Yipee and hooray. My mother has returned.
She brought me these cute little socks with the maple leaf on them. I absolutely adore them.

It's interesting, but her being away for so long really has made me see her in a different light. Before she never really had time for me. Now she talks to me all the time and when someone interrupts, instead of forgetting me she tells them to go away because she's talking to me. It's nice having her back. Dad's a great dad, but he's not a big rule person. It's the hippie in him. Now Mom's back she can keep my debutante of a sister in line!

I'm going to go get mehndi done today, I think. I did it myself a couple of weeks ago, but I'd like to have an Indian woman do it. They really know what they are doing and they make it look perfect. And I love their accents and their homes, smelling slightly of incense, walls decorated with pictures of their children next to pictures of Krishna.


GOOD OLD KRISHNA