Today, I'm gonna touch upon trivia but that are important during our everyday life. After reading through, it would be appreciated as to how each of them have acquired importance, at least, for the time being! Without much ado, here I go:-
(a) The morning walk.
The last time I'd gone for my morning walk was on 19 Aug to take care of mom's needs in
the morning. After the tragic events subsequently, I'd stopped the morning exercises as I was
in a mood to defy and rebel over mom's passing away. Last night before turning to bed, I'd
told Lekha that I was recommencing my morning walk as I'd started putting on weight for no
rhyme or reason......It was, therefore, nice to hit the trail this morning. The nip in the air, the
near darkness at 6 AM and the stillness of the environment that was broken by the blaring
loud speakers of the already active temples, enroute, made it enjoyable. While on passage, I'd
recited my prayers as is my wont!
(b) Into the habit of having green tea.
Lekha and I have started having green tea, once in the morning. A popular brand, the tea has
honey-lemon hue in its taste but my observation is that one has to develop a taste for it! We've
done it, within a short span. Actually, it was a friend of ours who'd come on leave from abroad
that had gifted us with a huge pack of 100 teabags.
Ever since, the morning cuppa has gone green though the evening one is the normal one!
(c) Lekha to the market.
I purposely let Lekha do the purchases for the kitchen and otherwise, too, as I must confess
that my tastes aren't as good as her's. Moreover, a bit of activity is good for her as per her
doctor's advice. She complains of a nagging knee pain, the doctor has asked her to avoid
climbing up stairs but as luck would have it, the master bedroom is on top as well as the
balcony that we frequent! Today, she and her assistant went to the market to stock up the
the kitchen as both my sisters and their families, along with one of my aunts from
Thiruvananthapuram, are gonna be with us for the weekend. A bit of fine tuning the activites
connected with Ammu's betrothal needs to be done.
I did the unloading of the heavy bags from the auto rickshaw into the house as carrying
weights is a big no-no for both. The rick driver seemed to be amused by the sight!
(d) Lekha to the ophthalmologist.
Lekha has been complaining about difficulty in reading over the past fortnight and after much
coaxing, she did visit Rani Menon's eye clinic, being the third building from our house. Yearly,
check ups of her eyesight is mandatory because quinine is a medicine that she consumes,
twice daily, as it keeps her SLE under remission. Well, thankfully, there's no reduction of
her visual parameters and the doctor's given her 'drops' for the dryness of her eyes - a problem,
that is increasingly becoming rampant in people, wonder why. Must find out from an eye
specialist for my knowledge!
Tailpiece.
A quiet day, otherwise. My uncle, whom we'd met last week at Paravoor has been brought to Ernakulam to be with his youngest son and family because he's fed up with staying all by himself - with the attendant, of course - at the ancestral house! Another cousin rang up to say that Vilasini kunjamma wasn't keeping well. God, pse take care of them as I'd like to have them with us for more time!
(a) The morning walk.
The last time I'd gone for my morning walk was on 19 Aug to take care of mom's needs in
the morning. After the tragic events subsequently, I'd stopped the morning exercises as I was
in a mood to defy and rebel over mom's passing away. Last night before turning to bed, I'd
told Lekha that I was recommencing my morning walk as I'd started putting on weight for no
rhyme or reason......It was, therefore, nice to hit the trail this morning. The nip in the air, the
near darkness at 6 AM and the stillness of the environment that was broken by the blaring
loud speakers of the already active temples, enroute, made it enjoyable. While on passage, I'd
recited my prayers as is my wont!
(b) Into the habit of having green tea.
Lekha and I have started having green tea, once in the morning. A popular brand, the tea has
honey-lemon hue in its taste but my observation is that one has to develop a taste for it! We've
done it, within a short span. Actually, it was a friend of ours who'd come on leave from abroad
that had gifted us with a huge pack of 100 teabags.
Ever since, the morning cuppa has gone green though the evening one is the normal one!
(c) Lekha to the market.
I purposely let Lekha do the purchases for the kitchen and otherwise, too, as I must confess
that my tastes aren't as good as her's. Moreover, a bit of activity is good for her as per her
doctor's advice. She complains of a nagging knee pain, the doctor has asked her to avoid
climbing up stairs but as luck would have it, the master bedroom is on top as well as the
balcony that we frequent! Today, she and her assistant went to the market to stock up the
the kitchen as both my sisters and their families, along with one of my aunts from
Thiruvananthapuram, are gonna be with us for the weekend. A bit of fine tuning the activites
connected with Ammu's betrothal needs to be done.
I did the unloading of the heavy bags from the auto rickshaw into the house as carrying
weights is a big no-no for both. The rick driver seemed to be amused by the sight!
(d) Lekha to the ophthalmologist.
Lekha has been complaining about difficulty in reading over the past fortnight and after much
coaxing, she did visit Rani Menon's eye clinic, being the third building from our house. Yearly,
check ups of her eyesight is mandatory because quinine is a medicine that she consumes,
twice daily, as it keeps her SLE under remission. Well, thankfully, there's no reduction of
her visual parameters and the doctor's given her 'drops' for the dryness of her eyes - a problem,
that is increasingly becoming rampant in people, wonder why. Must find out from an eye
specialist for my knowledge!
Tailpiece.
A quiet day, otherwise. My uncle, whom we'd met last week at Paravoor has been brought to Ernakulam to be with his youngest son and family because he's fed up with staying all by himself - with the attendant, of course - at the ancestral house! Another cousin rang up to say that Vilasini kunjamma wasn't keeping well. God, pse take care of them as I'd like to have them with us for more time!
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