things get hectic once again

Ever since I have shifted to Pune, things have been very very hectic. In the initial weeks, it was all about finding that perfect rental house and then once we shifted, it was about finding a good school for Kush. We drove all the way to Pune from Panjim. The distance was only about 500 kms but it took us good 8 hours with all the breaks and bad roads and some traffic jam. In any case, it was a good drive.
The workplace environment has been made doubly difficult, now that the new HR VP has joined hands with early perpetrators of crime against employees. Now I can't carry a mobile phone, can't make any kind of call from my desk phone, can't receive any call on the phone, can't chat with friends, can't surf internet. The list of can'ts is growing daily. Some of the hilarious additions are can't come to office without good deo, can't go to loo without asking permission for it and that too under supervision only, can't talk with other team members, can't discuss anything but work at workplace. Of course, this list is only applicable to the 2nd class citizens. The privileged class gets to do all this and much more. George Orwell's "all are equal but some are more equal than others" saying keeps on doing its rounds in my head :-0
In any case, I was helped a lot by people around me so I shouldn't really complain. And I intend to change my perspective towards life in general. I have been looking at life from a tinted shade, that of despair and gloominess and hopelessness. But life is not only about setbacks. it is about achievement too. It is about counting blessings too. So I have started practicing the mantra of staying positive, not only at workplace but also in general. As of today, i am very happy that Kush has joined a good school here and so far he loves this school. Next month, there will be a test and the class has covered a lot of ground on some subjects, so Kush has to do a lot of catching up to do.
Last month, I read Issac Asimov's collection of short stories. Some of those stories were amazing, like that of Hostess. I loved that story, loved Asimov's insinuation that humans carry a parasitic intelligence which takes over the bodies and minds of humans during sleep time, which lets humans grow only till a limit and later feeds on the humans thoughts or whatever. And then I read about Sri Aurobindo's conjectures on various dream states and how he maintained that there are different worlds out there, not only the one in which we participate but also those that are accessible only through dreams. Sort of like the Tibetan's Shangri La concept, a place where you go only through your dreams. i will do some more research on this, it is fascinating stuff.