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When blue Sunday became blue Monday #MondayMusing

July 31, 2017

Sunday Blues

Some days are for living. Others are for getting through.
Malcolm S. Forbes

Normally I am blue on Monday morning because the relaxed weekend past is replaced by the hectic pace of a new week. However , my blue mood today is a carry forward from yesterday.

Yesterday was one of those days that began really well before it unravelled into a stony silence . One of those silences where you watch each other warily waiting to see who will make the first move . What will be the first signal that a truce is in the offing .

In my experience, once the day gets off to a bad start , it only becomes worse . Every thing you do just boomerangs into a disappointment and more disappointment.

Like the evening’s incident with BaydaBai . She had got up early yesterday morning to make the freshly arrived pumpkin into puris with great enthusiasm. She could hardly contain herself by late evening when she went across the road to deliver a box of freshly fried Pumpkin Puris to Wow Dinga and Little Po.

Unsure of exactly when to time her trip, she decided to make the quick 10 minute dash between our staggered meal times . Unfortunately, it clashed with babies’ bed time and she didn’t get a chance to see their delighted faces as she handed them the goodies. Sadly both the boys were asleep and she quietly gave the box and left .

She had spent a better part of the morning making the puris and was crestfallen when she discovered that she wouldn’t see them.

I wasn’t really surprised because Sunday was a lousy day all in all.

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Why is it that bad days get us down while good days fly away?

I hope you had a great day though!

Sharing this post on Corinne’ s #MondayMusings
Swishing a magic wand # WOW

July 30, 2017

It’s Sunday yet again and ‘This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda.’

Little Po was sick last week and in one of my baby sitting sessions, I amused him with a simple Magic Trick. I would hide my slippers behind my back and ask him where they were. Then I’d say “Magic” and whip them out bringing a wan smile to his little face.

Honestly, last week was a week where I could have done with a magic wand to make life less chaotic.

One of the joys of the monsoon is the Cough& Cold Relay that is happily passed on from one person to the next.

Did you have a cold this week? Or even a sneeze this entire season?
A Nightsky in Mumbai #SkywatchFriday

July 27, 2017

This week has been comparatively dry but the heavy downpours have resulted in huge crater like pot holes in several roads of Mumbai. While the roads in my part of the town are comparatively better, the paver blocks have come up in many parts, bits of road have sunk and basically there is almost always a thin film of slush on the roads even if it hasn't rained continueously. This makes walking on the road more of a chore than a pleasure. So now I am walking on a treadmill in the comfort of a gym.

However, this doesn't quite compare to the vibrancy of a walk on Marine Drive which as you can see is still crowded and buzzing as late as 8 in the evening.

Join me and other skywatchers at #SkywatchFriday

Happy Weekend