Day 2
It is unusually quiet, the regular noise from the construction workers next door is now gone, most of them had vacated just before the lockdown. Around five of them are there still and we can occasionally hear their triumph when they win the round of cards. Apart from that, we have some lovely view of birds in the morning and a makeshift lilypond, the plot next to our house is covered with water and now there are several lily pods sprouting up.
Without the maid, we have a busy morning. After taking care of the regular cooking and cleaning of the kitchen. I do a bit of a Jigsaw puzzle which is relaxing. In the morning I got a distressed call from my best friend in Ahemadabad. She is with her two little boys and husband.
NZ: I am so tired! I am always tired. I complete all my chores by 4 and then again the boys get hungry by 5 and I am in the kitchen again!
Me: Really? Well currently I think that's almost everyone's situation. Maybe you can plan it out better so that you are not in the Kitchen all day! Try and mix-match your breakfast and Lunch. Like I make Pongal and Sambar and use the same Sambar with Rice at Lunch along with a vegetable.
NZ: hmm.. but I need to make chappati and also some rice. *in detail explained to me her schedule* I should have got my maid before my lockdown! So that she is there with us these 21 days
Me*laughing*: Well! We realize how important things that we take for granted are!
NZ: I went to buy vegetables today and they were all in a sorry state. It seems that the vegetables are not getting restocked! I hope this doesn't continue
Well it is a frighting thought, milk hasn't come yet again today. I had a series of calling people again today and finding out who can deliver milk for us. I managed to get a number from our neighbor, the milkman said that he would come for delivering milk and that was a relief. I did have frozen milk but that would last another day or two.
My little niece wanted me to make a chocolate cake and after checking if we had most of the ingredients, we decided that we can afford to make cupcakes using buttermilk since I did not have condensed milk which I use as a replacement for eggs. The cupcake came out surprisingly well and we devoured it with hot chai at noon. We skipped making the icing since our resources are limited and we wanted to ration it out.
G: Do you know of any interesting series that we could watch together?
Me: I heard from our friend's WhatsApp group that ASUR in Voot is good. We could try that maybe? It's crime a thriller with mythology.
G: Sure. Let's see that one.
Me: Yes it would be a break from your deary series Blue Bloods.
Blue Bloods is what G is currently watching (obsessively), He really likes it but I can't share the same emotion. It lacks the pace for me maybe or that I haven't really given it a chance. We did see a few episodes of Asur and I really found it interesting. Very gripping. I made a mental note to tell my mother about it since she loves this genre.
The rest of the day sunk into the monotony of routine. I felt the guilt pull of not having worked the entire day. I made a resolution to at least start working the next day.
DAY 3
Milk arrived! That became the highlight in the morning. So after dipping the milk packets in the washing liquid mixed with water for 21 secs till all the germs are washed, the security brought it up for us. I washed it again before restocking our fridge. The routine followed with me making lunch and breakfast.
The school for which I work has an aquaponics farm and they use the vegetable that the harvest available for the public in their school tuck shop. The vegetables are organic and very fresh. This is very unique to this school, they teach students the different concepts in science through this aquaponics farm. Anyways I got a message that their vegetable is available for purchase and I volunteered to go and get it.
There was a bit of crowd when I arrived but everyone was standing at a 6ft distance, also the vegetables were laid out and one by one each had to go select a vegetable which would be put directly in the bag that you brought from your house. I was happy to see the level of precaution which was taken for vegetable buying. I brought a few veggies to keep stock. Later I swung by the nearby grocer to get few other items. The shop was almost empty in stock and everyone had been wearing a mask. I got a worried call from G, asking if I had mine on at all times and not to touch surfaces.
I remember when I was in school, in an art competition they had asked us to imagine the world in the year 2020 and I had made a drawing with people wearing masks and trees substituted with buildings and of course robots! But it was surreal to see that people were roaming around with a mask and even basic things like shopping had become a scare.
When I reached home, G was standing at the entrance
G: Keep your bags and keys separately. All the groceries that you purchased needs to be in soap water for 21 secs *taking out his stopwatch* But first wash your hand and feet for 21 secs!
Me: Okay, but what about the items that can't be washed, like this tea packet
G: We can keep it in the sun for 12 hours before touching it again. Don't look at me like that, we are supposed to follow all the protocols to be corona free
Me: oh Alright *washing hand and feet and seeing our security bringing a bucket of water for dipping all the products purchased*
After this elaborate cleaning process, I just wanted to relax completing our series Asur in Voot. We managed to binge-watch the series and we loved it, though I personally thought that the ending could have been better. Yet again my work took a back seat. I resolved to do my bit the next day for sure.
I did manage some light drawing, which had an immediate calming effect.
