My Journey Of

It hasn’t been anything less of a roller coaster ride. It was supposed to be an year where my husband and I have started the construction of our new house. 

Kids were to come here and stay with us in Nellore as it was online classes for them while I continued to work from home.

My elder daughter had her birthday in the best possible way. Loads of balloons and flowers arranged in such a pretty manner. There were candles floating in the glasses near the cake and her pictures were attached to a string that was fixed balloon glued to the ceiling. It was amazing. Something that happens with lead roles in a movie. Life’s a movie and she is the lead role in her life.

My husband and I decided to have our kids join school in Nellore, so we could live together. So it was done. It seemed like all was going smoothly and then my younger daughter got her first period at the tender age of 9. She is my baby who still clings to me and sleeps. It seems weird that she got her periods ; but then, the same was true of me. It was her birthday amongst the same time, so we didn’t make a big deal out of it. As per our tradition we celebrated with not more than 50 guests and the event was a success. 

Two days after that I was tested positive for COVID-19 and had to be in quarantine for 3 weeks because my 2nd test which was done in 2 weeks was also positive . The isolation was too much for me and I cried the day before I got my negative report. I was not even lonely and had my family living in the next room. Yet, it was a hard time for me and I can’t imagine the struggle of others out there.

By the end of June month, my eldest daughter got her first period as well and this meant another ceremony. By this time our house was half way done and we had already incurred big expenses for the younger ones function. Alas, nothing can be done now but to go with the flow. We had a bigger celebration with most of our family and friends visiting us. It was a fun event over all.

Then we had a small cake cutting for my husband’s birthday and another such small celebration for our anniversary. 

Now comes our house warming and this is almost October now. By this time, we have almost used all our credit cards and applied gold loan too. So, we are knee deep in debt but processed with the gruhaprevasham along with vratam (special pooja to god Satyanaryna Swamy). 

We took the handover the house in November and I celebrated my birthday at this new place. All in all, 2021 has been quite memorable and fun while being eventful (in the literal sense).