At Kochi.

Got up at 4, the chores and was ready by a quarter past 6, though Lekha was ready much earlier. We kicked off for Kochi soon after. A sad Kittu saw us off and he definitely didn't like the situation that he was gonna be in for the next few days! Maman had called us to say that he had left Thiruvananthapuram to meet up with our advocate at Kochi and I'd made up my mind to meet up with him sometime today.

The sun was bright and our passage through Thrissur town was magic as the Saturday morning traffic was sparse. Our first stop was at the Ananda Bhavan restaurant and we shared one favourite combo and washed it down with the tasty filtered coffee! We spent about a half an hour there before we continued our journey and we were at Ernakulam, a little past 9 and were at the Giridhar Eye Hospital, a trifle before 10. Since the parking area was a bit far away and finding a suitable parking slot took time, I'd asked Lekha to go through with the registration formalities. 

And it was an amazing maze at the hospital. By the time we left the place it was about a quarter to 1. Lekha, meanwhile had gone through Electro Retinogram (ERG) and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) for which she was referred to by her doctor to rule out any evidence of toxicity owing to the usage of HCQS 300 mg everyday, for so many years and that's the most satisfying news during this visit thus far!

We reached the Ceylon Bake House on the MG Road, for lunch, along with Padmakumar, Rema and Achu. Maman and Bijumon joined us after a bit of a wait but my cousin did not fetch up. It was a nice and impromptu get together thought up, by me, at the last moment. We split and then, went our separate ways, Maman to Thiruvananthapuram and us to Pothy's Mall for purchases in connection with Achu's wedding that's to take place on the 2nd of May!

Rema and Padmakumar finished a set of purchases towards the wedding, with Lekha being an eager help. Her discomfort on her hand was something that she seemed to have forgotten because she loves to do shopping! Before reaching Pothy's, we'd dropped by at Bhima's to meet a dear friend.

By the time we settled down at my sister's house for the evening, it was a half past 10. We settled down to a boisterous evening touching upon a variety of things. In the meantime, Lekha was given an Ultracet, a pain killer and her right wrist was applied a bandage!

Tailpiece.

The day passed off, quite fast, with us doing a lot of things to complement the occasion, the only sour point being Lekha's fall in the lift that should have been avoided and I happened to be a helpless spectator!!