A trip and back

Got back today morning 9.45 am from Kerala. Took the Tvm-Chennai Express which has very few stops. Since it had no halt at Changanasseri,we had to take it from Kottayam station at 8.15 pm yesterday.
My maid adventures are getting queerer by the day. Didn't bring back the new maid; want to monitor her for a while. She is right now at Chandanapally, with Ash and Mira and my parents. Me and V didnt like her much though my inlaws had tried to convince us. On the plus side, she is a good cook and is willing to learn. But otherwise, she is a bit too fashionable and loud. Looks like one of those of those "extras" (starlets) from tinsel world. Also says she was quite well off; in fact that she married her daughters off paying 10 lakhs each as dowry, that her husband had a saw-mill which he had to sell off owing to a financial crisis.
Says she was forced to come to work as she has to pay off the loans towards her property and the a/c car she keeps!
I have never seen a maid who is/was so well-off, so this has made us suspicious. What if she is a fraud, upto something. Of late we hear so many stories of housemaids aiding burglaries. To top it she keeps a mobile phone. OF the contact numbers she has given, that of her hubby doesnt work while that of her cousin brother works. Altogether it looks a bit suspicious but since we have paid a commission to the agency we have to try her out before firing.
She is also taking medicines for a liver inflammation the past 3 years, so we need to check out the medicines she is taking too.

Ash and Mira are looking good, both have put on some flesh. Touchwood! Both caught fever after we came; Ash had opened a dusty drawer of cassettes and Mira joined him in the exploration, and both started sneezing. By the next day, both were down with cold.
My parents brought Ash to Chry the day I landed. He looked at me as if I was there all along and immediately started his exploration of the house. Mira took time to recognize me; it was as if she was trying to recollect my face. She wouldnt leave mil's side and had found some friends in the tenant's children.
V came on Saturday and Ash followed him like a shadow everywhere. He would wake up at night calling out Appa Appa. Mira also did not sleep well as she was missing mil. We left Chply on Sunday afternoon after Ash went to sleep. Mira watched us go.