There is something very relaxing about doing household chores. Be it ironing your clothes, making tomorrow's lunch,washing the clothes or dishes, or even helping to build a fence around the backyard, there is something distinctly calming. The repetetive motion, rather than being monotonous, soothes. You tend to follow a rythm, a beat that only you can hear, and you feel at peace, and time flies by.

Had a rather interesting weekend. It was short...especially since I slept half of it away (literally). Aside from the usual jogging and gym, I also went to Munnudi's house, and to the Calgary Tower.

Munnudi's house is opposite nannudi's house,on another hill on the other side of the expressway.Sound near? Well, it isn't. Its a half an hour drive, along a road that hugs the hillside. And the hill is way higher than ours. Though it faces away from the mountains, it gives an AMAZING view of the city at night...a swarm of fireflies as far as the eye can see... a sea of amber lanterns stretching from horizon to horizon. Spectacular.

She was having some friends over for a barbecue. When she said some, I really wasn't expecting tht many. There were at least 25adults and 15 kids. Thats a lot of peopleto cook for, and munnu di and tipu da(her husband) both work. turns out that she used to stay up till late just to cook for the party on saturday. The food was amazing!

The house was fantastic too! Its huge! I only saw a bit of it, but what I saw was enough to impress me. looks to be 3000 sprawling square feet per level at least...possibly more, excluding lawn and driveway.

Was there till 1030pm that day.

Next day, went downtown to Calgary tower. Its a 525 feet tall tower offering a panoramic view of the city and its skyline, all the way to the rockies. took some good photos which we'll show later. Best part of the tower was this one section where the floor is made of glass, and it offers you a birds eye view straight down to the ground below. You feel kinda freaky. You know its perfectly safe but you still feel a bit queasy stepping out. Especially when the kids next to you start jumping on the glass! But its kinda cool...you feel a bit like superman.

Best part about the trip though were the kids. I became Rohit's seatbelt on the train ( we took a train from within downtown...its faster that way, and the kids haven't ridden the train in a while). Rohit would come up to me and say" Arpan mama, I need the seat belt on!" at which point I would hug him close to me and he would snuggle up against me.Felt really nice for some reason.