Thekambattu

A family holiday after ages… and for Rohit, a reunion with Sunder and Sonati after several ages. We set out early from my brother’s place in B’lore to catch the Intercity train that is to take us to Salem. Having added several buffers of time (extra for each additional kid and each additional piece of…

The next morning I wake up late in spite of going to bed relatively early. Gotto do something about this constant feeling of not enough sleep. Waking up at 7:30 am is late by Thekambattu standards. My late morning excuses are strong though – Akash, being afraid of a toad in the bathroom, decides to…

The night is incident free – Akash has gotten more used to the toad, and we’ve moved Aditi to milk powder – Rohit figured the change in milk consistency is the cause of her puke problems. It does work, and as I said, the night is incident free. I try and I try and manage…

Made some progress this morning – woke up another 15 mins earlier, but still the vultures are way ahead of me. The various colored and flavored darjeeling teas are being put to good use. We spend a lot of the morning playing badminton on an uneven grass surface. The only significant event is Akash is…

1st Jan 2008 I wake up early on new year’s day for a change. My father would be proud of me. Madhavan in a rash moment had promised to come with the kids and me for a ramble on some hills this morning. It takes some reminding, but he does come with us, muttering to…