Sausages, eggs and fish and that peaceful easy feeling

Then we called Poonam from the Khar station market and got lots of fish delivered, including our first kaatla since the lockdown, and have been having fish based meals from yesterday. 

First bhaat, dal and kaatla maachh bhaaja under my supervision and cooked by Banu. Then the dinner of surmai in coconut curry which was entirely done by her. And lunch today of aglio olio pane seared rawas with red pepper and walnuts sauteed in balsamic, that I did. 

UB40 played on Alexa while I made breakfast today and ABBA during lunch.

I got a long nap last afternoon and a decent one this afternoon and that helped. I slowly got back to work this evening. Working on a brand positioning presentation for home bakers for the course I am doing for Bakedemy on the same. My past experience in presenting market research to automotive engineers, bank cust sat folks and top management overall in companies in the past has taught me how to dejargonise things versus if I had worked only with FMCG MRMs as clients. That came of use. Nothing in life is wasted. 

What else? There was a lovely Korean dinner tonight made by two Bengali sisters, Torsha and Titash Sen. Then Gujarati pav bhaaji and masala khichdi sent by our friend Shital Kakkad (her pb is my fav) and pineapple trifle too. That takes care of breakfast and lunch tomorrow. 

By the end of the day I was able to say goodbye, with the help of a couple of Saridons, to the headache which greeted me in the morning and had stayed on till then.

I spoke to my mum this evening and she said she’s trying things positively rather than hold on to things. Later she messaged, ‘your influence to an extent.’ That felt nice. 

I had two interesting conversations with friends today. One said that many in their family have got infected by Covid and then recovered. That she feels that we will all get infected at some point and then overcome it. That we need to resume normal life with due precautions. Another said that she and her husband are still trying to isolate and distance themselves to the extent possible to stay safe. That they feel content at home. 

To each their own, I guess. I think we fall in the second camp. A friend has tested positive. We are hoping and praying for his quick recovery and for the family to be safe.

The boys, Baby Loaf and little Nimki gave me a lot of comfort. Nimki nuzzled by my cheek and purred at points when I felt exhausted over the last two day. Baby Loaf stood by my and even kneaded when I was asleep. It’s a task trying to understand them and I hope that that they get along. I feel worried for Baby Loaf at times and then at times I feel it is all ok. Little Nimki is settling in, is a bit dominating to be honest and has become very close to me of late. This journey gives me purpose. 

It’s late at night and Loaf is sitting by me. I just wanted to jot a few lines here. Now will paste some of the pictures from Insta which might bring alive what I just wrote. 

To better times ….

Was editing the post when K called me and said, “the boys are in the hall and are puffing their cheeks.” I went in and patted them and told them how much I love them.