{"id":3268,"date":"2011-11-18T16:48:18","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T22:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/?p=3268"},"modified":"2011-10-06T12:26:19","modified_gmt":"2011-10-06T17:26:19","slug":"why-am-i-doing-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/why-am-i-doing-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Why am I doing this?"},"content":{"rendered":"

October 1st 2011<\/em><\/p>\n

Just 15 days before our move! The house is freshly painted and has new carpet and is on the market. We are hoping it will catch the eye of someone who would fall in love with it just like we did 5 years back. We are camping at my brother’s apartment and it is working out decently well.<\/p>\n

Tonight as we drove from home to my brother’s apartment, kuttyma screamed “No mama house” . She screamed non-stop all through the 10 minutes it took us to get here. She kept repeating “veedu” which literally means home.<\/p>\n

Hours later I can still hear her voice ringing in my ears asking to go home – to the only home she knows. I have no clue why I am doing this? I am going to make her lose the only home she knows.<\/p>\n

It is going to be a long 2 months till we settle in and create a new home and new routines. Transition is never easy but I wish I could make it easy for my 2 year old – who thinks “mama house is Singapore”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

October 1st 2011 Just 15 days before our move! The house is freshly painted and has new carpet and is on the market. We are hoping it will catch the eye of someone who would fall in love with it just like we did 5 years back. We are camping at my brother’s apartment and it is working out decently well. Tonight as we drove from home to my brother’s apartment, kuttyma screamed “No mama house” . She screamed non-stop all through the 10 minutes it took us to get here. She kept repeating “veedu” which literally means home. Hours later I can still hear her voice ringing in my ears asking to go home – to the only home she knows. I have no clue why I am doing this? I am going to make her lose the only home she knows. It is going to be a long 2 months till we settle in and create a new home and new routines. Transition is never easy but I wish I could make it easy for my 2 year old – who thinks “mama house is Singapore”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[204,669],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-zen-spot","category-the-move"],"yoast_head":"\nWhy am I doing this? — PoohsDen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/why-am-i-doing-this\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why am I doing this? — PoohsDen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"October 1st 2011 Just 15 days before our move! 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