Sunday, Dost, aur thodi si Chai...

Typical sunday morning. I wanted to sleep more but like an annoying alarm clock my kids wake me up. I rush around trying to do all the things at once. There is a lot of commotion around me. At an unearthly pace I finish all my chores and they still keep piling up. There is always something that needs to be done.

Anyway, you get the picture of my lovely sunday routine. However today I am waiting for Sunday 4:30 pm. I am in a good mood by 4:00 pm. I get dressed and as the clock strikes 4:30 pm I am out of my house like a bullet leaves the gun. Finally the time has come, my one hour away from the regular chaotic life.

I go over to my friend's flat. A few of us are gathered to celebrate our friendship, kind of a gals night (or an hour probably) out. A says "Arre did you know kalyani's sasubai slapped her?" B says "Arre that is nothing did you hear that Harsh is in a bad shape? Poor guy is still in coma.." C says "I knowwww, that kirti should be put in a jail..she is messing up koyal and harsh's life.." blah blah blah (You must have realized that we are not talking about real people but reel life people here from our beloved daily soaps). Suddenly D says "Arre guys please gimme a good bai's name yaar. Meri bai chutti bahut marti hai..I had to scrub floors for last 2 days.." E says "My bai is also no good. har do din baad koi na koi ghar pe bimar hai bolti hai and then she leaves early.." blah blah blah..(Unfortunately these are real "kaam waali bai-s" that we are talking about.)
P comes loaded with garama garam chai, coffee and biscuits. We all have a cuppa and keep on chatting and laughing. Amongst our gossips and "faltu gappa" along with a cuppa tea I begin to relax. Listening to my friends chatter, all the mundane, ordinary, daily life things. And somehow sharing these things with my friends makes it all easier to bear the regularity of life.

That is what i realized we dont need too high funda life to be happy. Happiness can be found in most simple and insignificant details of daily life. But of course life becomes more spicy and worth it with Sundays, Dost aur thodi si Chai........

To be or not to be!!!!

"To be or not to be" is the question quoted by Shakespeare ..... Now this is the exact same question I ask myself everyday.
I have a 3 years old daughter and now a 3 month old son. Since the day my son is born my life has taken a new dimension. I don't feel anything, no pain, no fear, no tears. It is like becoming a queen of zombies in the Zombieland. Anyway, sometimes it feels great to be a mother of 2 and sometimes it is just too much, like GOD why did i do it?
Some days back i had a bad day to the bone. My first minion got up early in the morning when my second tiny minion had just slept. So i had to take care of her. Thus began my day with the usual routine of making my 3 yr old brush her teeth, take her bath, drink her milk and finalllllllllly go to school. When i write this down it seems "what's the big deal??" so i had to do some things for my daughter. But what people don't get is how much of my blood vaporizes by the time i get all those tasks done. Phewwwww.. And the moment i pack my daughter into her school van and release a tiny breath my son is awake in all his glory and demanding my attention at the top of his voice. So i go to take care of him, feed him, change his nappy pad, rock him and finallllllllly put him to sleep. And as i lay him down he wakes up screaming again. So i perform all the above steps again and again and again till the time has come to get my daughter back from school....
You can imagine very well how my whole day went by. All of this brings me back to my question "to be or not to be???(a mom)"
I got my answer a few days back (actually the answer toggles between "yes" and "no" constantly..)
My daughter sometimes says she loves me and calls me her "goduli mamma". And my son just gurgles and smiles and tries to laugh when he looks up into my face.
At that moment it is crystal clear why i became a mom in the first place. As they say every dark cloud has a silver lining, I live for these small significant moments with my kids and decide the answer is always "to be"........