UPDATES ON YEAR 31

OK, Birthday over. I'm officially into year 31, and still in denial.

Someone asked me why I made such a fuss over 31 when I didn't say anything for the big 3-0. Frankly, beats me too. 30 felt grand and exciting, like starting my 20s again, this time with more wisdom and cash. :) Year 31, now, has me feeling over the hill, behind the times, and gives me a whole sense of panic that time is passing too fast. Maybe, there is some correlation between the lousy global situation and my turning 31. Or maybe I've been hanging out with too many twenty-somethings. Since I don't intend to analyse the whole thing to death, or see a shrink to figure it all out, I guess, I'll just keep my head under the sand for this whole year and hope for the best.

SB's departure looms closer. That's the next big thing happening in my life. Ironically she flies on April's Fool Day, and I had weird visions of driving home from the airport after being informed that the whole thing was an elaborate April's Fool hoax. Haha, wishful thinking. Anyway, feeling more or less reconciled to her leaving (and maybe not coming back....apparently, many, including herself, have gotten the feeling that she would meet someone special in Tokyo this time...). I guess missing her for some time will be a given, but then life moves on, and we'll all slip into the groove of things. After a while, I would start to wonder what all the fuss about her leaving was about.

And the maid is due to depart the day after SB. Mum has decided that with one less person in the house, she will be able to handle the housework and there is no sense in keeping the maid and paying her to watch cable TV on the big LCD (and breaking all our stuff in the process.) I have to admit that I'll probably mourn the maid's departure longer than SB's, because the former has greater impact on my daily life. :) I will miss not being able to hop onto the internet immediately after dinner because I have to do the dishes, no lounging around the Sunday breakfast table, chatting, because of the ironing, etc etc. I've been spoilt, I know, but just let me whine about it for a while, and I'll grit my teeth and get on with it. One thing is for sure, I'm going to start being most familiar with Animal Planets again, once the ironing gets started.

Maybe that's why I am not really looking forward to my year 31, because I'm kind of losing a BFF and I have got ironing to do.

Yeah, ironing really gets to one. Even Animal Planets can do little to improve that.