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Back to work after a blissful long weekend.

Friday was holi – stale information, i know. We were too lazy to play with colours – we took the easy way out and “patted” each other’s cheeks with talcum powder-smeared hands! The morning started on a gloomy note. The driving lessons, what else. He got irritated with me because i did not slow down when approaching speed breakers. He went on with how i never listen to what he says. i was on the verge of tears because he was so unfair – ok, now you know i am a cry baby ..as if being a bitch was not enough!– and i braked the car hard, got off and sat in the back sulking. We drove home in silence. i went on a cleaning rampage – scoured the kitchen and bathrooms – to vent my anger (stupid of me, i should have just taken a nap!). He tried to make peace with me – he usually does that by asking me silly questions to make me laugh or at least see me suppress a smile. i completely ignored him – i am good at ignoring people, maybe has something to do with my being a super-snob. After some time, i got bored of sulking – so i went up to him and pummeled him with my tiny fists. We made up and i asked him out for a long drive. He agreed to indulge me and so off we went. But as luck would have it, the car was low on gas and all the petrol pumps were closed, it being holi. So we drove for about 2 hours and came back before the gas ran out.

Saturday was spent braving the hot afternoon sun trying to gather information on marble. We have finally decided on marble flooring instead of vitrified tiles – the tiles i want cost more than the marble. Did you know there so many varieties of marble? And the cost varies depending on the variety and the size of the slab. Bigger slabs are preferable as the “veins” of the marble show up nicely. i will be a marble expert pretty soon. We also got the boxes for the electric outlets and collected the design for the modular kitchen from Godrej. It is tiring but we want the best we can for our new home and the only way to ensure it is to oversee everything ourselves. We went for lunch at his favourite Chinese Restaurant – his treat for losing a bet.

These days, we have been both busy trying to learn new things. i am trying my hands at web design using CSS for the presentation and i am actually liking it. Every now and then, i start cooing in sheer delight when i get something right – like making the sidebar float! This is something entirely different and i am getting a kick out of it. Most of all, it is the joy of showing it off to him and getting that indulgent smile in return. He says i am getting good at it. And at driving too – after extracting a promise from him that he would not raise his voice at me when he is trying to teach me to drive, we went for another lesson on Sunday. It was drizzling and I think I did pretty well, changing gears smoothly, smarting avoiding hitting people who would not move out of the way but would rather turn around and stare at a female driving – and a chinky at that!

Life is treating me right – no, i am treating life right.