The ability to see the lighter side of life seems to have eluded me these days. And the trouble is I probably would never have realized it. I was going through this childhood friend's rather funny blog, which was populated with one hilarious entry after another,(of simple,everyday occurences might I add), that I actually stepped back and had a flash of inspiration..

"hey, i was just like this 10 years back, in fact, if I had a blog 10 years back, it might have been funnier. My blog of today is just a place for me to vent..what happened to me???did i just ...(gasp!!!) GROW UP????"

no, obviously not..(i mean, yeah..I dont want to consider myself as a boring adult and get the remaining part of vivacity in me zapped out)..but life's various ups and downs have had a hand in quelling the rebellious spirit and witticism. Sarcasm is firmly ensconsced in my psyche at the moment and try as I might, I just cannot seem to break free.

So I attempt this entry..just for kicks..and readers..for the record...I am trying to be genuinely humorous here.No perfectly constructed sentences and plenty of grammatical errors..Here we go..'simple, everyday occurence' hmmmmmm...well, I woke up, read the morning paper(definitely not funny, even the comics section these days do not provoke humor or any reaction for that matter)..saw the news on TV and had my morning coffee. The rest of the morning was spent in cajoling the husband and kid outta (see the bad spelling,,i told you, I am trying) bed and all cleaned up. Left for work with kid and school bag in tow. An hour and a half, (and a kid less) later, at my desk where I will sit and stare at a computer screen for the next seven hours...racking my brains to find the humour people..

humour seems to have left the building..(as elvis would say)..Modern life, pollution and responsibilities have very obviously transformed fun loving kids into their worst nightmare-their parents. We can fight it or we can accept it and move on. Which is precisely what I am doing at the moment. Seeing the lighter side of life will involve letting go of some of the learnings I have had in the last 10 years. I would have to discount the numerous betrayals, losses and valleys I have had to overcome. But I am stronger today, for them and I just cannot let go. Humour unfortunately held hands with innocence and non chalance and vaporized with them.