It is unusually quiet, the regular noise from the construction workers next door is now gone, most of them had vacated just before the lockdown. Around five of them are there still and we can occasionally hear their triumph when they win the round of cards. Apart from that, we have some lovely view of birds in the morning and a makeshift lilypond, the plot next to our house is covered with water and now there are several lily pods sprouting up.
Without the maid, we have a busy morning. After taking care of the regular cooking and cleaning of the kitchen. I do a bit of a Jigsaw puzzle which is relaxing. In the morning I got a distressed call from my best friend in Ahemadabad. She is with her two little boys and husband.
NZ: I am so tired! I am always tired. I complete all my chores by 4 and then again the boys get hungry by 5 and I am in the kitchen again!
Me: Really? Well currently I think that's almost everyone's situation. Maybe you can plan it out better so that you are not in the Kitchen all day! Try and mix-match your breakfast and Lunch. Like I make Pongal and Sambar and use the same Sambar with Rice at Lunch along with a vegetable.
NZ: hmm.. but I need to make chappati and also some rice. *in detail explained to me her schedule* I should have got my maid before my lockdown! So that she is there with us these 21 days
Me*laughing*: Well! We realize how important things that we take for granted are!
NZ: I went to buy vegetables today and they were all in a sorry state. It seems that the vegetables are not getting restocked! I hope this doesn't continue
Well it is a frighting thought, milk hasn't come yet again today. I had a series of calling people again today and finding out who can deliver milk for us. I managed to get a number from our neighbor, the milkman said that he would come for delivering milk and that was a relief. I did have frozen milk but that would last another day or two.
My little niece wanted me to make a chocolate cake and after checking if we had most of the ingredients, we decided that we can afford to make cupcakes using buttermilk since I did not have condensed milk which I use as a replacement for eggs. The cupcake came out surprisingly well and we devoured it with hot chai at noon. We skipped making the icing since our resources are limited and we wanted to ration it out.
G: Do you know of any interesting series that we could watch together?
Me: I heard from our friend's WhatsApp group that ASUR in Voot is good. We could try that maybe? It's crime a thriller with mythology.
G: Sure. Let's see that one.
Me: Yes it would be a break from your deary series Blue Bloods.
Blue Bloods is what G is currently watching (obsessively), He really likes it but I can't share the same emotion. It lacks the pace for me maybe or that I haven't really given it a chance. We did see a few episodes of Asur and I really found it interesting. Very gripping. I made a mental note to tell my mother about it since she loves this genre.
The rest of the day sunk into the monotony of routine. I felt the guilt pull of not having worked the entire day. I made a resolution to at least start working the next day.
DAY 3
Milk arrived! That became the highlight in the morning. So after dipping the milk packets in the washing liquid mixed with water for 21 secs till all the germs are washed, the security brought it up for us. I washed it again before restocking our fridge. The routine followed with me making lunch and breakfast.
The school for which I work has an aquaponics farm and they use the vegetable that the harvest available for the public in their school tuck shop. The vegetables are organic and very fresh. This is very unique to this school, they teach students the different concepts in science through this aquaponics farm. Anyways I got a message that their vegetable is available for purchase and I volunteered to go and get it.
There was a bit of crowd when I arrived but everyone was standing at a 6ft distance, also the vegetables were laid out and one by one each had to go select a vegetable which would be put directly in the bag that you brought from your house. I was happy to see the level of precaution which was taken for vegetable buying. I brought a few veggies to keep stock. Later I swung by the nearby grocer to get few other items. The shop was almost empty in stock and everyone had been wearing a mask. I got a worried call from G, asking if I had mine on at all times and not to touch surfaces.
I remember when I was in school, in an art competition they had asked us to imagine the world in the year 2020 and I had made a drawing with people wearing masks and trees substituted with buildings and of course robots! But it was surreal to see that people were roaming around with a mask and even basic things like shopping had become a scare.
When I reached home, G was standing at the entrance
G: Keep your bags and keys separately. All the groceries that you purchased needs to be in soap water for 21 secs *taking out his stopwatch* But first wash your hand and feet for 21 secs!
Me: Okay, but what about the items that can't be washed, like this tea packet
G: We can keep it in the sun for 12 hours before touching it again. Don't look at me like that, we are supposed to follow all the protocols to be corona free
Me: oh Alright *washing hand and feet and seeing our security bringing a bucket of water for dipping all the products purchased*
After this elaborate cleaning process, I just wanted to relax completing our series Asur in Voot. We managed to binge-watch the series and we loved it, though I personally thought that the ending could have been better. Yet again my work took a back seat. I resolved to do my bit the next day for sure.
I did manage some light drawing, which had an immediate calming effect.
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