja Coloru Manjula- or the box of her car seat. Or watch M dance. She doesn't seem to miss me during this one-hour period and I'm grateful to be of insignificance.
I've not been reading much. I tried to read Dr Spock very sincerely but I concluded that he just keeps saying you can do anything as long as you feel it's right. Which I knew anyway. Also, he keeps talking about childcare in 'simpler societies' and how it's all golden there and it began to annoy me. I'm pretty sure he'd consider Indian society to be 'simpler' and that certainly wouldn't be true, considering how complicated childcare here is. Every aunty worth her weight in Grand Sweets michur will have an opinion on what's best for your kid, even if the kid she raised turned out to be an A-class moron.
One book I really want to read is The Emperor of Maladies. I tried to read it when I was pregnant and quite liked it, but it was just too heavy to get past then. What with me being preoccupied with apple pie and all. I've come to realize that I basically don't want to read any literature where I don't immediately know what the hell is going on and who the hell the first person voice is. I remember wanting to read such books when I was in college and even feeling proud that I got them, but now that I have very little time on my hands, I don't feel like indulging the self-indulgence of others.
I try to watch one episode of Seinfeld every day on my laptop with earphones on when GBM takes her afternoon nap. Since she's started sleeping for seven hours at night these days, I don't try to put myself to sleep when I'm not particularly sleepy. I will eventually run out of Seinfeld DVDs though and I must plan on what series to watch next. I'm quite tempted to order off all the highly violent crime thingies that I didn't watch during my pregnancy. I'm sure some wise aunty will come and tell me that violence can be transmitted through breastmilk though.
I do some amount of writing every day, too. Whether it's blogging or work-related or even sending 'creative' text messages to N or A. It keeps me from completely transforming into a dairy cow.
This is the summary of my Me-time. And though it must sound pretty lame to all you swashbuckling young people, I'm pretty happy.
13 comments:
you are so cool! I didnt do anything but feed and try and get back sensation in my body for the first 5 months (the horrid delivery had a major role to play)
Its good you leave GBM for an hour or so....it gives you super ME time :) and she sleeps for 7 hours in the night! total kala tikka to that..seriously....kala tikka!!!
Hugs to the little one...let me know whats the new series you started watching okie?
If you're going to order violent crime series, I will plump for Dexter. It's fantastic!
Otherwise, Big Bang Theory. Of course.
Aunties and their advice can devoid you of everything entertaining..
My SIL who is pregnant has been advised to listen only to calm music and veena.. I guess she is soon going to stop listening to anything.
Oh gosh..you are a riot! Enjoy the me-time. I am going through a watch -all-violent-crime-series phase and just finished Dexter. Onto Heroes now..which is not bad.
Good going GB! Manja Colour Manjula ,ha ha!!
I so liked your last reply in your previous post. What should new mommies be blogging about..BS for dummies? Bah! Do go on with your baby blogs, we are all eyes for them :))
Lucky you to have a infant who sleeps for 7 hours.. any tips?:)
I can suggest lot of series, how about Prison break, white collar(if you want something in crime).. Mr.Monk,Big bang theory, How I met your mother (Funny ones)
When my kids were young we had no internet and I found Dr Spock helpful. I remember being particularly impressed by some ideas about why kids lie, and how to make the baby sleep all night and how badly behaved children did not look cute to anybody except the parents. The non judgmental tone was a new for me.
I read a lot of James Herriot in my Me time and once I read a collection of Tales of terror - I think a collection of...??? Alfred Hitchcock?? Not sure, but I was terrified!!
humm you are making vamps out of innocent Aunies GBM has!!
Hey wait for some more days for crime thrillers, no tests are done yet but who knows they might pass on to milk!! This is medical writer me speaking out :-)
humm you are making vamps out of innocent Aunies GBM has!!
Hey wait for some more days for crime thrillers, no tests are done yet but who knows they might pass on to milk!! This is medical writer me speaking out :-)
How about Scrubs- it's a medical comedy, or Spooks which's about MI5 and espionage and Brit accents, or Prison Break which is about just that; all shows which I was highly addicted to.
@R's Mom- I've read your labour story and that's more violent than Dexter!! Your 5 months is well-deserved!
@Ramya- I used to watch Dexter, doood. Then I got pregnant and the advice began :|
@Sam- Hahaha. My sympathies to her.
@Bhargavi- I think I'll go with Dexter only. I watched till Trinity killed off Rita but wasn't able to watch the next season.
@Nithvin- Thank you, thank you :P But I thought I'll respond with a new post since some others have called this a mommy blog too.
@Prathima- I can assure you that I did absolutely nothing to make her sleep for 7 hours. She started staying awake for 3-4 hours at a stretch during late evenings when she'd cluster-feed, cluster-pee and exhaust herself enough to fall into long naps :D I just got lucky, I guess.
Thanks for the series suggestions :D
@IHM- I think I've read too much postcolonial theory to appreciate Dr Spock :P
@Chandrima- Grrrr. Go and watch Chota Bheem, auntyji!! :D
@CW- Phew. So much to watch and so little time. Someday, someday!
Hi there,
Just enjoy yourself. I'm sure M must be very entertaining to GBM. :)
-Uncle OT
PS: I'm content with Vijay TV.
Emperor Of All Maladies is an awesome book :D I don't orange juice, so well I shall drink some Pomegranate juice for your health and Ra's.
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