Friday, January 22, 2010

A day in the life


 
On the 7th floor of my office is a little roof garden. An open terrace with a couple of gurgling fountains and benches to sit in and look at the busy harbour and the tall buildings in the distance. Except for one problem.

It is the only place in the office where smoking is allowed. So you cant spend ten minutes on the terrace without being assaulted by the smell of cigarette smoke. It is the most annoying thing.

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Yesterday was library day. I took the kids and crossed to the bus stop where Jessica and vineesia were waiting to go to Sakamoto class (where do they get these names from?) We were halfway across the road when Anjali says,  "Mummy, I want to make pee pee". I am proud that Anjali is toilet trained, but then again, maybe I should be like Arti and carry a couple of diapers in my bag, just in case for the bus or the train situation, especially when i go to India.

So, we had to get to business on the grass near the busstop. And I had to put Sophia on the floor, where she was happily playing with the grass while Anjali finished her business.

Then three things happened at the same time

The bus rounded the corner

Anjali finished her business

Sophia picked up something from the grass and held it out proudly to me.

It was a cigarette butt.

I hate smokers
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We got in the bus, wiped hands, put underwear and went to the library where each girl wanted a basket

Neither of them could carry full baskets. Sophia tried to carry the basket which had twenty books in it. She couldnt.

She threw a tantrum right on the spot.

She threw another tantrum when husband wouldnt let her put her hand in the dustbin

And another when he wouldnt let her eat the stones that adorned the plant pots in the library (Anjali came running to me that this scream reporting "Sophia is eating stones!!")

And yet another tantrum when she wanted to open the waterbottle and pour water all over the library carpet and husband tried to explain quite politely to her that it was not a good idea

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