A week of Slumps and Booms.

Tuesday 28th Feb- Mom left for her holiday tonight. House feels empty without her. Thank God for a full day of classes tomorrow.
Wednesday 01st March- Oh dear painful day of waking up early to give instructions to the household staff, arranging and preparing myself for class. Cannot find the lunch box. Will have to eat crappy and suspicious outside food for lunch.
Not really. Had a great time eating grilled chicken sandwich (nothing suspicious about it though, too much onion) at Abacus Café with my friend. Talked with mom on the phone. Missing her. Always.
Hurried back from school, if you can call 1.5 hours stuck in immovable, return-home, city traffic ‘hurry’. Thought I would make it to swimming. Alas, I made it two minutes before closing. So returned home, irritated. Confusion about tomorrows ‘hartal’ as well as social plans. Caught up with old pal on messenger.
Thursday, 02nd March- Half a day of not-so-important ‘hartal’. Had a good sleep. Talked with mom. Went to Photograpy Workshop (60 bucks paid in advacne). Workshop was enlightening, got to know real good things about photography, camera, etc. I do not own a SLR camera. Otherwise would have been fun. Had to bunk the ‘composition’ part of the workshop, to scoot and get ready for the wedding in the evening. Came home, ironed clothes (some fabrics no matter how nice they look take over an hour to be pressed), breathlessly got ready and ran (well, took the car) to Grandma’s. Picked up company (read extended family, toddler of a cousin, etc.) and went to Aunt’s place. Entered her house nervously in fear of missing the ceremony (as we reached half an hour late of appointed time which was 6 PM). Was received by other half of extended family, Coke, Chocolate pastry and lethargy. What? 8:30 ? Why if we only knew there was so much time left for the ceremony we would have brought out our carefully-tucked-in-inside-unreachable-places-in-the-closet cameras! (And I would have had enough time to drink after lunch, which I had at 4 PM). Aww, all this waiting for groom’s party to start for the bride’s house will smudge for makeup. Thankfully the house is large enough for anybody to hide out and finish their makeup/changing/feeding baby (my aunt, not me!)/use the washroom. Got admonition from 5-year-old cousin for not wearing matching earrings…hmmm must rethink style mantras. Sigh.
Big confusion during the ignition of the groom’s entourage. Where is he? Where is she? Where I sit? Where will you sit? There is a clock ticking….arrived finally at the bride’s house. Too many people. Lots of serbat being passed around. Thank you. I am such and such from the groom’s side. I am such and such from the bride’s side. Oh we are all related now. Vows, ceremony, dinner (delicious!) finished at 11:30. bro called to say he was getting bored at home. Came home and dozed off. (should have written separate blog entry on the wedding…too late.)

Friday 3rd March. Day spent in anticipation of mom’s arrival. Went swimming in the evening. It is much nicer than daytime. Mom arrived safely.
Saturday 4th march- Another day at the parlor. Hmm no comments. Have an exam tomorrow. Taking a gamble and not studying. Newly weds visits us.
Sunday 5th March- Studied in the morning, gave exam, guess the rest.
Monday 6th March- Got into severe depression thinking I haven’t taken a break from studies since grade 1. it was pointless in hindsight. But was really sad. Why would I even want to take a break? I mean a little less studying I could do with. So bunked evening class.
PS: I am stocking up on books. Bought ‘An ordinary person’s guide to empire’ for 160 bucks from street vendor. Amount of money saved from classy bookstore cash register: 900.