Today is the 57th day of our self isolation and 51st day of the National Lock down......UNBELIEVABLE!
A couple of months ago, one could have never even imagined of such a life. Last October, when my husband came home from ship, he said he wished for a nice long break. Then in November, while surfing through Netflix, he came across Ali Fazal and Shriya Pilgaonkar's movie, 'House Arrest'. The movie is based on the life of a young man, who places himself willingly under house arrest, living a comfortable and satisfied life. People around him are flustered with his choice but he enjoys his home alone moments to the fullest.
The movie stirred so many happy emotions in my dear husband's mind and he declared that he too would love to live that kind of a life sometime soon.
Coming around to my son..... He's one kid who has always argued that going to school is a complete waste of time and studies can happen even if one is at home.
Finally, over to me......I am the last person in this house, to actually dream of an isolated life, however, my last job was so taxing, that I was frustrated to the T and I desperately needed a break!
Then came the Covid -19 virus and the unimaginable happened!!!!!!!
My husband was supposed to be joining ship but almost the entire world went into a lock down. The very day that my son appeared for his last Board examination, the remaining exams got postponed indefinitely and I had to resort to teaching my students from home.
So basically, not only the three of us, but also the entire world had to be confined home.
One month into the isolation and I had to resign from my job due to a Zoom app crisis.
Ultimately, here we were, both husband & wife JOBLESS, yet NOT low spirited. People have been cribbing about how they are aching to go out, eat at restaurants, watch a movie, socialize with friends and most importantly have maids to do their work. We, on the other hand, have been making the most of this time and why shouldn't we? Isn't this a dream come true for us, albeit not in a very positive sense but I wonder, in this fast track world, how else could one have possibly gone into a house arrest???
We're cleaning, doing the dishes, cooking, baking, watching shows after shows on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Zee 5, digging into childhood videos of our son, sleeping to our heart's content, reading those novels for which we were not getting time and frolicking throughout the day!!!! It's like living a dream.
While people are counting days for the lock down to get over, we have kind of become addicted to this lifestyle. Now going down to the society vendor even once a week for veggies, seems to be a task. We're happily indoors, beating the heat and enjoying every moment to the fullest. No expensive restaurant dinners, no every Friday new movie, no weekend getaway, no clubbing, no holiday, just staying at home and looking for joys in the tiny little things that life has to offer.
Of course, we are privileged to be able to enjoy this time while many out there are struggling every minute but such is life and we're doing our bit by helping people in whichever way we can.
So, happy lock down to us!
Cover photo credits- Capt. Ashish Dikshit (clicked on a beautiful lock down evening)
Food cooking credits - Barring two dishes made by Capt. Sahab, your humble author would like to take the credit.
A couple of months ago, one could have never even imagined of such a life. Last October, when my husband came home from ship, he said he wished for a nice long break. Then in November, while surfing through Netflix, he came across Ali Fazal and Shriya Pilgaonkar's movie, 'House Arrest'. The movie is based on the life of a young man, who places himself willingly under house arrest, living a comfortable and satisfied life. People around him are flustered with his choice but he enjoys his home alone moments to the fullest.
The movie stirred so many happy emotions in my dear husband's mind and he declared that he too would love to live that kind of a life sometime soon.
Coming around to my son..... He's one kid who has always argued that going to school is a complete waste of time and studies can happen even if one is at home.
Finally, over to me......I am the last person in this house, to actually dream of an isolated life, however, my last job was so taxing, that I was frustrated to the T and I desperately needed a break!
Then came the Covid -19 virus and the unimaginable happened!!!!!!!
My husband was supposed to be joining ship but almost the entire world went into a lock down. The very day that my son appeared for his last Board examination, the remaining exams got postponed indefinitely and I had to resort to teaching my students from home.
So basically, not only the three of us, but also the entire world had to be confined home.
One month into the isolation and I had to resign from my job due to a Zoom app crisis.
Ultimately, here we were, both husband & wife JOBLESS, yet NOT low spirited. People have been cribbing about how they are aching to go out, eat at restaurants, watch a movie, socialize with friends and most importantly have maids to do their work. We, on the other hand, have been making the most of this time and why shouldn't we? Isn't this a dream come true for us, albeit not in a very positive sense but I wonder, in this fast track world, how else could one have possibly gone into a house arrest???
We're cleaning, doing the dishes, cooking, baking, watching shows after shows on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Zee 5, digging into childhood videos of our son, sleeping to our heart's content, reading those novels for which we were not getting time and frolicking throughout the day!!!! It's like living a dream.
While people are counting days for the lock down to get over, we have kind of become addicted to this lifestyle. Now going down to the society vendor even once a week for veggies, seems to be a task. We're happily indoors, beating the heat and enjoying every moment to the fullest. No expensive restaurant dinners, no every Friday new movie, no weekend getaway, no clubbing, no holiday, just staying at home and looking for joys in the tiny little things that life has to offer.
Of course, we are privileged to be able to enjoy this time while many out there are struggling every minute but such is life and we're doing our bit by helping people in whichever way we can.
So, happy lock down to us!
Cover photo credits- Capt. Ashish Dikshit (clicked on a beautiful lock down evening)
Food cooking credits - Barring two dishes made by Capt. Sahab, your humble author would like to take the credit.
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