Taking the plunge

We have taken the plunge - of paying a year's schooling fee for Mira at the WCC nursery school. Her cousin sister from Kerala joins for BA English in the same college. We are visualising a scenario in which sister and sister will go to college together everyday, considering that the big sis hasnt got hostel accommodation and will need to stay with either of her two uncles' families in Chennai. She is likely to stay with her dad's bro and family rather than with us.
Classes for the pre-KG begin on July 1, with an orientation programme. Until then, I have to witness Mira's daily howls as I leave for work. She is bored stiff. I promise to take her out for a walk or an outing when I return in the evening.
But the days are too long and the evenings are another day for her.
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V's uncle, who had played a major role in fixing our marriage, died after a not-very-long battle with prostate cancer day before yesterday. A homeo doctor, he had tried his hand at many trades not very succesfully- pisciculture, sericulture, cocoa cultivation and so on. My mom had been a paying guest in his house for nearly 13 years when she was posted in a school that was too far to commute on a daily basis. His wife was a teacher in the same school, and my mom was almost like a family member to them. They were the happiest when the two families established a bond through our marriage years later.

The young at heart

My granny turned 90 this March. She is still active in the kitchen and outside. She lives in our family house with my uncle and wife and does a good part of the household chores when my aunt goes to work in a neighbouring school.

Both her parents had lived to the ripe old age of 90 and beyond but they were bed-ridden. Granny probably looks younger than her age because she keeps herself busy.

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The kids' favorite nanny came and stayed with us at Chandanapally for a week. It was a great relief for me to have a helping hand. The kids for their part had a great time with her. There is Ash, sitting on her shoulders.