Have to admit that lately I have been on the lazier side with my pen…and apologies for keeping you waiting (the countable few who wait to read my latest entry).
Life is challenging with its newness for me…a new life, a new country…even the weather is new to me quite reverse to India. Can you believe it is chilling cold here right now? And I hate winters.
My sleep pattern is screwed up completely. My body stills thinks it is in India and I struggle tossing during nights. Sometimes I wake-up to the embarrassing sounds of lovemaking of the young neighbours who seems to be never having enough. It is good to be young and I wish I knew it when I was at that age. I wish I could worry less and stop the mind from racing thoughts. I worry about my job. I’ve never struggled to pick one in India but here applications after applications get no response, not even a phone call to attend an interview. Even for the entry-level position, nobody seems to be hiring me. Will I ever get a job in this country? I don’t know…the frustration levels climb high and then I tell myself “This too shall pass”.
But that hasn’t deterred my spirits completely. I did venture out to try new avenues. Finished a course in Hairdressing with flying colours wherein I came the longest way from being unable to hold a blow-dryer to mastering it. The course was fun every bit and I grieved after the finish. Why do good things come to an end so easily? I am better with managing my unruly curls as well as styling it and trust me the feeling is of triumph when people notice. I am hair-fully transformed.
One highlight has been the amazing neighbourhood library where I became a member for free. I feel blessed to be able to read plenty of books from the well-stocked library. It is a treat to me that there is so much to read and the government takes so much of care to maintain without charging a cent from the community. Enjoying every bit of it and hoping that somebody takes a cue from it in India too…life with books can be so much pleasurable.
(Just the random thoughts that came to the mind…no story to tell though, do let me know if you did anything interesting while my pen was taking a nap)
