Today I am bored to death. Not much happening in office and at home I am all alone :-). The only voice other than me is that of the TV or the music, which is these days giving me more than wanted companionship. Suddenly I have lot of time at hand and not sure how to deal with it.
The festival season is on back home and everyone must be getting together, eating delicious food and sweets. I remember how we used to celebrate Diwali, when we were kids. Papa used to buy us bags full of crackers and there were so many visitors at home. The entire family used to get together for meals. The house was always full of people and most importantly, everyone used to get lots of sweet. Yes by now, you can tell I have a weakness for the sweet things :-) -- sorry can't help it.
This time around also all the family will again be together during Diwali, except me. Good news is my son has recovered well and is getting back to his normal naughty best. He is still on antibiotics for the stomach infection and thus wifey is keeping a close eye on him. I just spoke to him and he was so anxious to get back here and join his school, catch up with his friends and teachers. He was so inquisitive about his friends here and was asking me so many questions about couple of them I recently met. And before he hang up he said, he wants to be back here and resume his "class leader" position - wow !
I also did something special for myself today - I cooked !! Yes perhaps the 4th or 5th time in my living memory, I dared to cook an entire meal for myself. Almost every time I have attempted is when I am all alone and feel like doing something special. It was both to "kill" time and more so I am getting fed up with eating out for last 2-3 weeks. Also we eat all veggie food during this time of the year - no meats (really tough on me). This means my options outside are very limited.
It took me around 2 hours to cook the entire meal. Rice, Daal and Vegetable -- and must say, I was impressed with my cooking skills. I hope I will get more time and do it more often, it was nice experience. With my favorite numbers playing in the background, 2 hrs never felt like long. I did overestimate my appetite and hence I will have sufficient food for my dinner too. It kind of addressed a part of myself to be creative - I chose the dishes, went to market & got the ingredients, spices and proportions and was happy when it all came out good - all by myself.
Well, a lazy day but an interesting one as now I have a career option -- he he pushing it too far... good night.
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