"Umhhhhhh .. what the hell ??" I said .. waking up at the sound of my cell phone alarm ..6.53 a.m ..
Time to get ready for work ...
I hate working ..
I hate working in this freakin place ..
"wait..I'm not in office yet ..or am I ??" .. probably the remnant of a nightmare..
Joining both the palms of my hands I pulled them close to my eyes .This little action had been taught by my father as a gesture to remember god before the day started and thank him for another beautiful day to embrace ..
Beautiful day ?? how come anyone knows its gonna be a beautiful day ..hmm ..I wonder...
I tried to switch on the geyser to heat up the water for my bath ..checked for the red light for re-assurance .. no red light ..I realized that the ceiling fan in my room wasn't working either and I fiddled on with the switches to check if there was a power cut ...
Curses !! ... no electricity .. and we want India to be a developed nation !! How often had this happened ... every week we would have outages like these for a couple of hours ..
I came out of the bedroom and headed for the balcony..raining cats n dogs .. Raining ?? In december ?? One crazy mood of mother nature ... I suddenly remembered I had to catch a bus at 7.45 ...it was 7.05 a.m now.The thought of taking bath in cold water in this chilly december morning was enough to remind me what a start I was gonna have to this beautiful day !!
Brushing my teeth I opened the main door to check if the milkman had delivered ...I almost spit the froth out of my mouth in disgust as I found the milk packet badly mutilated and a pool of half a litre of milk lying right outside my apartment door.Gonna leave it to the sweepers to take care of the mess ..Goddamn felines ..those animals sure know how to get their food..I closed the door to realize theres gonna be no tea for me this morning before I leave for office. Ah ..what a beautiful day !!
Oh..office ..7.15 a.m ...running outta time ..having rinsed my mouth I gathered my towel and sprinted for the bathroom .. now not sure how to start with, I gathered enough guts in 5 minutes to shift the lever to the right side of the mixer for the shower to turn on .. aaaaaaarggh ... a million cold arrows hit me with full force with the only armour I had being my skin ... after an enduring 5 minutes I stepped out of the bath..
7.25 a.m .. Panic !! headed straight for my cupboard to wear something for the day .. damn ... no good t-shirts .. no good shirts either.. pick something dude, pick anything !! None of them seem to pacify me,but I had to make a choice .. a light green Arrow shirt and a dark-green Blackberry corduroy ..will do..will have to..
7.35 a.m ... The pick-up was a good ten minutes walk from my place..at least..and wow,its raining tsunamis today !! What a beautiful day ..
Next,the contact lenses ... where's my lens case ? OMG .."forget the lens,just wear the specs instead !!" the inner me lashed out .. after the "spectacle" I headed for the shoe-rack ...Damn .. dirty bitches..no time to polish them .. I know I'm gonna miss the buss today ..
7.40 a.m ... T-5 minutes to pick-up ... can't make it .. well am I forgetting something ?? Oooh, my watch,the keys and my wallet.. scram I did, dumping all of it in my bag ..
One more thing ...
I rushed to the bedroom to kiss my wife goodbye ... a peck on the cheek n she woke up..
Still sleepy, she asked "huh .. where are you going ?"
I smiled,partly in jealousy as she had the privilege of an afternoon shift and partly sadistic coz she had to face the same cold shower torture today ...and replied..
"to office... my darling" .. "Have to rush now ..u have a great day honey(with a smirk on my face) ..I'm running late,gonna miss the bus .. had no tea ..might take the car out" ..the car ?? wait.. I pondered .
There's hardly enough fuel in the car .. Goddammit !! and another sickening thought..the gas stations closed today because of the possible price hike to be decided by the ministry ..
Defeated,I started heading for the door with the inevitable thought of having to pay 100 bucks for the rick till the office and apprehensive about what else could happen to me during the rest of the day ..A beautiful day indeed ..sigh !!
"Woh .. wait a minute sweetie" said my wife ...
"Now what ??", an exasperated me ..
"Today is Saturday !!"
"Wha..??"
"I said,today is Saturday ... a holiday !! Are u okay honey ??"
A few bewildered seconds later I replied... "Oh , yes .. today is Saturday ...and oh,what a beautiful day !!"
I smiled .. 'Thank you dad, thank you god !!' ..