Saturday, January 24, 2015

Mission accomplished....the dash back!

Seeing Raj Nivas agog with activity, we'd a continuous stream of people coming in to meet mom and quite a few of them were surprised, even anguished to see her present 'avatar', what with the devastation caused by the recent viral fever!

My sister, Rema, had arrived early in the morning to help us with the 'ration card renewal' process. The ration shop dealer who serves my mom dropped by to hand over the application forms, for the purpose, which my sister and I filled up and sequenced the necessary attachments. We're ready to go to the nearby school where the event was on but many who'd returned on completion, warned us about the sizeable crowd and my heart sank because we'd to return to Guruvayur by a reasonable time...was it going to be a no, no?

The car could be parked close behind the school so that mom needed to walk the least distance. And then, stepped in the ration shop dealer! She quickly steered mom, along with my sister and went through the registration process. Within a matter of ten minutes, the whole thing was behind us and we could get back home. Thanks, Vijayalakshmi, for your indulgence and help!!

A quick lunch, a brief stop to meet Pidavoor Amma, drop Rema and pick up Achu before we resumed our journey. The traffic was heavy, with the passage through Alappuzha, Kochi and even the normally quiet Potta - thanks to the church's annual celebrations - saw us crawling at these places. Another stop at our favourite place for a snack before we, finally, romped home by a 5 past 10!

As we wound up for the day, I was glad that the mission was accomplished within the available parameters.


Tailpiece.

Tomorrow, despite being a Sunday, is gonna be an early one as we need to attend my classmate and friend, Deric's son's wedding at Kalamasserry

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