Mom,the genie!
Amma, can you sit with me? I have to study. Amma, be next to me, I have a drawing to finish. Amma, is chapati ready? Amma, I can't find my socks! Have you stuck those flaps in my book? These are the two little voices that keeps on giving me the commands one after the other!
In between, another voice will be heard, where's my kerchief? Will you wash my clothes today? Did you see that bill that came yesterday?
After sending everyone to their respective places, I heave a huge sigh of relief as I sit down for sometime. I don't even want a cup of tea(even though I love to have)! Because its me who has to get up, go, make and drink! I renounce it for the moment. This sitting time is more precious!
How tired I am! I almost feel like sleeping again but the day's chores keep popping up in the mind.
Everyday, this genie has to be ready with fulfilled wishes for the three masters in the home. Though I love them the most, sometimes I feel I'm too tired to handle them all at a time and I wonder what do I do?!
Someone wants rice, another wants chapati, the other doesn't want rice, one wants sambar, one doesn't like sambar! The list is endless! Once they are back home, I need to be with them, be the judge to solve their fights, picking them and dropping them from classes, help them study and by the time studying is done, Amma, I'm hungry, a voice shouts! I lose my nerve! Hey, I was just sitting with you for the past one hour!
What have I become? I haven't been so submissive to anyone and these people are taking me for granted? I wonder!
I know all moms face it! We just need a daily motivation to keep us on track. But the genie gets tired running around these masters and need some time to recoup herself.
I also wonder if this is why I ever studied so hard! To do these chores?! Why nobody says how tough life becomes after wedding, especially, after a kid. All the once self conscious moms don't even care about their appearance anymore! Any kurti,any dupatta is her costume and hair tied with a clip. I have gone down to the apartment gate to send the kids off by van only to realise that there's no bindi or a earring!
I come back home to realise I have more cleaning work to do, a sink full of dishes, laundry to be done, whichever room I'm in to, I have something to do but the next moment I have forgotten the previous one! Omg! I was once the greatest ready reckoner for everyone at work and was appreciated for my memory power.
Each day I promise to be bed early but I am a constant loser against time and wake up only after the snooze button!
There's so much planning to be done the previous night, like keeping their bags,uniforms, shoes ready, plan for their breakfast, lunch and snacks.
After sending them off, I end up doing another dish as they make faces if they are eating the same dish as in their lunch! Again, dinner has to be different!
I eagerly wait for 9pm when these little masters goto bed! I have one hour before I hit the bed!
At least, Alladin had to call the genie only when he wanted but this genie has to be active, all the time!
-Vishnupriya
Amma, can you sit with me? I have to study. Amma, be next to me, I have a drawing to finish. Amma, is chapati ready? Amma, I can't find my socks! Have you stuck those flaps in my book? These are the two little voices that keeps on giving me the commands one after the other!
In between, another voice will be heard, where's my kerchief? Will you wash my clothes today? Did you see that bill that came yesterday?
After sending everyone to their respective places, I heave a huge sigh of relief as I sit down for sometime. I don't even want a cup of tea(even though I love to have)! Because its me who has to get up, go, make and drink! I renounce it for the moment. This sitting time is more precious!
How tired I am! I almost feel like sleeping again but the day's chores keep popping up in the mind.
Everyday, this genie has to be ready with fulfilled wishes for the three masters in the home. Though I love them the most, sometimes I feel I'm too tired to handle them all at a time and I wonder what do I do?!
Someone wants rice, another wants chapati, the other doesn't want rice, one wants sambar, one doesn't like sambar! The list is endless! Once they are back home, I need to be with them, be the judge to solve their fights, picking them and dropping them from classes, help them study and by the time studying is done, Amma, I'm hungry, a voice shouts! I lose my nerve! Hey, I was just sitting with you for the past one hour!
What have I become? I haven't been so submissive to anyone and these people are taking me for granted? I wonder!
I know all moms face it! We just need a daily motivation to keep us on track. But the genie gets tired running around these masters and need some time to recoup herself.
I also wonder if this is why I ever studied so hard! To do these chores?! Why nobody says how tough life becomes after wedding, especially, after a kid. All the once self conscious moms don't even care about their appearance anymore! Any kurti,any dupatta is her costume and hair tied with a clip. I have gone down to the apartment gate to send the kids off by van only to realise that there's no bindi or a earring!
I come back home to realise I have more cleaning work to do, a sink full of dishes, laundry to be done, whichever room I'm in to, I have something to do but the next moment I have forgotten the previous one! Omg! I was once the greatest ready reckoner for everyone at work and was appreciated for my memory power.
Each day I promise to be bed early but I am a constant loser against time and wake up only after the snooze button!
There's so much planning to be done the previous night, like keeping their bags,uniforms, shoes ready, plan for their breakfast, lunch and snacks.
After sending them off, I end up doing another dish as they make faces if they are eating the same dish as in their lunch! Again, dinner has to be different!
I eagerly wait for 9pm when these little masters goto bed! I have one hour before I hit the bed!
At least, Alladin had to call the genie only when he wanted but this genie has to be active, all the time!
-Vishnupriya
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