Shameless on Repeat

Happy almost Friday to all those who celebrate! Ha. I’m not working this year and Ankur doesn’t get weekends off this month, so Friday is just like any other day over here.

Today, however, was Ankur’s day off and that was really nice.

Ishaan woke his mama up around 4am, which was fine with me because it gave me some time to blog and read. I also tiptoed out of the apartment to go to Starbucks. One of the people I follow on Instagram wanted to do something nice for her followers so she posted a Starbucks barcode that we could scan. And so my latte this morning was free! Delicious and free. AND enjoyed in silence. The perfect trifecta.

After an hour of reading on the couch, I could hear a little voice saying, “Bir, bir, bir!” in the other room. So I quickly ran in, scooped Ishu outta bed, and then closed the door behind me, leaving Ankur to rest for a little longer. (He usually has to leave the house around 5:15am on his work days so I thought he’d like to sleep in a little longer!)

Ishaan and I put a jacket on and went for a walk. I wanted to get a walk in before it got too warm. And walk we did! I ended up with 8000 steps by the end of it.

Ankur met us while we were out and we walked for a teeny bit longer and then the two of them went back home while I took the stroller to Walmart. I needed to get a couple groceries and didn’t want to carry them home so I took my invisible baby with me and walked through the aisles like a weirdo.

I was on the phone with my sister while grabbing our groceries and, every once in a while, I had a mini freak out like, “WAIT, why is the baby so quiet?!” And then I’d pull the stroller to me and peek in and remember that there was only milk sitting in there.

Hahaha. I’ve gotten way too used to having him as a sidekick when I go out.

When I got back home, we made bagel sandwiches for breakfast and then put Ishu down for his first nap.

And then we watched an episode of Shameless.

I’m LOVING this show. I highly recommend it if you don’t mind the cussing and the occasional nudity. It’s so good. And really good acting.

For lunch, we made some chicken burgers. We buy the Kale and Mozzarella patties from Costco and they’re yum yum yum.

And watched another episode of Shameless.

And, because Ankur had the day off, I got to enjoy a luxurious shower ALONE. After, I crawled into bed to read a few chapters in my book. I love getting into bed after a hot shower. It’s the coziest.

Now the baby’s asleep and Ankur and I will probably be eating leftovers tonight while watching another episode of, yup, you guessed it…SHAMELESS.

Tomorrow is our 5-year anniversary! And, since he’ll be working a long day tomorrow, we’ll celebrate with takeout in the evening. After the baby goes to sleep.

Life sure feels different now.

But loving this chapter of our life because I’ve got the best partner to do it with.