It was pouring the whole night yesterday and it continued all through the morning. Though we'd set the alarm for 4, both of us had got up an hour late and went about our chores.
We were ready before 6, our chauffeur, Sajish, came in at 6 and we'd kicked off by a quarter past 6. Continuous heavy rains, potholed roads were the things that decelerated our advance to Kochi. In addition to it, our Chevy had developed a problem in its a/c mechanism with the effect that Sajish drove the entire stretch - both up and down - by keeping the forward windows rolled down!
Had breakfast at Elayathu by a quarter to 8. Came across three traffic blocks and reached Satish Bhat's clinic by 20' past 10. Sent the car to Shenoy's Care and Lekha was at the clinic much before 11.
The doctor had seen me soon after, we'd our usual conversation, collected medicines and he was happy with my readings and overall medical condition.
Similarly, Padmanabha Shenoy was satisfied with Lekha's test results, the USGs of the left heel and the shoulder muscles. He was quite happy to see and interact with me after almost 6 months. He encouraged me about the forthcoming Vaayana Maasaacharanam activities and I'd asked him to take care of himself.
We commenced our return by a half past 2, after lunch at the Care Canteen.
Reached The Quarterdeck by a half past 6. I'd got off at Ayyappan Nair's shop to buy a miniature Ganesh for Lekha as it's her birthday tomorrow. The order for a Red Velvet cake was placed on Shameer's bakery yesterday itself!
Tailpiece.
Felt tired but watched all our usual serials. It was a quiet evening thereafter!
Made it through inclement weather - easily, without problems - thanks to Sajish's choice of the inner roads, less cluttered with traffic and repair work.
Was able to clear all my apprehensions regarding our health. Lekha's and my next medical reviews are on the 28th and 29th Aug, respectively.
No comments:
Post a Comment