Everyday Moments (#SOL 2021

6-04-2021

The March SOLSC was great fun and I enjoyed everyday of it. It was challenging to imagine what to write every day. On the 31^st when I posted my slice I was feeling very happy but there was an empty feeling on the 1^st 😊. I did not know what to do after a month of writing everyday. The feeling persisted for two days. I had come across different forms of poetry and read about them. I read blogs by other bloggers but still I could not concentrate. I was reading a translation of a Kannada book. I went to the library and got it re-issued. The book is very good. Yesterday I purchased the Kannada book for my husband. The original is always the best. Some ideas cannot be expressed in English.

On the 2^nd My neighbour and I went to the urban health centre in our town for the first dose of the vaccination. We did not get fever but there was slight stiffness in the arm for two days. But we have been reading in the papers that in spite of the getting the vaccination, people have been getting Covid 19. We can’t let down the guard.

One morning I made butter from the cream I had collected and remembered that I had written about it in March. My father-in-law’s first death anniversary rites and rituals are on the 10^th, 11^th and 12^th. We are inviting first cousins and a few others on the 11^th, but I don’t think many will be able to attend as the number of cases are increasing every day and many restrictions are being imposed. We will be performing the rituals in a temple hall.  On the 10^th and 12^th, it is only us and the priest in that same hall. My father-in-law was loved and respected by his family, relatives and all who came into contact with him. He passed away on March 24^th last year and lockdown was imposed all over the country and just a few who lived near our village could attend. And this year too, not many will be able to attend. We sent invitation through WhatsApp and we called our relatives and talked to them too. We were talking to some of them after such a long time. My elder brother, sister-in-law and mother will come on the 11^th. My mother will stay with us for a few months. She could not come whole of last year. She lives with my brother in Hyderabad. I washed and dried her clothes which had not been used since last February.

Aravind had some infection in his eye, he took an appointment with his doctor on the 3^rd. I went with him to the hospital. We reached there at 9.30 and returned home only at 2.30. There were many tests to be done and all that takes time. The doctor said not to worry and has prescribed an eye gel and drops. After returning home we did not go for a walk, I was feeling tired.

Yesterday evening we went to EndPoint. Our favourite seat was empty, we enjoyed the peace and the sea breeze. I looked at the sun and clouds playing hide and seek 😊 giving their own beauty to our lives.