It's going to be November soon

Hi,
I realize that I am writing a post after one month. It's been a busy month.

Actually, it is my birthday month. My birthday was on 9th of October. We decided a week before my birthday to celebrate my birthday weekend in Utah. It is almost 7-8 hours from my place. Everything was arranged, even we reserved the hotel but then on 8th I received an e-mail from my supervisor that we have a mandatory training on 9th evening and 10th whole day. It was really a bummer. I felt so bad and sad, one of my colleagues, who is a nce lady she told me don't be sad think that money you will get for the training as your birthday present. So, i cancelled the hotel reservation and attended the training till 6 o' clock in the evening. My hubby took me for a drive and there we had pizza and he bought the cake for me. We got back home and we celebrated my birthday. It was good, the cake was tasty too.



Then the weekend after that on 17th of October we celebrated our Indian festival " Diwali", the festival of the lights. It is the biggest festival for India.



One of my colleagues who is also from India , came with us to my husband's place and celebrated the festival with us, whole day was spent shopping and in the evening I wore my traditional dress, 'saree' and we worshpped the lord Ganesha and Goddess Laxmi. We lighted the candles and earthern diyas. I made the Indian food and then had dinner very late and then went to bed, next day we went back to my place.

This weekend my husband had a conference in Flagstaff, so we went there on Friday and spent the night in a hotel and then whole day he was there in the conference and I rested in the hotel room, in the evening we came back.

This was the story of my last few weekends.

will write again soon.

Husband's Day = Teej

Today is a big day for all the married Hindu women in India. As today is an Indian festival known as "Haritalika Teej". Women dedicate this day to their husbands. On this day women fast all day and night for the well being and long lives of their husbands. This fasting is not a normal fasting where one can eat fruits etc. but this fasting means no food, nothing, not a single drop of water. It is a very tough fast and women do this every year on this day.

Before sunrise women drink water and eat fruits and then put anything in their mouths next morning only. So, it's a 24 hours fast. In the morning of the fast, women get dressed traditionally wearing saree and ornaments and color their feet with sacred red color liquid.



After getting dressed they offer their prayers to Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati and ask them for welfare and long life of their husbands. The next morning when women finish their fasting they give away clothes and food to needy.


Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati


I have also kept this fast. This is my second fast as I got married one and half years ago. I have not put anything in my mouth since 4 a.m. It's Sunday today, so my husband is at home and he is very worried for me. He told me that "Don't worry about me. I can prepare food for myself today." He is really very caring and keeps asking me,"Are you okay?". He is really very good and I think I can keep fasting all my life to see him happy.