My Reality Vs. Everything Else

I had great expectations for 2011. I thought this would be the year where I would finally be in a great job that I like and live in a city that I love. I would travel a lot and shop even more.  I would have my own wine collection complete with a nice wrought iron stand. I would get a nice apartment with P and we would decorate it together. We would the kind of people who throw cocktail parties every weekend where we would have the same old discussions about everything and nothing. I thought I would go meet my brother in December. I had the whole thing planned, I would crash at R’s place and then we would go to NY for Christmas. And if not least, I thought that I would at least be friends with V. Looking back, I think I had too big a to-do list. I don’t think I did anything on that list, except maybe live in a city that I love part. So, someone somewhere took pity on me and said “Oh, hell! Let her have at least one wish”. I guess New Year resolutions are too over rated because you tend to write about things that you almost always never do, or it is the case with me.

But I am not going to complain about the things that I dint or couldn’t do. Let’s see, what were the things that I am more than happy that happened this year:

1.       I did my part of traveling, I went to Bhutan, would do that again in a drop of a hat given an option. I loved everything about the trip, from the super late trains to almost getting arrested scares (that’s a story I am not going into!)

2.       I did get a job that I liked even though the pay is shit, I do like the work most of the time even though sometimes I feel like killing my manager with a machete

3.       I love my new apartment, even though I don’t have a wine-rack, I decorated something (for the first time in my life) and every day I walk into that door I feel peaceful

4.       I heart Mumbai; I don’t know why I ever hated the city. I love the people, the taxis, the cheap wine, the food (I am a street food junkie now; I never did see this one coming!)

5.       I found flipkart, my new love; she never did let me down. I am never out of stuff to read now

6.       I found a compromise between living with P, she has her space and I have mine, even though I sometimes feel like beating her to death, I am happy that she is here. She is always there be it doing something crazy like going down the pier at sea face or cooking for me at 12 in the night

7.       I think my relationship with my parents has become much more tenable than it was before, I am making an effort to actually talk to my mom about my work

8.       S for just being herself

9.       I bought myself a camera which I should have done 3 years ago

10.   I did write a lot of posts which for me is a big accomplishment, I never thought I would become this regular, but I am happy I did it

11.   I also closed one big chapter of my life this year

12.   I did find a kindred soul in office, I now have a partner for doing my daily crosswords and random quizzes (thank god! otherwise I would have died of boredom in that hell hole)

Well that’s all I can think of right now, I guess if sit down and think long and hard I might come up with some more but I guess the list just about sums it up.

Hopefully next year I would be able to do some travelling and take some nice pictures (see I am not wishing for big things, I learnt my lesson, NEVER plan!) But, be as it may my Goa plan got fucked up right now, so I am still stuck in Mumbai, talking to random cab guys till 1 in the night to find a ride. So, never plan! That’s my new motto, spontaneity is the key word. I don’t know how good or bad this next year is going to be but it sure as hell will be interesting (How could it not be while I will be shuffling around the country, attending one wedding after another!)

Bonne année, see you on the other side :)