Time Travel

You know how when you're thirteen you're ever eager to jump onto the latest faddiest "coolest" bandwagon? Well there was a phase when time capsules were all the rage and had carved a solid place for themselves in every girl's heart. My friends and I who had always prided ourselves on being of the trendsetting variety, enthusiastically got together during the summer hols to try and make a box in which we could all dump our stuff which would hopefully be dug out of our school backyard at like our Twenty Years After Reunion. The fate of this doomed box is better less spoken about, and to cut a long story short, we never actually did get down to the burying stage...
Anyway you're probably wondering why I'm mindlessly rambling, but I promise this does have a point! So after reading a couple of blogs I follow I chanced across this one entry that a lot of people had made....a letter to yourself in ten years, which I thought was a really interesting idea..Since I suck at preserving memories, this proves as an excellent and easy opportunity that must not be passed up, so for all it's worth...here goes:
Hi HOT Mama,
WOW! So you finally made it, and motherhood seems to be sitting really well on you, if I may say so myself...Remember how you always vowed to never become one of those dowdy frazzled wives when you flipped through all your glossies? Well, take a good luck at yourself.......YOU REEK COUGAR (all you feminists go shove it, I like to think of it as a flattering as opposed to derogatory term)
Anyway you can finally heave a huge sigh of relief, because all those worries about never landing your Mr. Big were totally unwarranted...You couldnt have asked for a more loving husband..You get on each other's nerves a lot( especially when he keeps forgetting to put the toilet seat down) and you have totally different taste in movies, but after the initial teething problems you can't stop thanking your lucky stars every day..How many other husbands would have surprised you on your tenth wedding anniversary with a tiny little beachhouse in Muttukaadu anyway and even indulge you with the occasional drink at Leather Bar huh!?!
The personalised gift shopping boutique that had seemed like an outrageous dream at some point has now become a successful reality, and you finally seem to have found something that not only occupies you but keeps you happy all at the same time!
The three children-large house-Persian cat future you had always envisioned is yours yours yours and yes you even named the two sons Khizer and Mikhail..NOT fanciful in the least...as for the little princess...well she's just that!Eyes wide as saucers and the jet black loose curls..Thankfully she's still at the age where she loves being dressed up!
You're probably having one of your bored spurts and may even be contemplating things such as having another one...but this is SHEER BOREDOM KICKING IN...and you know fully well that you need to look out for other challenges...Do something fulfilling and less frivolous. There will come a day not too far away, when you will sit down and wonder what you have accomplished..Don't fret too much.You never were one for caring too much what others thought, and keep it that way, but do something for YOU.Not for the kids or husband but YOU.
Mama and Papa are visiting in two days for their usual yearly one month visit and you're all thrilled to have them. Papa enjoys taking the boys for their soccer and cricket, and the little one truly has Granpapa wrapped around her little finger. Mama, as usual, can't keep still for a minute. Her mall trawling habit hasn't been warded off with age, Mashallah and she cannot be kept from the kitchen no matter how many times you tell her that the fridge is bursting to its seams wth 6 varieties of dessert. Z is expecting and it's so funny to see her waddling around with a huge belly!
This year you also did a Chennai and Dubai reunion. D&A are the quintessential Sindhi couple and can't seem to tire of doing the party rounds.S is happily married with two children. A&K....My only hope for them is that they settle down soon..While A finally got K to commit after years, his film career has never really taken off and A is just listlessly floating about in Chennai. Raj, my dear dear Raj...is living her life princess style with her own Prince Charming and I LOVE how she's completely turned around her father's resort in Kodaikal...By the by, she's gifting Hubby and I a 5 day weekend getaway trip there..and I'm looking forward to the alone time!
And on that note, I must must run! Lots of last minute packing to do for Kodai. Take a break okay..you deserve every minute of it.
Hugs and Kisses
P.S...DON'T forget the sexy negligee :)