Tatyana in medias res

It's day 15. Since I stopped going to work, since the new normal has been the walls around my house, since we ate out, since 80% of Boston offices mandated work from home for all their employees, since we only step out for grocery shopping, and medicines. This is the new normal. It feels like an alternate reality, an episode of black mirror that no one asked to be a part of. Most days it feels okay, but some days come with anxiety and hopelessness. This is the new normal, at least for a while. As someone who prides herself in being up to date with the news, I now only consume the news that I accidentally come across. I am trying my best, for the sake of my sanity to not read anything about the virus, or how many people are dying from it, or how fast its spreading, if I can help it. I instantly glaze over the constant bombardment of articles, reports, forwards and home remedies on whatsapp. After the initial toilet paper frenzy, the next thing that is disappearing from the sh

Ah, how long have I waited to put this perfect blog title to use. That movie is iconic, watch it if you haven't. Croatia is for lovers, honeymooners, friends, your B-School buddies and traveling with your family. This country by the Adriatic Sea has something for everyone. And since there are so many blogs out there about Croatia and travel, I will only use this space to talk about our itinerary, experience and general enlightenment. Why did we settle on Croatia - a. because neither of us had been there. b. because it has both beaches and mountains. c. its not crazy expensive. d. because it was midway(sort of, not really) between India and the US. e. because it would fit exactly in the number of days we had giving us plenty of opportunity to relax and to explore new things and f. because it looks so damn beautiful. Highlights and Takeaways - Food is quite average, apart from the abundance of, as Ina Garten would put it, good truffle and good wine and good olive oil an

of -to all the boys i've loved before - and - thank u, next. One meets all kinds of people throughout life that are special for one reason or another. Some are more special than others. Some stay with you long after they are gone and some are out of sight, out of mind. To all the boys I've loved before - you guys were the fucking best. I am so full of gratitude that it was you who I chose to fall in love with, learn from and grow to be who I am. You taught me more about life than life itself. I am so #blessed that I got to date someone who was a feminist before it was cool to be one and before maybe even I knew what it was to be one. You taught me self love before it was a thing. You taught me unconditional unlimited love and its strength to move rivers and roads. I often think about how lucky I am, that I dated someone very early on who treated me in the best way a girl should be treated and thus ensuring that I have the highest standards for all future boys. You gave m

All my time in Spain, and I never wrote a single piece. I wanted to absorb all of it before I put my thoughts down on this virtual but permanent paper. I wanted to focus on living in the present and not thinking too much about what it all represents. I kept waiting for something monumental to happen that would be the center point of my piece. And now that it's been more than a year since I lived there. All the feelings have been felt, and as it happens with hindsight, the good moments feel great and the not so good ones are forgotten. I feel ready to write about it. A little life was lived in learning Spanish so I could communicate with the taxi drivers but mostly so I could sing along to the latest latin pop. There is a playlist in my head that plays when I think about my time in Madrid. It includes an embarrassing number of Pitbull songs, but also a lot of flashbacks to screaming the lyrics our with 50 other people.  A whole new world was imagined sitting in one beautiful pl

Stuff that sticks with you, people who said them may or may not still be in your life. They probably never meant it in a bad way. Someone said they were giving you constructive criticism, some said it as a joke. But in the middle of a conversation it will come back to you 10 years later. It doesn't affect you now, because it didn't affect you then. But that doesn't mean you forgot about it, oh no, it's still very much there. 1. You have a big head. Like size wise. 2. You are never going to be the hot kind, you are like the cute types. 3. Your arms are like a bears. Pre giving into the being hairless trend. 4. You have fat fingers. 5. Her hair is funny. After losing all the hair to hormones as a 15yo. 6. She needs a nose job. 7. Your face looks like a monkey's face. unbleached and unwaxed. 8. You are not cute, you are sexy. 9. You cry a lot. 10. Your laugh sounds fake. 11. You don't cry enough. 12. You are insensitive. 13. You are too sensitive. 1

I woke up this morning with a glimmer in my eye of a dream I dreamt that was prettier than the sky I woke up this morning to storm raging in me and a storm raging outside it made all the trees white I woke up with a dream of a day I'd spend with you we'd watch the blizzard rage while eating some that rhymes with rage but instead, I'm stuck in my room looking out of this window wondering if you are looking out too wishing I could've spent this day with you -- This is my first and possibly only poem. Literally never thought this day would come.