A walk-down my lockdown!

1. Days of my week:

Moan-day

(con)Fuse-day (load-shedding day!)

Well-mess-day

Curse-day

Fry-day

(is)Sat-ur-day?

(It’s)Dun-day

2. Every requirement from my manager has the deadly word ASAP. Deadly because AS SOON AS you turn it, it is a SAAP that hypnotizes the prey into submission!

3. I chose the broomstick for a balanced workout but I couldn’t really get the hang of it.

4. I won. My mother-in-law decided to give in to my vims and fancies. So I’m in charge of the dish-washing.

5. Shavasana needs to be earned for you to be able to understand and enjoy the feel of it i.e. at the end of a yoga session when your body is too sore and numb to feel anything else.

6. After a long day of work from home and work of home, the only person you really want to talk to is someone who’ll listen and not say ‘same here’. Unfortunately even that person chooses George the Monkey over me; my two year old niece!

7. I went to the mall the other day and returned with four pairs of PJs & Tees for a price that I used to earlier spend on one dress. Work from home works for home!

8. I learnt a lesson: You shouldn’t hold on to something that’s meant to go. Let it go if it’s not meant to grow. Chop chop. Heir or hair, it’s all to do with inheritance from ancestors. Look at my pop’s side, I rest my case (kes).

9. As much as I find them uncomfortable, masks are good for the days you forget to do your upperlip and you need to step out of the house on a short notice.

10. Laptop! In this WFH the damn thing is living up to its name and killing my love for Saathiya. It’s forever on my lap while I’m slouched on the bed while I’m listening to Chupke se…”Godh mein apni sarr rakh lena lori suna dena…”

11. The no. of alarms + the no. of times I hit snooze = The no. of hours of sleep I manage to catch!

12. I was unsure about ordering food from outside during the pandemic until PP got me the Shawarma!

13. I lost something precious during this lockdown. My life will never be the same without you Oh Wise One! Getting rid of you tore not only my heart but also my gums and wallet apart. Your absence shall be felt every time I chew. RIP dear Wisdom Tooth 😦

14. Talking of my tooth, rather the loss of it, I must tell you times have changed and how! My tooth fairy transferred me the money on GooglePay! Tech savvy, slick and pro! Wow! Will you put me out of job or what!?

15. My phone has more images of food than my face. So as cheesy as it sounds, you may want to eat me up as soon as you see my profile picture!!

16. Ophiuchus (oh-few-cuss) – thanks to this new entrant, I was unceremoniouly removed from Aquarius and dumped under Capricorn. I’m making an appeal. Interested parties are welcome to sign.

17. Talking of astronomy, The Big Bang Theory is the only sitcom I have ever watched but I overdid it during this lockdown. What happened? PP exploded. U–know-worse?It led to No universe.

 18. I like re-doing things. Re-reading books, re-watching movies, re-listening (if that’s a word!) to songs, reliving memories. Now I know why I took so many attempts at CA.

(COVID)19. ‘How to relieve stress?,’ I Googled. Meditation was one of the most recommended remedies so I adopted steaming as a technique because that was the only way I could focus on my breathing and what do you know! It’s keeping co–rona at bay 😀

20. “Jio! Khush Raho! Muskurao! Kya pata kal ho na ho!” – Just so you know, Aman is trying to tell Naina to do all three of them today lest there’s no tomorrow. Buck up slowcoach. You’re still stuck on the first one 😉