Year that was 2012 - especailly with "Back to Future" gifts

We got two surprise in our lives and as it happens it came all the way from 2012. As it happen, we relish especially years in our lives especially years on. When you see with lenses of past.


Two cars to our Vintage cars (sort of). Both our old silver love finally got retired. For both of us our first true car. And for both of us first-time independence from using local transport for years at stretch.

And we replaced cars that are way of future of automobile. The first true electric car for masses. maybe in 40 years history will tell, that was the time when humanity moved from the dirty fossil fuel to cleaner oil. And then we could say, we were amond the first to get on movement. And with us surely will be Uma, who might know her all lives with us in the car of future.

Journey of Uma

The journey isof Uma feels it si coming or two years. now it is standing starting food. Giigles and loves life. And even after seven months Rose still feels excitement and fear. Excitmente because Uma is a ball of love. She just gives freely and has pure empotions. And fear over something happening to her or she getting hurt.
Uma was conceived during Durge Puja 2013. Just after that your tip to NY Con happened. I by that time had got the job in Home Depot. It was exciting times., you telling me that your pregnant. txt 3 AM. I was not able to sleep and I was not sure why you were sending me the text. I had to pee and saw your text. 

On Start of a new Journey

1st November 2013

It is early morning the Dudhi Kaal. And as all early morning epochs, it is a mysterious time. When though it is all dark. No sign that this calmness will end for sure, from past we know this time will give rise to sun filled day. A day that could be hot or cold or even cloudy. From this juncture or start of the journey of the day one has no idea. One can fathom or imagine but reality will always bring something new.

So how does it feel before I the start of another significant journey? And just like the last as an epochical journey I took when I crossed seven seas to come to this new land. I have some imagination of what the new life/journey would be. But they are still imagination. And as I knew from the last one, the imaginations are sometimes very different.

At the job front I am starting the only second permanent one. Just like the last one, which also started with becons of cold that is in the air. This start is happening at the end of fall. Last time I was in Florida and had a month or so for H1 paperwork transfer just like atleast 3 weeks of accepting the offer and then background checks as it happened this time. But in both time, there is the anticipation of new job learning, new skills. Though both times it was some Sterling. The only difference is that last time I did not know what to expect and this time with age on my side (more grey hair) I atleast feel I know what to expect. I still remember in the early days. I still imagined it more like Java J2EE system/hard code programming. But it was product understanding and coming to know how that world works.

The biggest difference indeed is at a mental and home front. Back then it was going back to California with expereinces of last time. The chaos in L.A., which haunted me for so long. The change of going to the crowded apartment from the great places I stayed in Florida. Though when in Florida, I thought my stay would be in Santa Monica. It ended in not so cool place of the town. Wish I had gone with my earlier plan, maybe all the debacle that came upon me wouldn't have happened. On top of it, the person for whom I made the move to the appartment ended up moving in few months. :-( And then for the next 2 year or so I will had to own the apartment and whatever came with it, including constant search, lonliness, and despair. Till I meet her. Which was certainly one of the best times in the apartment.
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This time things are so different. I stay in my own place and with a person who so much understands me and am ready to embark on a much bigger journey together. I compare the now house's backyard to noise that woke me up eveyday. The indifferent neighbors of old to great neigbours now. With little or non dependable support I had then to people like Chitra, Anna, Mom I have now. I seems such a stark difference. And the biggest difference is certainly of then going from a place I loved to a place to a place I had reservations. To now to a place I love and feel improving and enjoying a bit more.

On getting the paper

Though writing this blog a bit later but I am quite sure the emotions of the blog and thoughts of the moments will not be lost for a long time....

I still remember when I saw the paper. It was a Wednesday or Thrusday in Mid August. I had just come from work. For some reason which I do not remember now, we were not expecting to see the the paper come so early. Rose had already gone to TX, and I had already got rid of Nimit (the menace). The house was all to myself. I was in process of vacating the house in a week or so and then for last 2-3 weeks stay at Castaic with Maa and Daddy. I think they had not arrived. And there was a sort of happiness all around. AND YES HOW CAN I FORGET I JUST HAD ENDED BUYING THE HOUSE.

So in a word there was all happiness all around Planning for marraige, parents are coming to visit and I will be staying few more days in the hovel before moving to better things.

So here I come from work tired and somehow getting myself removed from the work drama, knowing it is going to be a past soon. But still with the horrible 3 months, something worrysome as I still needed the EAD card to become really free.

Here I come to slightly clean house, especially as Tony had fianlly removed his junk.

I do not remember why did I even go to open the mail. And with the fall coolness when I opened the letter to see a USCIS letter, the first reaction to me was there was someother request. Note a week earlier we got or had to apply to say that we had moved to Dallas.

