My aunt decides to stay one more day.

Got up at 6, went through our chores and we opened up the house for the day. Had a long chat with Suma kunjamma over the morning cup of tea.

Kuttu, her second son, is coming to Guruvayur tomorrow and they'll all return to Thiruvananthapuram by Friday.

The maid had arrived at her usual time, for work.

Had sat on my laptop and pumped out the month's mail by a half past 12.

Lunch.

Siesta.

Lekha had gone to town by 4, to buy sundries and finish up pending work.

Selvam had come by 5, to press the clothes including Suma kunjamma's.

Tailpiece.

It was a quiet evening, thereafter. 

A very hot day.

Got up at 6, the chores and we opened up the house for the day.

Philip and Surendran had begun to clean up Raj Nivas prior to our arrival on the 5th. The caretaker had told me this; their working fees were transferred into his account.

Suma kunjamma went off to Thrissur on work.

The maid had arrived at her usual time for work.

Worked on my laptop as is the custom.

Lunch. 

Siesta.

Lekha had a good 'darshan'. Suma kunjamma helped her. They'd picked up dinner from Hotel Pazhayidam. Guruvayurappan was in the "Dhanwathari murthy" avatar.

Tailpiece.

A quiet evening thereafter.

A good start to the week.

Got up at 6, the chores and we opened up the house for the day.

Today is the 1st of the Vaishakha maasam on the Saka Calendar.

Suma kunjamma came in around 8 AM, had a long conversation with us. She had her bath, had breakfast and went to Guruvayur temple to have the 'darshan' of the good Lord.

The maid had come at her appointed time and commenced her work.

Worked on my laptop as usual.

Lunch.

Watched the movie 'Ramachandran Retd SI'. It was a taut and interesting story.

Siesta.

The evening chores.

Tailpiece.

Suma kunjamma returned by 8. We'd our dinner together.

A quiet evening thereafter. 

Was it a Sunday?

Got up at 6, the chores and opened up the house for the day. Lekha had got up a half an hour late, just like that.

The maid was in for work and hence, we didn't feel like it was a Sunday!

Worked on my laptop and fine tuned my work.

Watched Crime Patrol on television.

Lunch.

Siesta.

The evening chores.

Tailpiece.

Spoke to my aunt. 

A quiet Saturday.

Got up at 6, the chores and we opened up the house for the day.

It was my younger sister, Mini's birthday by the Malayalam calendar and we had wished her in the morning itself. 

The maid had taken a day off because today happens to be her mother's remembrance day.

Worked on my laptop as usual.

Lunch.

Watched an episode of Crime Patrol on television.

Siesta.

The evening chores.

Tailpiece.

Going through the messages on certain What'sApp groups, guys are expressing their anguish on the Pahalgam terrorist attack on the 23rd. Understandable! 

Another work done.

Got up at 6, the chores and we opened up the house for the day.

The maid had come for work.

Two phone calls and I'd the local reps of the Aquaguard react in double quick time. Signed the platinum AMC too. The four filters were changed - two normal filters and one each of Copper and u/v filters.

Worked on my laptop, as usual.

Lunch. 

Saw Valiyettan for a while.

Siesta.

The evening chores.

Tailpiece.

The mad scramble for the previous trip to Koduppunna! 

Post - Pahalgam terror attack.

Our day began, this morning, at a half past 3 thanks to Lekha's cellphone alarm. The chores and we were ready by a half past 5. Sajish comes around and we set off for Muhamma by a 47' past 5.

Thanks to this morning's traffic being tame, we reached Aryaa's, at Edappally, by a half past 7. Had a quick breakfast and resumed our journey. Reached Toothy Mallan's clinic by a quarter past 9 and he quickly got on to his work.

It took about an hour-and-a-half for doing up Lekha's dental work. We were meeting up after last year end and after my heart surgery! Mallan was as affable as ever.

Returned by a half past 11 and had lunch at Hotel Abhirami @ Edappalli.

Reached The Quarterdeck by 4.

Settled down soon after.

A quiet evening thereafter!

Tailpiece.

Pakistan is behaving silly. They've taken PK Singh, a BSF jawan, for having strayed(?) into international territory. A failed state, a rogue state.....that's what Pakistan is!