I have never beleived in “virtual” friends, talking or chatting to people whom I have never seen. Probably because I have a decent number of friends I already struggle to keep in touch with as I have been really busy with work. Partially because I never felt comfortable sharing my personal side to anybody I have not met. Most likely because I am terrible when it comes to putting my thoughts in writing, be it a work email, or casual writing.
Funny thing is our business model(H and me own a software business) is completely virtual. I have not met a single client of ours personally, all communication is via email/skype. I am comfortable with that part of the “virtual” world, but when it comes to friends and sharing my personal side, I am a different person. Until now…

After quitting my job and being a stay at home mom/working from home mom for the past 2 years, I have started feeling lonely. H is the “thinker” kind. He can sit quitely gazing at the sky for 2 hours. It freaks me out at times as I am the “talkative” kind. Initial years of marriage, I would think he is disturbed or stressed. Later, when I got to know him “better”, realized thats his way of bringing his creative aatma to life. Out of my bounds. I consider myself a number-crunching person, zero on creativity.
Some of the friends I used to hang out with have either moved out of state or busy with kids, just dont have that much time anymore. This includes me as well. Last 2 years, though I have been working from home, managed to maintain the discipline of work hours/ chat hours/ outgoing hours etc. That took a toll on keeping up with friends. At 35 weeks into the pregnancy, doc advised to go on bed rest. I had officially declared maternity leave and routed all my emails to H’s account.

Last couple of weeks, its been me, my laptop and the couch. Feels I have all the time in the world, hence the umpty number of posts
I must admit it is very relaxing to write and read. Kudos to all you bloggers who somehow find time to blog inspite of working/taking care of kids. I am going to try and continue doing this after baby is born. Only time will tell.
I am enjoying this virtual communication and sharing thoughts with people I have not seen and probably wont see my entire life.

Thanks noon for tagging me on this.

I cannot watch the same movie second time.
I like when people say I am good mom. Especially when H(Hubby) says.
Don’t like when other girls like H and vice versa. H would be surprised and would laugh to death if he ever happens to read this. Whenever this happens, I would invariably dream of H having an affair with somebody.
I am afraid to stand in front of a crowd and speak loudly.
I dont like when my daughter gets too close to H and ignores me. (Am I really writing this?)
I avoid confrontations
I am very competitive at work, especially with my colleagues at work. I am just the opposite and would go to any length to help out, once I consider them as a friend.
I project as though I am a very career oriented person. In reality, if I had an option I could sleep/day dream for days.

Not many know the existence of this blog. Pardon me, dont really know enough bloggers to tag

Amazing technology. Check out the video:

http://on10.net/Blogs/larry/first-look-microsoft-surfacing-computing/

I used to like the Apple Vs Microsoft commercials, lately the Microsoft guy sounds cuter and the Apple guys is sounding more arrogant..

Here’s a similar one on RoR Vs Java ..
http://www.railsenvy.com/2007/5/14/ruby-on-rails-commercial