So instead of another letter from USCIS and with the long drawn summer issue of Work trouble and getting 2-3 months of preparing the paperwork, I with trepidation opened the letter. And there in that was my green card.

I still remember how happy I was to get it. Fianlly free from the stress of what happns if I loose job. Finally free after all my mess with USCIS - the F1 rejection and H1B issue then the job loss before getting married.

It was a great and happy day. And with other things falling in place it all was icing on the top.

THough I still was un-prepared for the black day that was to come, I was seeing the good days that lay ahead. Which today when I think about now, DID SURELY MATERIALISE.

Old Posts of time when we almost had the third one

Shantanu Shukla	1/12/10
to Rose

How do you think about a blog on Baccha/Bacchi(if it is girl)

I was thinking of these names for the blog

BacchaBacchaBaccha (Kid, Kid, Kid!!! as the kid has brought so much of fun and more excitement to our lives)

BapMaaAurrrrrrBaccha ( Father Mother Andddddd Bachha - about our unmarried state )

AngraziBacha ( English Baccha.. trying to capture the multi-cultural aspect of Baccha)

And by the way I am still looking out for the original couple blog. A blog sparted in that long distant past when two inter-racial couples meet. t was more meeting of two oceans. And like long past story it has been lost and has become a past just like our old lives of dating. When we were fresh with our excitment disaapointment of meeting. Like meeting of two oceans withs different colors and seperate currents. Those old days of beach time and fun and coddling and figths.

But best of it... for me atleast .. Being away from being flung around the house like a doll..... And best of all can go to sleep earlier.. Able to go to sleep at 11. It is a dream coming true for me already... I am already starting loving the kid... Not even thinking of being forced to be up becos the other person still wants more fun....  :-)

But more on practical side I really think yesterday the kid and job is finally taking toll on you... And I am really happy about it in a double positive sense.. :-)

Being ADHD another thing... before it gets lost in our memories... Lets finish the last portion of that beautiful long trip of just two of us. Becos soon everything will be decided by him or her.

Shantanu

Shantanu Shukla	1/12/10
to Rose

The third name for blog I was thinking was


AngraziBachaI ( English Baccha + I.. trying to capture the multi-cultural aspect of Baccha and combining Baccha and Bacchi so BacchaI)

And also about having the voice memo I think lets go for a small car ride to record it.

Rose Verzyl	1/12/10
to me

Oh honey, your email really touched me. Today while I was driving I was thinking of how lucky I am to have you in my life & how much I feel that you care for me...it is really quite beautiful. I love you with all of my heart & can't wait to see you everynight.

Yeah, and after reading your first paragraph, I think the blog was called meeting of 2 (no spaces or maybe underscores between the words) or two spelled out.

Totally, I like the BacchaBaccha!, BacchaBacchi!, meeting of 2 plus or with baccha, baccha of 2 oceans, or all about baccha.

With my fav being meeting of two plus baccha, or baccha of 2 oceans

I'm so glad you are getting excited. I think it's even going to be better than I imagined & of course better than I could plan. It reminds me of the saying that when you plan god laughs :) that's  how I think we've both been feeling lately....but somehow I feel that we are going to be just fine

With all my love,
Rose

Sent from my iPhone

Why this year is so exciting

Well it was one of the normal tripto the DMV
I just had to pay parking ticket when I had parked on the street. But the ticket was not becos of parking but becos my tag had expired.
So any I waited normally for California. Which for ma y atTest which would make it feel like ur at some third world country. Waiting outside before DMV opens and after not findig no stop in DMV parking lot as well as .2 miles away from DMV. And nt stopping ther I wait over 30 minutes
to be given the token and then waiting :0 more
minutes before ur name is finally called.
But funilly it is not about over hour of toil but 5 minutes at my counter is the reason I am writing this blog.
And it was about why this year is so interesting.
This year or more like thhat month I.e Feb is when I had to renew my tag
this year is when I had to do my smog test
This year even more
funnier is when my drivers picense gets renewed
but most interestingly this is the year when I also get married

San Antonio trip

So I was listerning Kuch Is Tarah. And suddenly I remembered abput the best trip.

But msot importantly I suppsoe it cememted our relationship. The dallas trip earlier was when I started falling for her. But in this trip i really started feeling cemeted to her. And lying besides her and listening to kuch is tarah.   

Why it was important

• Only trip in which we had no other deadline
• Out first road trip together. I love road trip as it fuels my imagination and in finding stuff one come to connect better. As they said in KERA Think the best gifts are taking raodtrips together.