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2) I usually ask dotter in the evening what made her really happy that day. Today she said something made her sad. Her friend apparently told her she was boring and wanted to play with someone else. I immediately asked her if she imposed what she wanted to do on her friend, like she does with me and DH. She got upset. She said ' why are you always nice to other kids and not to me' my very perceptive dotter. I usually do give benefit of the doubt to the other kid since I know only my kid well. But I did feel sorry for her too. But I didn't want to make a big deal. I told her 'sometimes kids get bored of playing with the same person,let her play with someone else you have other friends right, you play with someone, else next week you can play together again.' Apparently she found more friends to play 'zombie' with. So all was good. I asked DH talk to her when he was home too without making a big deal of it. When she said what happened to him he went ' whose loss is it?' And she went ' hers! I went and played zombie while she was just sitting with nobody to play with!' And forgot about it.

I still don't know how dotter is fitting into her class or after school. I hear things like kids teasing her hair is messy or her hair is thick. She seems to be handling it well. She tells them not to do it and then she ignores them and then push comes to shove she tells the teacher. Delicate balance to teach them to look out for themselves and not be mean. 

3) piano practice happened!

4) I attended a volunteer session in school today. I will be reading to kids about some things like standing tall, bullying, listening, respecting etc etc. and doing small projects with them. 2-3hrs a month is not a big deal. Better than coordinating picnic and parties.

5) my ankle/ heel are hurting. I only did lazy weights at gym. Good thing is I got an appointment with a Podiatrist! Finally! I don't mind getting a surgery if needed but please fix me so I can do what I love! Workout and hike! My Whitney and half dome and Machu Picchu and Kilimanjaro beckons ;--p

2) choir practice. Next week we will be singing! Dotter was very cooperative at church today while I focused on my music. I have to say dotters piano lessons are helping me too. I play church pieces in the keyboard to practice and also learning my Do Re Mi. 

3) talking for Do Re Mi, I don't quite like dotters class, it feels too advanced to me, or the teachers are not teaching well or they expect parents to do a lot of heavy lifting at home, or I feel so because we missed the first class and are catching up. It is too late to cancel now and each class is kinda expensive. We sat and practiced in the afternoon for some time. Dotter was not in the mood and was really getting on my nerves. I seriously started rethinking piano,feels like too much work for me. I prefer classes where teachers do most of the work in the class and I just chauffeur her around ;--p refer to point 1 on laziness. anyway the happy note is that in the evening she herself told me she wanted me to teach her piano. I fell on the floor in surprise. And whatever she was struggling to get she played in a few trys and was done with it. If only she were 'in the mood' everyday! It was so cute when she asks questions, ' like I don't get it, why is it a whole note', very simple, I struggled to answer her without going into fractions.

 

4) family time was walking to the library with a stop at the park. Madame made it to the top of the web structure for the first time, I remember a year ago when she didn't even make it to the halfway point. And she wanted to climb a tree. She tried. I wished I could teach her but I have never climbed one! I enjoyed being surrounded by books. We shared our stories with dotter when we didn't have access to such libraries and books. It was a day with family, just us. Peaceful and beautiful.

5) until what age does reading aloud make sense? We still do it even for chapter books, we alternate pages. After we finish reading dotter will want to read alone for 5mins before calling it a night. Dotter lost her movie time today because she lost her temper during lunch time. And during prayer she was like ' oh god why did you make me miss my movie by making me get angry today, god, don't make me get upset!' I love how she 'talks' to God. He will be her companion when we are gone. 

Bonus , because Sunday 

6) garage is cleaned and Mia is parked inside the garage. I stop the car outside the garage and Summon her in. She slowly cautiously goes and parks herself inside. And morning I Summon her out and she cautiously come outside. Love it! Now I need to figure out home link and we will be all set!

Night! 

We spoke about hiking and travel, two of  my favorite things. Home made peda was delicious, and Mumbai misal was finger licking good.

2) sometimes you need a reminder to appreciate what you have. I got that reminder today. Working on something that still gets me excited, when the thought of not doing them makes you sad you know the truth. I made one mistake of leaving an amazing team, I will not make the mistake again. Let me leave it at that.

3) I came home at 3 and watched a movie to get my mind off some things. Jacobinte Swargarajyam. How do people do business and get rich in one generation in Dubai? Lot of hard work yes but where do they learn how to do business? I got two ideas from the movie - I need to find a mentor outside of my company. I really really really need a mentor. More like a career advisor. Worst case, back to MBA plans. I so don't want to take the GMAT again ugh, even exec MBAs require them.

- I would like to start one side business. Tours and travels was a good idea. Can people just start and be profitable? I absolutely enjoy planning vacations ;--P can I be an entrepreneur in that field ;--P I am itching to do something. Really. I am all fired up. I am ready to put in the effort just need an idea which I truly believe in!

4) the good news is because of 2 I am ready to actually focus on my work tomorrow. Because it really is something I have longed for. The independence, trust, teeny bit innovation or creativity, problem solving, respect, how my decisions affect work of so many people. Yes I need a course change, but I can do it slowly, plan for it. I am not in a bad state - I have to say that to myself a million times. I read this today - 

5) at the gym. Should make me happy.

So so day. God help me! Why does my mind have to go on such overdrive?! 

So we reached the school in 4mins. 

2) happy dotter has an awesome teacher who is in her 29th year of teaching kinder.  With a lot of enthu. I would definitely like to learn how to handle a lot of things Kinders do from her. She is so patient and has a mechanism to handle kids behavior. I am pretty sure she has seen every type of kid in her many years. 

So I dropped her an email on Friday asking how dotter was doing. Some things she said about dotter - always happy, negotiates well, always has a lot of questions which makes her think too. I really like her a lot. Sometime I will write more about her.

3) spoke to someone from another org, got a sense of how they do their business, was interesting. I added him to my LinkedIn because someday I would like to work in his org. Some people can be so passionate about what they do. I want to be around such people. My career is a big unknown currently and I hate being in this position. I was so happy and content only a few months ago! Anyway only happy thoughts.

4) met a very pregnant friend for lunch. Shared some delivery, labor gyan. Brought back memories of my laddoo being born. Somehow just coming home to this little thing I created gave me so much contentment and happiness. Even now some days just seeing her in the evening makes me peaceful. Childhood is precious. All about playing, making friends, being curious. Also when dotter brings  back an empty lunch box that makes me uber happy! 

5) I moved to my new phone! It is an iPhone 6s, I will stay one generation behind, I don't care. I wanted it for the camera. And my old phone was dying a slow death. It is too big on my hand lets see. More storage! And Pink. 

My first picture from the phone. 

So I have to start my everyday happiness project. Advance apologies to the one or two readers for the spam.

1) I thought I handled the 9am meeting really well. Eased into the day after long weekend very well

2) the product decision forum is always interesting, especially listening to my GM, who is super smart. He makes me all fired up to do awesome things

3) when I went to pick up dotter I saw her on the bars. She gets lots of outside play time which is awesome except for the fact that she gets sunburnt and tanned quite a bit

4) I spent some time doing the beads with her, she really enjoyed me sitting and doing what she liked with her. I am not a beads/knitting/painting/decorating person, it never excites me, but just sitting with her to do it made her so happy. I have to let her do what she likes.  She told me about how she played with dinosaurs with the boys for a change in free choice time instead drawing. She was trex, the other two boys were stego and bronto, but they were good dinos they helped find food for each other instead of killing. Awwwwwww.

5) This song makes me happy - 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UsnYe_cseNA

The movie was cute although not sure I understood all parts of it, thanks Daisy for the reco!

Not a bad day at all eh, I will ignore the bad parts.