Bucket list is coming along real well

and for once, the bucket list updates are also coming along real well.  We brought home our third child, a sweet little cocker puppy called Loopy Maya Samarawardene Pintu.  You ask why the one foot long name?  The first one explains it all, we are all loopy....only one of us is officially named that!

Another back track

To go back to my intuitive decision to have a puppy.  Besides the fact that it is on my now very important bucket list, it will go a long way to help my kids learn very important life skills.  Growing up with an animal in the house, esp. one that is so full of unconditional love means that we all know what it is, even if as humans, we are quite incapable of the same level (or even any!) of this devotion.

Bucket list update

Okay, so I checked off one thing on my bucket list today.  Cracking the breathing while swimming laps.  Learned to swim when I was around 10 in Trichy in an Olympic size pool.  Dived off the highest platform, shaking and shivering, et al.  And then a long break meant that the skills that were just-learned-but-not-really-used rusted away.  The weekend I got engaged, I almost drowned.  Sheer arrogance, was swimming along without a life jacket after a whole day of tubing with one, couldn't find the bottom with my feet (we were in shallow water the whole day), panicked and froze and almost drowned.

My Bucket List

Okay, so every month seems to bring me closer to the big four oh. In earth time, still 30 months away but lately, I seem to be hearing more about the cons of crossing 40. For someone who still feels 28 was just yesterday (okay, my knees alone are a bit further along!), it seems quite ridiculous to see the major sentiment attached to being 40. It has been my experience that I own my years a lot more now than before. That confidence is a real state of mind, most of the time. Very different from the late 20s when maturing in relationships and career was happening....at the same time...and sometimes with the same amount of pain! :-D

So decided to put up my bucket list. The initial 10 for the next decade. To be added to as and when the mind prevails!

1. Build a home.
2. Adopt third child - a puppy named Loopy.
3. Travel atleast once a year to fun places....longish trips.
4. Spend time laughing with kids. More time, that is. And less shouting.
5. Spend time with aging parents, in-laws and all kinds of friends. This too shall pass.
6. Contribute everyday to one social problem in India.
7. Get a massage atleast once a year.
8. Run away to movies and dinners with love of my life (no, not the puppy this time!) a few times in the year.
9. Learn Italian.
10. Finish another stained glass piece for that new home.
11. Get private lessons to perfect breathing while swimming.
12. Lose that last, bloody persistent 10 kgs.
13. Buy self a new wardrobe when that 10 melts off.
14. Learn Pilates.
15. Consistently DO pilates.......

Okay, the mind prevailed. Funny how so little is related to work...maybe except no. 6.

Later, folks!