Day 29/366

The girls are back to school and Im backing to walking for atleast 30 mins after dropping them at home. I have started venturing out a bit and walk a little further each day. The beauty of this place is magical. Even though it is winters, and the leaves have all fallen, there is a beauty in it too. the skies are filled with buzz of aeroplanes and a jet zooming off every now and then. The roads, though filled with cars or buses, are not very loud and rash. People walking to work or just strolling around are happy and calm. The different breeds of dogs you get to see on the streets are probably the most I have ever got to see in my whole life. There is peace and calm and I am slowly starting to feel like I'm a part of it too.

After getting back home, I did some reading , cleaning and sorting. We are told that our air cargo will be delivered tomorrow and I have no idea how we will fit all of that in this small temporary accommodation we are at. Took a nap before going to pick the girls up. My younger one had requested Guacamole dip and garlic bread for dinner tonight. So I made that, grilled some salmon and made some salad for Appu and me. Now a days the girls watch television for 30 mins after they come back from school as we have realised that if they watch closer to their time of sleep, they get very irritated and I feel its probably because they do not get enough time to unwind and relax. I feel these days social media is taking up a lot of my time in the morning too. I start with one thing and that leads me to something else and thus goes the morning. I really need to try and control my addiction as that time can be put into use for something more else that needs to be done in the house.

So coming back to my point, since the girls finish video time earlier, we have about 45 mins after we finish dinner and go to bed. We had a 1000 piece puzzle that we bought from a charity shop nearby. We decided to do that today. We sorted the corner pieces first and tried to build it before the girls had to go to bed. My older one was very resilient and did not give up, as this is probably the biggest puzzle she had done on her own till date. My younger one fixed a few pieces and couldn't be bothered to do any more. We finished more than half the borders before they went to sleep and I finished the rest later.

Appu and I unusually decided to watch a movie together on Amazon Prime. For the past few weeks, Appu has had to work in the evenings too after the girls went to sleep but tonight he seemed to be a little relaxed so we watched a movie together and slept around 11 pm. The movie was nice and a family centred story.

A good start to my week I must say. How was yours?

Love

Ammu