Back to school!

It is that time of year. Yesterday, the colony was full of school buses and kids hurrying off to school. I guess schools have re-opened. I always feel sorry for the kids that they have to get back to school. In fact one of the twin girls who lives five to six houses down our lane was crying inconsolably to go to school.

But it somehow always brings back good memories to my mind. I loved school. As much as I loved summer holidays (with the water coolers, grandma's house, mangoes, sleeping till late etc etc), I used to yearn to get back. A new year, new uniforms, new shoes, new bag and new lunch boxes (sometimes), the smell of new text and note books, the scramble to get them all wrapped up in brown paper, label them and write names on each of them, and so much more!

So here is wishing all our colony kids a happy coming year in school!!

1700

That is how many emails I have to plough through for not having checked official email for a whole week. Boy! We do take communication to new heights. I have been at it more or less non stop for the last 3 hours and still I am only 500 emails through :( I am resisting the temptation to do CTRL+A and SHFT+DEL. ;)

Back and happy..

..to be home
...for the 10C drop in temperature
....for my 15.1" laptop monitor and the space it affords me to organize my email and browser
.....for the successful completion of the son's sixth flight where he didn't so much as wink during take off and landing and thoroughly enjoyed it playing with crew and me and his dad
......for my sister who got married

And many more such..