I Flew

A not so good weekend in terms of frustration and emotional non-well-being.
Lots of work.

05/17/2013 - Too much of frustration at work

05/18/2013 - Morning lot of work at home. Then cooking fried rice. Later noon went driving alone up the mountains as I was still frustrated. Had work to complete. Hence took my laptop with me. Parked atop the Azusa mountains and did some work. Missed the Ford Edge comfort. But the 300 wasnt bad. Over an hour of work. Then decided to drive back the Glendora Mt Road. Close to 300hp, sharp turns and a bad mood isnt the safest combination.
Later evening a get-together at Monika's place. Almost everybody in the project was there. Went upto 11:30pm. It was good to have a lot of noise and company around. Helped me take thoughts away from work.
Then tested my managers 200cc scooter. It was heavy and powerful, but slow in acceleration.

05/19/2013 - Fly Corona finally with AB. I actually piloted an aircraft! After months of wait. Flew over Disney and to the Catalina Islands and back. But AB's wasn't good. It was very bumpy. Too much of turbulence and I was feeling dizzy sitting behind.
Returned back home. Later evening again my mood dropped. And I did screw up someone else's mood also, which in turn caused an even greater depression. Then had to complete more work on top of that. Spent a few hours in office.
God! Why do I say things from my heart and end up hurting a lot of people. I can't lie! And its so difficult to be diplomatic when I'm with folks whom I'm comfortable with.
I'm sorry. Really sorry.

Shopping at Camarillo

Saturday 5/11/2013
Work in the morning. Then took Monika & her family to the South Coast Plaza. Supposed to be the biggest mall in California, but I did cover the whole thing in an hour. Then was reading my kindle and then sleeping in the car while the family shopped.
Evening returned home and was working on some office work with AB till 1am.

Sunday 5/12/2013
Trip to Camarillo Premium Outlet Mall with AB. Then a drive through Malibu (saw dolphins again) back home and then back to work again.

Lake Casitas

Last weekend spoke to John, Varun & Bach.

Bach did point out the fact that I don’t blog as frequently as before.

True.

Have to be more regular. Have to have more discipline.

Now what happened over the past weeks…

4/28/2013 – Sunday. I cant even remember what I did. For sure I didn’t go out anywhere.

Then the whole week was filled with work.

5/1/2013 – Team dinner with Srini and Parag. Went to Westin to pick them up. Sunil was with me. Only Srini came. Then dropped Srini, Parag and Lisa back to the hotel.

5/3/2013 – Sunil wanted the 300 to drop Srini. I agreed to take his Escape.

5/4/2013 – Saturday. Unavoidable work. Afternoon got out to help Monika and Kanika move their stuff to Vista Point. The SUV helped. Then later noon met with Sunil and got the car back at Walmart. It was scratched. I was unhappy.

Then whole night working.

5/5/2013 – Sunday. Work till noon. Then went out with AB to Lake Casitas. It was good, but the place was so barren and boring. Later night work.

Then the whole week work.

5/6 – Some interesting news from Monika. Couldn’t help smiling. It was related to some statement made my her mom-in-law.

5/7 – Good uthappam at Monika’s place along with Sid & Kanika. She and her mom-in-law cooks awesome. Its really nice to have some family around.

5/10 – Dinner at Monika’s place along with the rest of the gang. Awesome dal.

5/11 – Lots of work to complete. Lets see how the weekend goes.

All that's green is not for visiting...

Last week was exceptionally more with work...
Thankfully wrapped up by Friday. Had late calls post midnight, but it was fine.
Friday night had dinner at Monika's place along with Kanika. Monika's son is really intelligent. Cute kid. Was good to eat some different home made food again.

4/27/2013
Watched Jack the Giant Slayer at the dollar theatre.
Then drove to a park. Only when I reached there I realized that it was not a park, but a graveyard. Came back. Tried to go up the mountains. Did not work.
Then came back to a park near Ramona and read the kindle.
Then back home. Cooked.
Then had a craving for drinking a mango shake. Went and bought mangoes from India Fresh.
Mixer wasnt working. So just ate the mangoes....

Heavy work, but thankfully not alone this time

Had some major work to complete today.
Morning to office. Left at noon for lunch.
Lunch with Kanika at ISS. Sid wasn't able to join.
Then a lot of fast paced work involving some detailed analysis ... thankfully Monika and Kanika were there to help out a bit. I really appreciate working mothers.. how they manage to do all the stuff balancing their responsibilities to their kids...
Evening the regular Santa Fe dam walk with AB.
Then dinner with Jacob and AB at Bhanu's. Don't I love it when others drive and I get to take the whole back-seat. Literally slept.
The veg manchurian was nice.
On the way back I started using my laptop to complete some work, and had to get a lot of scolding from Jacob for that.
C'mon Vuchi even takes calls and attends meetings in the car. I'm just typing something in excel.
Then work in office for much past midnight.
Not a great weekend... one of the sunny days missed...
God... This week is going to be a lot painful. Please be with me.

A good get-together

Morning work and chores at home.
Then later noon went with AB today to Marina Del Ray to attend a get-together with Neelima for her bday. Several folks joined in. Around 10 people. Had some good food and then played dumbC.
Had to leave soon as the weekend walk at the Santa Fe was pending and then had work to do.
AB was preparing a lot for her parents to get their Visa done. Really appreciate the girl for all the efforts she is putting in for her parents.

Trip to Carlsbad

Been too many days since I wrote anything... have to put in a few words before I forget these too..

Around two weeks back...

Jumped a traffic light.

Left arrow red. I stopped. 20 seconds. God knows what I was thinking. Simply moved ahead and crossed the lane. Thank God there wasn’t any other car coming by. It was crazy. I simply do not know why I did it.

4/6 and 4/7 - Sat and Sunday

Lots of work

Household chores... and then a walk in the Santa Fe dam area with AB.

Someday went with Vuchi for his Honda Accord car service. 

4/12

AHM at Disneyland Grand California Hotel. Was a long drive. No company. Met Vuchi in the way.

Got a gift card. Heavy traffic back to office. Almost was dizzy with a headache.

Later that night, dinner at Jurrasic.

4/13 

Trip to Carlsbad Flower Fields with AB and then to the La Jolla Cove to see live seals. Was a good day.

4/14

Vishu. Woke up to see my Krishna's photo. As usual.

Then a trip to the Malibu temple with AB.

Then back home and a bit of work.

Then a drive to Crystal lake with Ashitah.

Came back under 2 hours.

Felt quite upset.. maybe it was because of seeing all the good sadya photos on fb posted by others or maybe it was because I desperately wanted to talk to someone but couldn't find anyone ... walked to the nearby park and finished reading a novel on my kindle.

Came back and cooked. The dal didnt turn out nice.

Night a lot of work.

4/15

Dropped Ashish to the airport.

4/16

Lots of work... something new came up which I was interested in; but then something else came up which I had to be in. Hence had to give up the one I liked.... sigh.

4/17

Went to Rivergrade office to check for a lost projector.

4/18

Vuchi returned his BMW.

I came to know a lot about leasing cars and about the BMW leasing in particular.

Dropped him at Chino hills. People like him can get really annoyed with my slow-and-steady-cruise-control driving style.

Lots of work...