The sighs the
groans and the moans!!
A Typical Monday
morning at home!
We drag
ourselves out of our warm comforting bed, ready to face the bad world of
schools, teachers, mean “friends”, grouchy bosses, sour colleagues and loongg
faces!!
The grey
skies add woe to the already woeful day!
The kids go
through the motions of getting ready, stare at themselves in the mirror as they
brush, dress, find the simple act of wearing shoes fascinating enough to want
to spend more time at it!!
Then comes
the rush, rush, rush!!
Hair is
pulled back into the customary plaits, badges on, ties on.
Its slow
motion again as I now rush to get ready!!
Away from the
glare and yelling of mommy, they savor each bit of cereal, taste and chew and seem
to enjoy the breakfast time banter!!
Having delayed
enough, I now open my cupboard, in my mind I know what the color is not going
to be!
Not BLUE!!!
So I rummage
for my brightest dress- and Orange wins!!
Pull out
another pile to match the bottom and yell on my way to the bathroom to the kids
that its late.. late.. late!!
This is what I
am reminded of every time we do the morning race to outrun our blues!
Ready in a
jiffy, I now throw jackets and sweaters onto the bed and now scream at the kids
to come get them!!
In between
all this, my cellphone gets shoved into my handbag, the lunch box into my bag, my
usual two slices of bread gets its random attention.
And finally we are all ready!!
We carry our
load, bid loud goodbyes and trudge down the stairs, with no time to wait for
the lift!!
The walk to
school seems much longer on Mondays!!
And everywhere
I turn I see blue!!!
The kids in
their blue jackets and sweater, my mom in her blue nightdress, the blue of the
uniform of the neighboring school kids, the lone old man walking in his blue
shirt,
The girl in
her electric blue scooty, the blue of the car passing by!!!
I tell myself
that I am armed to face the day in my brightest of brightest and look for “the sign”
to know it will be a beautiful day!! A green car- Not so common, but made
common with the Chevy introducing its green cocktail Beat!
We waive
goodbye at the school gates and I carry on!!
Oh no, my
auto wallah for the day, seems to have a blue streak today!! Such sad songs!!!!
Did you know:
The `blues'
referred to in the idiom has nothing to do with the colour. According to some
scholars, it refers to the type of music made popular by African Americans. The
`blues music' deals with rather sad themes, and as a result leaves the listener
feeling sad. This is the reason why the expressions `to have the blues' and
`feeling blue' mean feeling sad or depressed.
I never did
find the sign I was searching for though I did find a lot of blues and greys
and blacks!!
I reach work,
being the first one to enter office on Monday which is no indication of enthusiasm!!
Ah I see one,
the only other employee entering the gate, at such a crazy time in the morning has
a green car!!
Maybe it will
be a good day after all!
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