A (rare) thank you to my parents

Not much to report on - the django bit is going well, as is learning some more python. Both are quiet entertaining too, I might add. Work is slow as ever. Life is slow as ever.

I was thinking about my folks the other day. I do complain about them - and most of those complains aren't baseless - they can be corroborated. But one thing I have to commend them on, and more than that, thank them for is never leaving us hanging. I mean this in general terms, but in this specific instance, I am talking about the financial support they have always given us. I am not talking about them paying our way through high school or college (in my opinion, that is a parent's responsibility - to pay for at-least 4 years of education post high-school - I plan to be ready for that) but of their extra curricular support. All through college, I never had to worry about having too little money, or not doing something I wanted to do, or not enjoying the most of college that I could - because I knew that if I were ever in trouble, my folks would be there - like a pillar - to always support me. Even now, when I moved to India and didn't have too much money to do and buy everything I wanted, they never hesitated to give me all that I asked for - and more. And I personally feel that I've been shameless about asking them to buy me things that I didn't really need, things that were pure luxury - like a new car. Yet they never hesitated, never made me think that I was asking for too much, that I was asking for something that wasn't meant for me.

And to actually broaden on this, both my parents have played the role of support structures to perfection. You know what they say about being around your parents - it makes you feel like a kid. Some people don't have that feeling, but I still do, and while I complain and give myself a hard time about allowing that, deep inside me, somewhere hidden, it gives me great comfort - I like feeling like a kid, feeling that my parents are always there - to take care of everything - fix everything (I might be overdoing this a little - to the point of making myself look like a mama's boy or some-such, but this is just to give an idea).

I remember when I first went to college, among other things, my dad told me this - always remember, there are very few problems that cannot be solved with money. I still hold that to heart - and I thank the gods that I have him, nay them, around to always support me in such times.