Settled in the new house

Finally, the boxes have moved out and we have the house all to ourselves. All the promised amenities are not yet ready. However, the play area ia ready and it is nice to see kids in the complex enjoying their new toys.

The adults have become kids and have started enjoying playing gully cricket and reminiscing about the good old days. It is serious fun and a very good exercise for folks like me in IT who get limited exercise. Lots of needless running sometimes and some rustiness adds to the charm of playing gully cricket. We bought a bat and ball and it felt like I was 7 yrs old again and wanted to go ask my mom for money. Ok, that was a joke!

Forming friendships is extremely important in a new complex and we have been fortunate that through various activities like cricket, Holi festival etc, we have good friendship. As in any new complex, we have challenges with water softener plant etc but they are being addressed.

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