So the festival of lights is coming up. And that means, above everything else, a complete and thorough house cleaning. And De-cluttering. This year since I am not cooking, I am going to go into cleaning overdrive and bring some much needed good energy to my home.
Naturally I started by making a list, a really long list at that. So thats done! Now all i need to do is execute it.
Ugh
I can also think of it as a workout in some ways. I guess I should factor in the gardening cum reorganizing of the plants I did yesterday. Lifting up cement pots all by myself really took it out of me and now my body is hurting like crazy. Back is out, one hip joint is out but that garden sure does look lovely! Got the maid to clean it too so it looks relatively clean. Repotted my lemon sapling, which I grew from seed!! Got scratched up separating all the climbing plants such as pumpkin, gourds etc from the other plants and thus preventing them from sucking the life out of them. put the tall plants in one balcony so nothing could climb on them and the shorter ones in the other. My maid aunty was horrified when she got to know I'd lifted the pots alone, she insisted we do it together next time. She is busy repotting my tomatoes and cauliflowers/radishes. she seemed pleased with the re-organization as well.
Called my MIL. Tried to make conversation with her but it was v.difficult. I couldn't think of anything to say and clearly neither could she. She had nothing to say and there was in fact a 3 minute silence, after which I figured I would have to ask something, so I asked about her maid, how that was working out. Asked about her health to which as usual I got the standard, everything is great, no complains. Told her we were still kind of getting over the flu...told her I had got 2 okras from our garden.
It was difficult. I am not good at small talk. She also seems reluctant to share stuff or talk freely. I'm sure that is partly my own doing given how difficult I can get. But I can make the occasional call, its no bother. It is not as difficult to be cordial as one may think. I can do it. I can.
Monday onwards am starting my diet starts again, 13 days. Till the day before Diwali. The day of Diwali is a break/cheat day.
Lets hope I can do it well this time around!
Naturally I started by making a list, a really long list at that. So thats done! Now all i need to do is execute it.
Ugh
I can also think of it as a workout in some ways. I guess I should factor in the gardening cum reorganizing of the plants I did yesterday. Lifting up cement pots all by myself really took it out of me and now my body is hurting like crazy. Back is out, one hip joint is out but that garden sure does look lovely! Got the maid to clean it too so it looks relatively clean. Repotted my lemon sapling, which I grew from seed!! Got scratched up separating all the climbing plants such as pumpkin, gourds etc from the other plants and thus preventing them from sucking the life out of them. put the tall plants in one balcony so nothing could climb on them and the shorter ones in the other. My maid aunty was horrified when she got to know I'd lifted the pots alone, she insisted we do it together next time. She is busy repotting my tomatoes and cauliflowers/radishes. she seemed pleased with the re-organization as well.
Called my MIL. Tried to make conversation with her but it was v.difficult. I couldn't think of anything to say and clearly neither could she. She had nothing to say and there was in fact a 3 minute silence, after which I figured I would have to ask something, so I asked about her maid, how that was working out. Asked about her health to which as usual I got the standard, everything is great, no complains. Told her we were still kind of getting over the flu...told her I had got 2 okras from our garden.
It was difficult. I am not good at small talk. She also seems reluctant to share stuff or talk freely. I'm sure that is partly my own doing given how difficult I can get. But I can make the occasional call, its no bother. It is not as difficult to be cordial as one may think. I can do it. I can.
Monday onwards am starting my diet starts again, 13 days. Till the day before Diwali. The day of Diwali is a break/cheat day.
Lets hope I can do it well this time around!
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