Footloose

Being footloose is very dangerous. And given to indulge, it is very difficult to reform. I used to be that way in the States. Travelling was the rule than a vacation. Every weekend was an excuse to be excused from Lakewood. Pittsburgh, NJ, NYC, Niagara, Boston, Virginia, Washington, Columbus, Lexington, Austin, the list never seemed to end. Wanted to visit Yellowstone, Vegas, Lake Placid,Adirondacks, the list never seemed to end. These are mostly the times when I miss America and my single time the most.

The need to travel. To see. To see new things, new cities, new places. I think the last one year has been the one wherein I have seen just one place new in spite of living in Europe in London. I hope the traveller is not dead. Oh!!!My feet want to fly.

I am going to India in September. Maybe I will get to see something. Planning a trip of Kumbakonam again. Want to see Sarangapani (Sarngapani) again.

Oh!My feet want to fly...

Lots of water under the bridge

If I take a statistic on how my posts began, or the probability that it will begin with "It has been a while.." -I think that would be the sum of all positive probabilities in this universe. SO MANY TIMES!! :( Disgusted. But still...

As a quick update, after a long of visa hassles and harangues with the British Government, I am finally in London!!! :) Yay!! The city I always wanted to be in. Beautiful is the word. It is almost like living in literature. "London Bridge is falling down! Falling down!! ". Every street and every road has memories -Westminster Abbey, Bermondsey, Charing Cross, Piccadilly, Oxford street, BAKER STREET!!!, King's cross, Buckingham palace, Big ben!! Man.. Of course : Wimbledon. The mecca of tennis.well let's say the Ahobilam of tennis.

It is like living in a dream. Wow!! :)) grinning ear to ear most of the time. With M safely at work, I can dream enough (Oh--Did I not tell you? I am a home maker - I am not working for the time being!! YAY!! How nice does it feel to be on a break? Wow!)

Learning manual driving, cooking a nice variety of food - Mom and dad in law are going to be here from this Saturday! Life runs.. I cant believe it is 6 months.

I miss India and never thought I would say it, "I miss America too". I hope to stay on the blogger's column atleast this time. Let's see how this stint goes.

Meanwhile how are all of you doing? What's happening? Hope you are doing and keeping well. Let me know. Love you all!!!

Hi alllllllllllllllllllllll

Epdi erukelll??? ellarum? Doing fine wherever you are? Really missed this place. Been wanting to be back and a lot of thoughts constantly whirring around the mind but never a point to tie them to.

So many blogs to write and so many thoughts to share. But somehow the mind refusing to co-operate at all. Just the effort to log on to the internet and type out the words. Something rather like I better be wound up like a tight ball, or a black hole, consuming everything given to me but not spit one thing out. Just be spun into a vortex and pull everything into myself.

It is a phase with me. There are phases when I would just be spilling words like I have drank like a fish and pour, pour, pour out syllables whether it makes sense or not. Then I will be in a phase where I will hardly say yes or no. If I speak, that might be for food. And anyone forcing me to speak would rather be talking to the cat or the wall...

I got into one of those moods and it has lasted a long while. I moved from the States, quit my job, left my car behind, everything has changed in a short while. So many changes.

And my wedding took place last week. I have been hugely silent about it. For no apparent reason. I did not publish a single post.

The only reason I feel apologetic about is, I used this cloak of silence( There it comes!!! The preamble to this blog) to be entirely silent and hid it within a close network of cousins. None of my friends knew the date nor the venue.

For some strange strange strange reason. I am sorry for all of this. Really. Really. Really Sorry. But as such I dont make any excuses. :(

Well. It was the traditional girl's family meets boy's family. Boy meets girl in a relative's house. Talk, see if things work out, get married.

My husband (wow!!! feels really really strange..:)) Like a chinese word or something!) . Working for a top multinational financial institution now wound up in a matrimonial institution also. I call him M. Very religious, extremely patient (Imagine getting the silent treatment from the minute you got married.(Actually from the week before the marriage). He is from PSBB, then went onto B.Com and MBA in the top school in the country. He is also very close to the Ahobila Mutt and the present
Jeeyar. Was His sishya in Poorvashrama.

Parthasarathy Perumal kovil has been a fixture in my life. Adiyen had the Bhagyam of being enveloped by the Grace of Swami Thelliyasingar in the temple and I always consider Him to be my God. At those times when I was in the temple, my life has been revolving around Him. Some days when I used to be in the temple in the mornings, I used to see newly wedded groom and the bride coming to worship in the temple right after marriage. Manjai veshti, Panchagajam, Madisar, Thirumangalyam, Maalai, Perumal. Samashreyanam. These were my only thoughts of marriage. I used to pray to Emperuman to grant me this favor alone.

And He did. Adiyen had the Bhagyam of praying to Swami Azhagiya Singar and Malolan in the Ahobila Mutt right after my marriage. Had my Samashreyanam done and received the blessings of the Jeeyar. Adiyen had the Bhagyam of being named Vanjulavalli for my wedding ceremony too. So V is no longer my psuedo name only. :)))

Had some real fun with my maternal side of cousins before and during the wedding. Then my husband's cousins and now mine were with us cheering us like crazy. It was an adrenaline filled week.. Really hectic and not much time to think about anything else.

So. With everything now behind me, my husband all set to return to the UK later this week, my hands found their way back to my lapppppieee and here I am back again.

I know everyone will be extremely angry angry angry with me but please excuse the tardiness.

I was thinking about all of you when the Nischiyathartham took place. So many people I could have met.. Should have rightfully invited to the wedding. Should have spoken to, could have invited online. Somehow.

My latest phase of silence has been so bad that I am hoping that it can be classified as pre-marriage jitters and tensions and whatever.

My blogging friends : Sumanth, Sudarshanan, Sundara Paripooranan, Compassion ji, Balaji, Prakash, and everyone else :AM REALLY SORRY. :((((

My friends from another world : Naresh, Venkatesh, Ambika, Sundar, PB, poookattu anna, akka, Lakshmi --- PLEASE PLEASE FORGIVE ME. :((((

and this is my husband.