One Year Down. Evaluation Time.

It has been one year !

One whole year not of my marriage but of my unemployment.

Before all this "housewiving", you know I did have an actual career or still do so (as I would like to think). One year is a milestone and I got into evaluation mode, of my life in the last one year of unemployment. The analysis results follow below:

PROS

1.    Got MARRIED….!! ( Definitely a good thing,atleast for now..hehe!)

2.    Being a big non-believer in diets obviously took(showed)its toll quite explicitly on me. So I took the plunge, got on a diet, actually stuck to it and ended up losing about 6-7 kgs !! Achievement ?!?! I think so..

3.    Could devote full attention to wedding preparation, assisting parents with the huge invite lists, guest accommodation plans and the best - indulge wholly in guilt-free shopping ( Pure bliss) !

4.    Spent quality time with the in-laws, sis-in-law and her family including her cutest two girls. I am officially Gayathri- ammayi (meaning aunt). This time was well spent in perfect bonding and what about all the secret childhood/adolescent stories of my spouse which he might have “CONVENIENTLY” forgotten to tell me? ( Big smug grin J)

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5.    Learnt cooking/baking and rapidly moving from a zero to a hero-(ine) (slightly exaggerated as part of writer’s license), but I do now get a huge big approving nod from my victim who can be rightfully compared to Anton Ego of Ratatouille (a very mean and fictional food critic). Is that also a bit too far-fetched now?

6.   Could spend (spending) quality time with my husband and solidify our relationship. Lesson learnt- No amount of gifts / phone talk/ texts can replace the actually time physically spent with your partner especially in those crucial initial months of marriage.

7.    Re-discovered my older passion in life. You can read about it here.

8.    Started this blog..!!! This is a smashing surprise entry into my pro-list. Who thought I would not just write but also have the audacity to start a blog..!

CONS

1.  End up feeling extremely unproductive, especially on days my dishes refuse to co-operate with me or when I meet other employed women.

2.  Miss the salary – most obvious and biggest con, by which I mean pocket money for all sorts of extra indulgences.

3.  Had to leave behind my friends and relatives in Bangalore with whom I had a blast of a four years. “Joie de vivre” was our key mantra during those days.

4.  Freedom of being completely free in context of responsibility. Admit it or not, it is true.

5.  Suddenly I am an aunt !!  Becoming an aunt to my hubby’s nieces is quite acceptable and infact I revel in the joy of that prized position, but how does being married give an indication to 15 year old teenagers to start calling you an aunt. Still terribly scarred from the last encounter.Sigh..

Numerically, the results are obvious. Pros have outweighed the cons. And by quality, I don’t think I can do any justice if I express it here.  Infact I don’t think I am going overboard when I say this year may be one of my best ones – not only I meet my partner for life but I have discovered one big talent ( If I may call so) in form of cooking in me. I think I have struck out a fair deal with the Supreme Being.

So which has been your best years or most memorable year of your life?? Would love to know...