My visa expires in September this year. And my delivery date is around 4th October. So I will be going back to India in mid-August. My husband will be coming later in September. We have hoarded so much stuff that I was worried that we will have to leave most of it behind. But then hubby’s parents and later my parents came to visit us and we have sent clothes and other things with them. Now the small bits of furniture are left. I was thinking of putting them on gumtree, but my husband got information from his colleague that his company pays for moving and packaging if you are shifting from the client location. That’s a relief. Now I can buy whatever I like. There are some guidelines on what not to include in the shipment like industrial equipment, antiques, jewelley or fragile glass etc. We haven’t bought any such items and now my only concern is that Hubby gives me enough money to collect things which I would like to take back to India.
My husband is a multitasker. He is able to get three times the work done than others in a given time frame. Still he is human and makes mistakes. One of his negative traits is to ignore the detail. He also tends to postpone certain matters which can have crucial consequences. Let me give you an example. My husband knows that it is better to reserve train or bus tickets in advance to get cheaper fare, still he didn’t do so when my family was coming to visit us. The result was that we had to pay an exorbitant amount for the train journey. He was trying his luck with some POS systems.
Second example is still fresh. My husband is going with my family on a trip to London. They are still at the station and have to wait for one and a half hour to board the train. They left home early to catch the 5.55 a.m train, boarded it, then got to know that this is the National Express train and they have got tickets for National Rail! Hubby dear wanted the 5.55 am train to save time and reach London early, but he somehow mixed up National Rail with National Express. Now they are sitting on the platform doing nothing.
My mother is sixty two. She is a diabetic and for the past few months, suffering from osteoporosis. Her bones have become weak and she feels stiffness and pain in her limbs all the time. Most of the time she is depressed. This should have been the golden phase of her life, when she was free from all the worries, the in-laws, job, children’s future etc. But she is spending most of her time in agonizing about her ill health. She rues the fact that earlier the relatives used to envy her good health. I had advised her to take best diet pills to control her weight.
When I met my mother this time, I thought there are no gurantees. You can’t predict future. I never enjoy present, always worry about future. But do I know what the future holds for me? I curb many small wishes which I can easily fulfil, just to save some money for the future. But what use that money will be if I am in no condition to enjoy it?
The lesson I learned from watching my mother is that you should enjoy your life while you still can.
I have definitely become a shopaholic. My husband used to encourage me to go out and spend the weekly allowance that he gave me. But now-a days he is pretty suspicious of every move I make. I am spending not only my own earinings, but also pestering him to increase the weekly allowance.
I have decided to increase my income. I am thinking of selling stuff online. There is a site that allows free online auctions, meaning you don’t have to pay insertion fees to register your item for selling on the site. Lets see how things turn out. I really hope that selling online turns beneficial for me.
I am a 32 year old Indian woman who spends most of the time in Europe. I thought that I liked to travel, but now I am not so sure. I have been to Switzerland, France, England, Scotland and Spain. I have a little daughter whom I dot on (all mothers do, nothing new). I fear that my overbearing attitude is turning her into a timid and fearful person. I am a recluse and don’t like to interact with people. Internet is my hiding place. I am most comfortable and at ease when I am writing in my blogs. One day I want to quit my job and turn to full time blogging (oh! The ultimate dream of all introverts).
