We'd planned to kick off at 0630 hrs and I'd set the alarm at 4. Sleep was instant though Lekha said that it came late for her as the right knee had shooting pain. This has been the trend for the past few weeks and it does worry me. I'd got up by about 10' to 4, to ease my bladder and seeing her sleeping peacefully, decided to delay waking her up. The decision was because of the tiredness that was observed yesterday.
My sleep had gone off and I'd quickly washed myself, recited my prayers and drifted off to sleep yet again. We woke up at a quarter to 5 - I'd rejigged the alarm, you see - went through the chores and kicked off at a half past 6. The Sunday traffic was comparatively less and consequently, the journey was smooth. We'd our breakfast of appams and egg curry at Chathannoor and refueled/checked tyre pressure at Lekshmi's - Lekha's classmate and friend though she and Aniyan were away at Thiruvananthapuram - petrol bunk at Kollam. A snack and tea break halt was made at the Kalpakavadi Inn where Savita had served us. Her cheerful countenance and the eagerness to serve us saw her getting a tip, more than the value of the bill. We'd, in parting, told her never to lose that smile of her's!
Lunch was at a place, past Aluva which was actually our second choice because the original looked crowded with people waiting to be served! It was rains all the way through Kochi and even at Thrissur. The traffic snarls on the Thrissur-Guruvayur stretch were as hopeless as ever at the Shobha city, Muthuvara - because of a very bad stretch of potholed road - and at Kecheri. The police seemed to be ineffective and weren't unduly bothered about the massive clutter of vehicles that had piled up. Why does this happen every year, soon after the monsoons? It's now money making time for a few unscrupulous contractors, the bureaucrats and the concerned minister! Can't be more sickening!!
We're at 'The Quarterdeck' by a quarter to 4. The Chevy was emptied and we decided to have an hour's siesta before tea. The tiredness persisted and hence, I'd decided to forego my customary walk. Things were put back into their original slots, the soiled clothes collected and put into the basket for their disposal, a call made to the newspaper boy to recommence putting in the papers from tomorrow morning were the few things that were gone through.
Our neighbour had called up to get the details, from us, about the trip and the activities connected with Amma's Remembrance day.
Tailpiece.
Today, for the first time, felt tired on the completion of a journey.........hope it's only an aberration.
My sleep had gone off and I'd quickly washed myself, recited my prayers and drifted off to sleep yet again. We woke up at a quarter to 5 - I'd rejigged the alarm, you see - went through the chores and kicked off at a half past 6. The Sunday traffic was comparatively less and consequently, the journey was smooth. We'd our breakfast of appams and egg curry at Chathannoor and refueled/checked tyre pressure at Lekshmi's - Lekha's classmate and friend though she and Aniyan were away at Thiruvananthapuram - petrol bunk at Kollam. A snack and tea break halt was made at the Kalpakavadi Inn where Savita had served us. Her cheerful countenance and the eagerness to serve us saw her getting a tip, more than the value of the bill. We'd, in parting, told her never to lose that smile of her's!
Lunch was at a place, past Aluva which was actually our second choice because the original looked crowded with people waiting to be served! It was rains all the way through Kochi and even at Thrissur. The traffic snarls on the Thrissur-Guruvayur stretch were as hopeless as ever at the Shobha city, Muthuvara - because of a very bad stretch of potholed road - and at Kecheri. The police seemed to be ineffective and weren't unduly bothered about the massive clutter of vehicles that had piled up. Why does this happen every year, soon after the monsoons? It's now money making time for a few unscrupulous contractors, the bureaucrats and the concerned minister! Can't be more sickening!!
We're at 'The Quarterdeck' by a quarter to 4. The Chevy was emptied and we decided to have an hour's siesta before tea. The tiredness persisted and hence, I'd decided to forego my customary walk. Things were put back into their original slots, the soiled clothes collected and put into the basket for their disposal, a call made to the newspaper boy to recommence putting in the papers from tomorrow morning were the few things that were gone through.
Our neighbour had called up to get the details, from us, about the trip and the activities connected with Amma's Remembrance day.
Tailpiece.
Today, for the first time, felt tired on the completion of a journey.........hope it's only an aberration.
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