song of the road

Well, the decision is made now. I am leaving the job. Still it will take some time. I am going to talk to my manager on Monday. I will either leave the regular way after a month of notice. Otherwise I can work for a couple of months from home till they get a replacement to reduce the revenue loss of the company. Like I draw a bigger salary than others in my team, likewise the earning through me is higher too. Still the company will not mind replacing me with a younger guy. That’s the way life works. I am quite hopeful; I will get an equally good job.

My brother came back from Ladakh yesterday afternoon. They had a whale of time. They went to a place called Khardungla pass. That’s world’s highest motor-able road. My brother rented a bike and drove up there. Another high point was the fact that he bought a sword. The blade is not sharpened of course. : ) But the sword has a beautiful walnut wood hilt and a cover. My sis-in-law reported that my brother can’t stop taking out his sword with a flourish again and again. She is thankful that it is unsharpened else all curtains would have been partially shredded by now. : )

We also had a chat about my leaving the job. He is okay with it. He wants us to come down to Mumbai and live with them. My mom is a little shy about joining them right now. So he has been asked to think about it and discuss with T thoroughly before deciding. Joint families work here. My brother is keen because he would be less worried with us in front of his eyes. Plus he will get to eat mom’s cooking and most of his domestic chores will come to me. But that will work better for us too. We have some inherited money from dad. That money was made in stock market. My brother is quite good in trading too. If we take off most of his domestic load, then he would get time to concentrate really on that money. And I will get half without doing anything. : ) Also T is no great shakes in house work. So mom’s being there would relieve her no end too. But let’s see if it works out. T’s parents are a little weird. They can’t see their daughter’s well being too. They behaved badly and sulked through out my brother’s wedding. We ignored them. Some of the guests were a bit puzzled. Anyway we were not bothered. But my mom is a little worried about them keying up T. But very thankfully my mom seems to have genuinely liked T. They went along very well the day T was here after her wedding. My mom is not going to do anything which bothers my brother. Plus she says now that T is any way in our family, there is no point in sulking or holding a grudge.

Round was asking about my adoption plans. The plans are so far only plans. My mom and brother have agreed completely. My mom was a little apprehensive earlier but she has come around now. I will need to make a will so that my bro and sis-is-law would take care of my kids if I die. I will of course buy hefty life insurance as soon as I have kids. I am planning to adopt siblings as the agencies don’t want to separate them. So most likely one or both the kids would be slightly older. My mom wants Bengali kids whereas any Indian kid would do for me. We would see about that. I read that for the troubled kids, agencies prefer single moms. Let’s see how it works out. I would love to have a kid or two. It is scary as anything too. I don’t know if I am responsible enough. But I will try hard and will love them very very much. Also I need to work out how all future paper work would work out as they won’t have anything as a father’s name. Hopefully by next year, I would be a mom. That sounded a bit unreal. : )

Today my mom and I were having a longish chat. We were just day dreaming about having a small catering business which we could run from home. To begin with we could deliver dinner to bachelors. Then we could expand and hire helpers and cooks. I am quite sure I can deliver better food than most of the guys in business. Then to further the dream, I was thinking of coming to the States or Paris to learn the business and then have a niche catering outfit for small ladies parties or small theme corporate parties etc. I can love having such a business. Maybe I will work in one such business in Mumbai for free for a month to see if it is my cup of tea. It could be real fulfilling to have my own business. But then all my free time would disappear which bothers me not a little. If I can stick to it for a few years, I will get a few trustworthy guys who would be able to run the business without me for a week or two too. If I really feel like studying and moving onto big time, I can sell the business too. : ) Okay, enough dreaming!! : ) Let me see if I can swing a month in a catering kitchen to see the business from close quarters.
On that entrepreneur dream, bye for today and lots of love to you lovely friends.
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