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Decisions that come back to bite your ass!!

Decisions, decisions, decisions!!!! i don't know what we were thinking about when we made the ultimate decision way back in June to take a family holiday! ( personally i’ve never bought that brand of wine ever since i purchased those tickets!!- yes i blame the wine..then i blame the Patoots uncle and Aunty!!)

So one fine June evening.... all is calm..the little monkey still has to learn how to walk...so much more manageable.... no puppy.... more husband wife time...we get talking about our old idea of visiting the States! we are like yeah but ticket prices are high...blah blah blah...trying to dissuade ourselves! log on to Kayak look at dates in March and our eyes nearly pop out... Holy mother of deals!! 3 of us return @ $1700!! The indian in me spiked! i mean what a deal! all hesitations were out of the window... after a quick call to the uncle and aunty in Dallas we decide to go ahead with it... we book two seats and book the patoots as a lap infant...i mean the seat infant was $400 more...but look at her Jo...she hardly moves....we can definitely manage her on the lap ( damn cheap Indian guy syndrome). so yeah... tickets done...super excited... now need to sort out the formalities....visa etc etc etc(useless etc’s are never ending)

But i must say... from day 2 onwards the serious doubts that started....as the days progressed.. she suddenly started getting this unbelievable energy... she found her feet... she found movement! she found how to make my life madddd....oh dear God...what are we going to do!

All’s not  bad...i must say...our visa process was a breeze thanks to her.... it was all palpitations before the visa interview... getting all the documents...oh and before that filling that longggg form online...how time consuming is that!!! so we pile and pile documents us being last min specialists, we get all the documents ready by 12 at night when the interview is at 7:30 the next day. The aunt walks us through what all questions we might expect and so on... then decides we carry hard copy photos to show that we are related.... dammit... now have to and unhook family pictures from the frames dust them off and keep it in the file! so anyways surprisingly enough we manage to reach the embassy by 5 past 7. queue to enter the embassy... they see the patois and we are fast forwarded...once in...another queue...again thanks to my angel we are bumped up to the front...pass that...go to security and bang...another queue...again...baby treatment works..we are through in 5 mins... reach counter...mother of all queues...which we agin by pass9 have i told you how i love being a father...i mean with such a nice lovely child...who would not want to be a father!!) we get interviewed and are actually out of the embassy by 7:35 and they didn't ask fr a single document!! visas approved( although a part of me was like ...reject it lady reject it....saaaveeee meeeee!!!lol)

Fast forward to today ...2 weeks away from travel and there is not a single day i think about this trip and not want to slap myself!! that kid moves around like there is no tomorrow!! i mean....i know kids grow! but what the hell is this... why does she not take after her dad and enjoy sitting somewhere quietly...minimize movement! God...what have we done!!! For some odd reason whatever pages i’ve been following lately has shown up cases of kids in flights and the hassles...i mean there was kid travelling from Germany to States who was Screaming 8 hours non stop...it was like the devil himself on that flight!! 

So now we are in the process of putting together aa activity bag ( damn more luggage for me to carry all over the place)... i have no clue as to how long this activity bag is going to last! my only hope is the flight is not full... but am sure my good friend Murphy will disagree on such things!

i shall remain optimistic and carry my own secret weapon on that flight!!!( Holy water...in case all fails)

so yeah people... decisions have consequences...kids grow..and stop being a cheap Indian!!!... i shall keep you posted on the travels as and when i have caught my breath!

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Weekend Blues!

So, the Patoots(zuri) woke up a little under the weather over the weekend... feverish...the good news... the back teeth are popping out...Yipeee!... the bad news... that fever didn't stop the naughtiness!

Double trouble were at it again... rummaging through everything...i’m beyond words how a dirty diaper which was disposed off with all precautions taken...eventually found its way into our garden!! all i got is blank looks from the two... i have eventually deduced the wife was involved.... but conviniently the blame has somehow been put on my head.... Sure Jyo! (I’m onto you) 

Sunday was pretty chill...woke up the usual way with a slap and a smiley face shouting Dadaaaa...( i don't know what the mother teaches her child...how did she learn to slap??and that too...how is it only the father that gets slapped awake?? i seriously smell another conspiracy...I’m WATCHING you JYO!)

Lunch was fun...went to a friends house and was treated to some mind blowing food...the prawns...the grilled chicken... the mushroom and corn... potatoes...all divine! ( does no one support the DAD BOD LOADING movement of mine???...ok ok there was a salad as well ) was nice spending time with good friends while the trouble maker was otherwise occupied with the other kids.( Hooray for friends with kids!!!) 

Well all that playing sure did tire the Patoots out... she knocked off pretty early after a struggle with dinner... have i ever mentioned feeding her is like me trying to loose weight!... it takes ages and a hell load of work! 

Happy Monday People. Have an awesome week ahead.. 

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Finally!

Ha! Finally a blog! been meaning to this ever since i became a dad that joyous/tiresome (am leaning more to tiresome at this point) day in June 2016- yes one and a half years later, here i am! hey- better late than never, ey?

It’s been quite a ride so far... the running around...the no alone time with the wife...the diaper changes...the getting puked on...the tantrums...the getting thrown out of the room at night ‘cos apparently i snore!( i’m pretty ok with this one lol..more sleep!)...and the best one..the coming home or waking up to see that beautiful smile looking back at you...(if only but for a few minutes before all hell breaks loose!) 

Parenting has been quite the roller coaster for both of us...so much so we decided a baby is not enough of a challenge...lets get a puppy!! (damn me to hell...what was i thinking agreeing to this!) the 2 of them are amazingly in sync when it comes to making me want to pull out my hair! (come to think of it...i do have a receeding hairline!!)

just realised haven’t introduced the main characters that my life revolves around...there’s the wife Jyo!( slightly mad)...our beautiful daughter Zuri( the tormentor)...and the dog, Pepper  (i’ve lost hope for this one).  

Before i wind up for now...new dads out there...when the baby is not moving around..in bed most of the time...DO NOT wish for the next stage too quickly! and if you ever think about getting a puppy as well... God Help you!