Friday, August 13, 2010
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Did life take a full circle ??????
2009 June was a warm & sunny month , though the job weather was cold & cranky !yes layoffs were the order of the day & every day i turned on the news channels i could hear a new list of companies added to the list handing out pink slips! Every time i went to the Indian grocery store , i could hear some one mentioning ," we are moving back to India " . Well in the midst of all this my husband got a job promotion .
Now ,one of his projects were coming to an end & I was not sure what to expect , though i made plans for the summer , at the back of my mind i was preparing my self for an unforeseen move . The apartment lease was up for renual & i had found a new one closer to my son's school & his friends . I was determined to move stay in Seattle & not let worry ruin my plans , everything was falling in place .
One summer evening my husband had a call from his CA office for an interview with a client in CA,i din't think much about it ,because he was already well settled into a project in Seattle . But well, the client wanted him in CA to kick start the project ! I was quite annoyed , but my husband's superiors felt that it justified- at a time when people are loosing jobs , they had an offer for a big project only condition one guy from Seattle has to be in CA .. well its not a big deal for them . So the deal was my husband move to CA for the initial sessions & move back . I was "OK "with that idea .. i can handle things in Seattle for a month or two & then life would be normal again ! Well thats how i thought ...
He moved in ... the same place where we started off in the US . In a month it was decided that he has to spearhead the project so will have to settle in CA for good .. at least until further notice . I was more than upset , how could this have happened , i had a plan .. i had researched& found the ideal location ,best school for my son , my second car , the course i need to join when fall semester starts ,plans to invite my sis over for a white Christmas !!! Everything was down the drain in a day .
The whole night i stay awake wondering how to reboot my self to a new place , change of school , home , weather , doctors , everything i had worked hard to figure out & love has to change ... i dint have any time to research anything ... but there was a sigh of relief ...we have some known faces there .. thats a blessing .I just thought about that & decided to go ahead & pack .. "God has a plan " i though to my self .
I was pleasantly surprised when my son was overjoyed about the move ... he loved California not because he remembered it , its just that he's the No.1 fan of" lightning Mc queen " the cheeky car from the movie "cars" & my son has watched that move a 100 times the least ! He kept mentioning to everyone excitedly he's moving to California where "Mc queen " lives !
Well i'v been here for almost a year now !!! Time flies & dint leave many traces behind ! The winter was unusually cold here in the bay area , the summer not as intense , but the presence of friends sure made a difference . I still miss the white Christmas ,the beautiful fall colors & overgrown trees &all that i had grown to love back in Seattle ... nature is not as beautiful here , but i sure feel blessed to be around friends .
Settling down did take time , but not as much as i thought . I had to change my son's school more than once to get the right fit . Send my husband searching for apartments in different tangents, rearrange my furniture , sell & buy a few ...but thats life & God has been kind enough to teach me " one day at a time " . I dont know what future holds for me .. but let me live my now ...reminds me of the song from my son's favourite moivie " life is a highway "!!!!
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