Hey! You missed the blogging bus

“Yippee! I’m a blogger now”. I excitedly announced to a close friend. A puckered reply shot instantly, “huh! its good but don’t you think you’ve missed the blogging bus”. My silence gave her the reply and a topic change. Well, even before I could share my blogging address, she’s dissuaded me from getting any further. I wasn’t interested either. Glad I didn’t!! She wasn’t like this- being an internet buff herself, I reasoned out to myself.

This got me thinking as to what I really wanted from this blog and why the hell I opened it if I have actually missed the blogging bus. Agreed, I am an internet enthusiast- but I rarely follow any blogs. Just visit few sites randomly and later forget most of them. Then why suddenly I open it now, meaning well that I intend on doing this earlier.

A commoner to the core, back from an ever extended maternity sabbatical (well, I never joined the same place and remained in the same city!!); no extraordinary degrees and positions to boost of (okay, I moved a little up the ladder- big deal!!), juggling hard between work and home (fine- my mind and bones ache by the time I ring the door bell and know exactly the reaction I’ll get from mom till the time she’s with me. Yeah! like all good parents she’s supporting me by being around with the upbringing of my son so that I settle down in work and am less hassled with his safety – how much important this is in a Metro!!), last but not the least the daily metro ride that some days render me claustrophobic to the extent of getting off where the rush begins (my heart starts panting the moment Mayur Vihar 1 station is announced and I wish if there could be a separate metro just for this ONE station or somehow if my metro car could bypass it.  Just to face the music in time!! And here I alight yet again, much ahead of my actual stop!! Well, of late I am trying to busy myself with the compulsorily newspaper reading and deliberately miss listening to any announcement made henceforth. And I am managing with aplomb. Deboard at my destination. Reach work on time-every morning. Wow!! what a relief to adhere to the timings in the Delhi morning hours!!).

Having said much about myself, I get back to the basic question of why I am blogging now, as pointed out by my friend – “You’ve missed the blogging bus”. To my mind I never intend on catching one anytime before. Had I blogged earlier- I would have done that for myself and the answer remains no different now. I see this space as my own, where I can experiment. I won’ be writing for someone else. I write for me. I see this as my second baby whom I can tend to the way I want. My words mirror my blog. I can give a shape. Add color. And I am not governed by anyone’s directions. I write to please myself.

There’s an enormous work to be accomplished now. This space is just a skeleton - lifeless. My thoughts shall give a new life. I have witnessed architecting some sites - for others.  This one, I architect for me. I hope in this new journey, that I embark now, I am able to share my accumulated experiences of exploring different cultures, travels, relationships - successful and unsuccessful, motherhood, and much more…..

And very well hope my friend gets her answer, in case she ever accidentally crosses by J