My Random Life

Impromptu Austin trip….What an eventful trip! One that will remain in our memory forever.  What started off originally as an impromptu non-rev trip to Chicago…which bit the dust cuz of flight cancellations….we decided to drive to Austin instead! K had a great experience in Austin downtown and had been harping for a while that we should all go, and yesterday was the day! I was already disappointed two weeks ago when we couldn’t make it to the impromptu San Antonio trip…so this was redemption time!  We hopped back into the jeep, ate breakfast in our favorite First Watch and drove off! Reached Downtown Austin by lunch time, our room in “Line” wasn’t ready so we left our luggage at the hotel and went for lunch in Corner restaurant, J W Marriott. Got a nice lounge table and hung out there for a few hours…had a couple of drinks and A ate his favorite cheese sandwich with fries n Ofcourse ended the meal with white ice cream. Was a really good afternoon!  The started our itch for...

Extreme Ownership All responsibility for success and failure rests with the Leader.  The leader must own everything, there is no one else to blame.  The leader bears responsibility to explain the mission, develop tactics and provide training to achieve the mission.  If there are people who underperform in the team, the leader had the responsibility to train and mentor them. If they still don’t improve and are hurting the team’s performance then leader must make the tough call to terminate that person and hire someone else.  Taking ownership when things fail requires courage and humility. But it’s absolutely necessary to learning, growing as a leader and improving a team’s performance.  Leaders should not have emotional attachments to plans or agendas and should have the organization’s problems in mind.  Such leaders should not take credit for successes but should bestow that honor upon his subordinates and team members.  When leaders set such an exampl...

So! 2021 ends!!! What a year! Full of accomplishments, anxiety, fun, fear, laughter etc etc. It’s a one a kind year in the sense of accomplishment I felt from it! It really is. I’m proud of myself for doing somethings that I never thought I would ever do! I went snorkeling (yes, in a real ocean…), did a dive into water (yes, dive as in a jump…), ate red meat (and actually enjoyed it…), enrolled myself in a swimming class, got a Brazilian bikini wax and did something totally off record that I’m not gonna record 🙊 I pushed myself off the comfort zone, over the cliff into the deep end! Was it comfortable, heck no! But it was definitely totally worth it! I’m so proud of myself for doing all this and still keeping myself sorta sane (though KK may not agree lol)!  Another HUGE accomplishment on the work front was Mosaic Go-Live. It’s a huge multi million dollar multi year Southwest Technology program to replace the MRO system, and I played a crucial part in the Go-Live phase! My role wa...

We dismantled aris crib today. And he transitioned to a big boy bed! More than being excited about his transition I feel really sad about the crib and all the memories I had with it. All the sleepless nights that I spent when he was a baby putting him to sleep and all the frustrations that came out of it. Jeez. And it suddenly hit me that the Frisco house will be sold soon too. It’s under contract now and will close in a month. What memories we had in that house. Ari being born was the biggest one and all the struggles we went through to get there. All the days I cursed my looooong drive to SWA. Somehow all of that magically disappeared after we moved to Castillo. Shouldn’t I be happy about that? Why am I brooding over something that caused me pain instead of enjoying my current state of happiness? Why do I always look back into the past and try to recreate memories? Those are anchors that are rigging me down. I need to look ahead, be thankful for my happy life (knock on wood) and move...

First GNO post covid!!! Surprisingly all the girls were ok to go to a restaurant!!! I was like, ok!!! And it was super fun! Cafe Isthanbul was pretty crowded, lotsa people. And then went to legacy hall - full packed People are all out...frustration built over a year just coming out!! Overall a good night, just like old times. 

Cancun again!!! Woohoooo!!! It was the last trip pre covid shutdown and the first trip post (well, sorta) Covid. And it’s our first international  trip with friends! We’ve been on trips with friends but never flew with them....so this is a first!!! Miss those bevarse trips with T-gang pre kids...feels like it was ages ago 😞 life happened and everyone’s busy 😞 So!! How long has it been since I last blogged? A while!!! A lot has happened since then....crazy crazy work schedule, Mosaic (actually) going Live (well, Baseline to start with), a couple of Dress Rehearsals for Go live, inoculation (whooohoooo) and overall a LOOOOTTTAAA stress and anxiety!!! I’ve really been looking forward to this trip and I REALLY need this trip!!! Jeez...I sooooo need a break!! And this is it!!! Here we go!! Happy and merry after 2 gin & ginger ales 🥰 looking forward to having an awesome time!!!