Examine what is said, not her who speaks

Hi there,

Thought I'd give you an idea of how the dance is when you'd already seen the picture and appreciated them. Let me know how you like this. Enjoy!

Thanks WENDLANE for showing me how to go about this.

No, really!! Am serious. Today seems to me like I've been dancing on all fours.

Didnt sleep at all yesterday night due to the journey in the bus, on horrible roads, from my parents'place to Ahmedabad. Reached in the morning at my new abode with my boxes (The luggage that I posted from Germany arrived at my old man's house. Hail Deutsche Post!)

Somehow I caught a rickshaw,paying twice the price due to large amount of baggage and early morning and came home while my brother went to fetch his motorbike which he had safely parked at my sister's house. The only thought running in my head then was my bed.
Of course, I had forgotten, the house is still a mess and I had to clean it and keep things in order. WHAT'S MORE is that there are no fans and that I had still to ask my land lady to get them installed. What with Navratri excitement and holidays, no one was at hand to install them before.

So, I told myself "No biggie. This can be done. Maybe I will rest later on."
And so began my day-starting from washing the kitchen, scrubbing all the grubby parts(the last tenants must have used a lot of oil cos all the shelves were greasy), scrubbed the floor and washed it clean. Mopped it and all. My brother, God bless him, helped me by cleaning the bathrooms. He did NOT a very thorough job of it but then, maybe I am just a bit too much. I like things to be done with perfection. No matter, atleast he helped! I cleaned up the bits which were remaining and washed the utensils and crockery which I had packed in sacks. Dancing on all fours, didnt I tell you?

Basically the reason behind it all is this- all the crockery, steel utensils, copper pans, etc hadnt been used since my sister married in July and left them in the cupboard. So I thought it would be wise to clean all of it up.

I didnt have a mop or a broom or for that matter anything to eat, no gas to cook, nothing to drink. Thought, I'd better push off for the bazaar and buy the ration for the month and some things to clean up the rest of the house.

My goodness,have things become expensive!! I came home loaded with food,etc and arranged them in order. So..now I have enough to eat and a fully installed kitchen. I patted me back and me and my brother went off to the land lady's to remind her to get the fans installed. Was in for a big shock. ON top of the rent I am paying, I find that she has no intention of getting any fans installed or anything done. She said if I wanted it, I was free to put them up but she would not be able to spend any money on it. I could have cried of frustration. But a look at my brother's face(horror is a small word to describe it)I decided to keep my mouth shut. I got the fans, cheapest ones which made a big hole in my pocket. Nonetheless, atleast we are not going to die of heat and stuffiness.

I can weep with the expense of all this. I have hardly earned anything since I came back from Germany and my savings box shows bottom now. A couple of business prospects are looking bright but like everything in life, they would take their own sweet time too. On the other hand, I have a dear friend coming to Mumbai on Saturday so am excited about it. He has a business proposition and I think I can work on that as well. But that should take time to begin as well. In the meanwhile, I think,I am going to take up my old profession, teach English.

And now, enough. I just wanted to let it all out. I still have to study so I guess, I'd study for a while now. I still need to get up early tomorrow and get the last thing remaining for the kitchen-gas connection for the stove, so that I can cook.

Hope you guys are having just as great a time as I am. Until later!