Our doggo is going to have such a hard time once in-laws leave. He’s bonded with them so much and fact that they are at home all day while we peasants have to do RTO means he’s basically become their chela. Heck he even accompanies them to their room to take an afternoon nap with them. It’s the most cute thing ever to see as the parents go for a nap, so does he and will not come back down until one of ’em wakes up and heads down.
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A is out with her parents at outlet mall to get some India shopping done. I told the kid not to go, but she did – and now she is bored out of her mind while A and fam spend more than a hour inside a single shop. Yes kid, that was why your mom did not want me to accompany because I would be getting antsy too and I’d rather them shop in peace. Sometimes your dad is right and you should listen kid!
My in-laws are here for another 3 weekends and they will be back to their hometown and I am already feeling sad about it. It’s gonna be hard adjusting back to just three of us again in the house. I am glad that A is making the best of it with them (as have I) and every time we see our parents, we have to remind ourselves that we need to make more India trips (and them, here). We have to be able to spend way more time with our parents than we do.
One of A’s close friends is moving back to India next month so it was nice to finally catch up over zoom. Desire to spend more time with aging parents coupled with the uncertain political environment prompted their move. Their kid is only 6 years old and they want to do that move now and figure out if they will like it back there or make some other plans like returning. He is at a perfect age to start school and assimilate in India and it makes sense. I hope it works out for them! We will miss them.
I hope that the flop of iPhone air doesn’t convince apple that they don’t need to make a thinner phone. If anything they need to reexamine why people are ok with heavier phone. My guess is it come back to the camera. I would buy the iPhone air with the pro camera system. They ought to get to that vision. The current iPhone pros are just about bricks at this point.
Another swim meet weekend. Warmups at 7:30am, first race start at 8:45am, second race at 10:55am and third at 12:20pm. Cooldown, byebyes, shakes and fries with friends at the St James means not gonna be home before 2pm. Repeat again tomorrow. Glad A is taking first half of it while I do second half.
It’s been interesting to observe how completely out of news Pete Buttigieg has gone. There was a time where he was a regular on Fox News, and even after the election he seemed to be a strong voice against Trump – and then suddenly he seems to have gone away. I won’t blame him if he has decided its not worth raising red flags as a gay person but I wish he had the aggressiveness of Pritzker or Newsom coz he’s the one person who I think also has the charisma of Mamdani in conveying the same information. I won’t blame him if he feels this is not worth it but god I want to see more of Pete, and more aggressive Pete.
Yesterday I was missing my mom a lot in evening. I was by myself when A had taken her parents out to mall and R was at swim. I was eating a yummy dinner that my MIL cooked in afternoon and it stuck me suddenly that I don’t quite remember how my own mom’s home cooked food tasted like. I remember it in my brain but I just had that intense desire to feel that taste again in my mouth. And it just made me sad thinking about it – the last time I had mom’s cooking was in 2010, 6 months before she passed away. You never really get over grief of losing a parent.
It’s amazing how republicans are able to create hyper local targeted advertising while all democrats can do is trump trump trump. Today on YouTube the Republican attorney general candidate ad came on, which started with an abduction attempt at a local mall not more than 5 miles from my house and then explained why this AG is better choice on crime. This immediately followed by democrat AG video about how he will stand up to… Trump. We get it. That’s the bare minimum dude at this point, but you really ought to be negating the Republican with hyper local ad of your own.
Also, I think my dog is a republican. The planned parenthood lady wanted to pet him so I opened the door and asked him to come outside. The motherfucker instead stood at the door, and then started barking at her. Whatever the fuck? A golden retriever, a human fucking magnet decided to bark at the stranger.