Bananas Peppers and More

 Jimba cat ,  baby cat ,Amma cat , lovey cat My little nosey cat My sweet cat , my mummu cat ,my poocha cat , my catty cat  My little gungu cat This is our theme song nowadays.  How I wish I could freeze time .  I love this phase of you so much , I am so worried about you growing up and not being my cuddly cat anymore  I am not sure if you know it . But we (Nando and Amma) could not have asked God for anything more than you.  So one of these day (yet) another lady told me that I am doing a great job of bringing you up. I took the credit and it made my day. I was beaming around all day but I asked myself - Is it me or is it you ? Does a parent mould a child or is he always who he is ?  I do not know but I like to believe that we parents do have a role in who you are , at least in these ages. My little sweetheart, I hope and pray that you will remain to be as sweet and loving always .

  There was a time when I had no dreams. I lived life and took it as it came living in the present not worried about the consequences of my actions. It sounds dreamy but I do regret that . I could have done so much more if I had an ambition , if I had dreams back then when I was young.  Life just happened in a flow . I got good grades not because I earned it . I somehow could do that. At school, I do not remember studying at home . At all. I still got good grades. Then came the time to decide what to do next. I choose Engineering because I did not want to work hard. I barely learnt or attended classes but managed to pass though not with high grades as I did in school .  Anyway , at some point I grew up or started being normal. I do not remember when it was . But I started having dreams only to prove that I can do it. I guess it was the facebook era. Going somewhere for the sake of photos. Posting your kids milestones for the world to know. But then I came back to reality....

  Finally . The Disney days are here.  Praan was jumping for joy and excitement. I had mixed feelings though. To give a background , a few years ago I would be the first to jump in on rides or any adventures. But somewhere sometime, heights started making me dizzy . So I was not sure if I would enjoy the Disney experience. This was our first time at Disney . And most people I knew used to comment on the lines and queues at most rides. I have a huge problem with that. So off we went to the Disney Hollywood Studios with excitement , fear and joy .  We took the boat from our resort . Because of Covid-19 restrictions , the fast-pass system was not active. There was a Star Wars show that had to be pre-booked and we had our booking for 12 Noon. This was turning out to be a problem because the rides we wanted to go had a wait time and we did not know when our booking slots would be called to board. So we spent the time going on smaller / no wait time rides until the star wars sh...

  To my dearest Jimba , A long long time ago , I used to jot down things that you did to make me smile. I am going to start doing that again. You are now a tween. I know that kids are always babies to a lot of mommies. But I cannot express my thanks and gratitude to The God Almighty for making me your mommy. The way you said today that you will always be my baby , that you will always play with me , that you will always be my jimba .... it makes me want to cry. Knock on wood for making you so loving .  Today you told me that I am a cuckoo head and you love me for that. You said that I am the only mother who must enjoy playing with her son so much. I do not think so. I think a lot of mommies enjoy that but I do not know why I love it so much . Is it coz I never played much when I was your age? The thing that gives me most happiness is to play outdoors with you. I sometimes cry when I think of you leaving for college but I think I will travel then . Or find something that intere...

  The next morning we woke up very late to refresh ourselves from the long drive. The rest of the day was spent exploring Disney. We walked around the resort , then we hopped on the boat and went to Disney Hollywood. We had the tickets but got the cards and scheduled the park visits. We went around the skyliners. It was nice to have a day with no agenda in mind.  The next morning Praan and I were all set to go to Kennedy Space Center.  Nanch could not join us , he was not on vacation and was working from the hotel. We had booked a tour and the bus picked us up at Disney Swan Resort.  (https://www.grayline.com/tours/orlando/kennedy-space-center-central-florida-everglades-airboat-tour-5873_30_12130_1271/) The first stop was an airboat ride on the St. Johns river. It was nice , but contrary to my expectations the weather was cold.  Made a mental note to carry a jacket with me in Florida. We did see a lot of flamingo's , the American bald eagle, cows grazing in knee...

  This was our first long trip in our Tesla Model 3 . We have had her for more than two years now but we never went on a road trip for a while now. Or maybe it was the fear of superchargers .  We had originally booked flight tickets but Covid 19 made us rethink . We knew that going to a touristy place , let alone Florida was risky . But we decided to take the plunge anyway because our hotels were booked and we really wanted to get away .  We planned to start our drive on December 18th ,  Friday. In our earlier road trips , we never booked hotels on the way. We would reach some place and decide to call it a night . But with Covid and all the uncertainties this year , we booked the first stop at Rocky Mount, NC.  It was a 7 hour drive and we planned to start from home at around noon . But Praan had a class test which he had to take and the teacher assigned it late. We finally started around 4 pm .  We did a few mistakes in the first leg of our journey but we ...