Friends

Recently a friend of mine told me what a great life I led. And I was like? What??? Most of the time I just shunt off from home to work and back. Now that I run my own house, my last thought while awake is : What will we eat for lunch and dinner tomorrow? (My husband and I eat a very standard breakfast).

She says I keep travelling and I keep myself busy. Which is true, to some extent. I do have some friends, but some friends are much closer to me than others. Some friends are truly caring, some are not so. Some have drifted away and some I'm not in touch with anymore.

I have a friend though who has stopped respecting convention with me - which is fine and good but really, one shouldn't let the other person take her for granted. This hasn't really been a very nice revelation for me: in fact I've been quite distraught about it. But then, you live, you learn.

I don't think much value is put on friendship these days. I recently saw a really funny movie called 3 Idiots (Hindi). That was a nice film to watch which breezes over some of the more difficult aspects of life that we as young people are facing today - be it from the competition to the stress levels.

Coming back to my hobbies - reading (solitary), travelling (usually with friends), watching television (solitary), sketching and drawing (solitary)..... it's a wonder why anyone could think that my life is happening? I go for exhibitions - painting, art, crafts, trade fairs - when I can and do keep myself busy visiting my parents, my in-laws, my grandparents ---- work keeps me on my toes and active.

Exciting life? I think the jury is still out on that!!