Yes its time for another new year! I have been really absent from my blog and have decided to be more regular for one thing. What a wonderful time it is - a time full of new hopes, dreams and a renewed enthusiasm to face another year of the roller coaster ride that life is!
Where shall i begin? Living together has brought us so much closer since we appreciate each other a 100 times more now. P was a darling who helped me through the entire journey of grad school and applying for work. I will never forget the day i locked up my place and said good bye to the grad school apartment. My own space where i did all my reading, writing, painting and thinking and sleeping of course but i was so ready to take the next step! That night, the "better half" or "the other half" as i like to irritate him, unabashedly held me at my waist everywhere we walked around in the new city.
We had a lovely trip this year - our post graduation trip to Alaska. Walking on a glacier - priceless! In reality very much pricey - and still burning a hole in our pockets. The summer was beautiful and we had so much to do out here unlike the hot AZ weather. I ran the Helvetia 10k with P and we were all set and prepared for his parents' visit! i dont even know how 4 months have passed during their stay.
I work in a dream research lab. My boss is one of the very well known professors in Cancer research in the world and i consider myself incredibly lucky to have been in the right place at the right time. I remember Mark Davis from Caltech giving a seminar about his new nanoparticle drug delivery of siRNA that cleared up tumors in the lung. My hands were shaking and the adrenaline was pumping as i joined the entire auditorium in giving him a standing ovation and i secretly wished i would be in a lab like that. Thanks to P and his undying optimism I am here today with an awesome lab group and do hope that I can be a part of something special as well!
Yet another injury is irritating me - this time its my hip. Always the same leg that overpronates. I am back working out to be strong in the hopes that i can finish the half marathon. The injury happened after 9 miles and i was close to my goal. One thing i have learnt is to never give up. Gym has become a part of me and i eagerly wait for the next chance to forget everything and push myself that little extra.
Last but not the least, I am learning music from an excellent teacher - himself a student of the great violin Maestro Lalgudi Sir. Carnatic music is beautiful and we are at the stage of starting to sing swaras and attempt manodharma sangeetham.
This new year my wish is a little different. P agrees that i was a little too intense on myself. I expect perfection and to be on the top with every single thing. Failures are the stepping stone to success. So its time for me to take it easier on myself and set smaller goals and be positive.
My favourite moments from 2011.
1. Landing on a glacier in Alaska
2.Getting my 2nd paper accepted - Celebrating with the hubby enjoying some top class Peruvian food
3. Trying the hottest dish EVER in the world using habernero - several 100 times hotter chillies than the guntur ones which made P dance about like crazy
4. Surprise flowers and cake for the day i got my offer
5. The first time i saw the Fall colors outside
6. Dussera golu with in-laws and my very own christmas tree
7. All the gorgeous views of the snow capped mountains we have had
8. The naughty look on Ps face everytime he steals candy or sweets before bed time
A few years ago, I needed some "spirits" to lift my spirits but I think i am high on life! Now I hope thats not too grown up!
Not saying that the spirits are forgotten :)
Cheers to welcome 2012
