A smile a day - 17

 Managed to get a lovely Thai massage with my sister. Was massaged by two giggling girls whose vivaciousness made us happier :)

A smile a day - 16

 Yesterday I managed to fix a bug before I finished for the year :) With a smile I packed my monitor and laptop to sign in again on 4th January 2022.

A smile a day - 15

 Yesterday I spoke to roomie dear after 4 years. Yes she forgot my birthday, again! And yes I remembered that she forgot :D And I remember that we last spoke 4 years ago to which she commented "tere database se kuch purge nehi hota?" (Nothing gets purged from your database :D ) Yep such redundant information doesn't get purged for sure :) 

It was the best 36 minutes of my day :)

A smile a day - 14

 The weekend was a memorable one. We hosted Pumpki's birthday on the Saturday. It was a lovely little party with a few of her friends. Since she is a very shy child, it was very endearing to see her play with her small bunch. There were a few children who were not from her school but we invited them since we are close. I tagged Chiyaa to be in charge of one of the girls and Pumpki in charge of another. I had to keep reminding them, but they did their best to be good hostesses and keep all their guests feel welcome.

Sunday was the big day for yours truly. I started with a mild tummy ache which I reckon was caused by the Covid vaccine booster shot. But then I was sure that some time out in the fresh air was definitely what I needed. The sun was shining splendidly and we made our way to the city centre for a wonderful meal and some time in the Christmas markets :) A wonderful weekend before a shorter work week kicks off :)

A smile a day - 13

 I had picked up a small piece of work yesterday. I thought it would get done in a jiff. But nope. My attempts didn't work. I was suddenly not even aware why it was failing. Around noon, I thought a run would clear my thoughts. It did. I got some ideas. But none of them worked either. I spent a day roiling over how to make the thing work. At 1500 I had to break for school pick ups. It was a long and hectic pick up since there was a road accident. Back home, dinner was sorted and I made the kids go to their respective tasks (Chiyaa working on a present for me :D and Pumpki reading a book) K gladly took the remaining tasks of vacuuming house and reading the bed time story to Pumpki and putting her to sleep. So 1830 I was back at my desk. And 2000 the code worked! Whoop! Whoop!

A smile a day - 12

We are hosting a party for Pumpki's 6th birthday. Its unbelievable that she is already so close to being 6! We have invited a close friend who has an older son, 10 years old. I was not able to find a suitable return gift for him. Yesterday K went on a mission to get something for him.And he found the exact thing that I wanted! He got him a Lego gift since the boy is newly addicted to Lego! It felt God sent literally :)

A smile a day - 11

 On Saturday I was invited for dinner by a friend. She was a work colleague who is now a close friend of mine. Since my sister is in town, I could leave the girls with her. My friend doesn't have kids, and my girls tend to get a tad bit bored at her place.

So it was to be an all adult evening. It was lovely having a conversation for around 3-4 hours and we were not tongue tied for a bit. In fact it was quite hard to find a gap in conversation and  make a move :) It was such a lovely evening.