Day 31- WEC- A new Journey begins!

Dear somebody who is reading this from somewhere,

Today, I truly felt like a new Journey has begun. Parents are out of town , grandma is home and the responsibility of the entire household-  with 2 dogs, 1 cat, an upcoming kitchen garden is on my shoulders.

It was all fine all this while because usually it was just me and the pets and I either ate out or cooked a maggie or an omlette , or dropped in at my friend's or relatives house.

But now with a new committed relationship, and me having turned a full vegetarian a lot has changed. A lot meaning I have to cook each and every meal now.

And no, that's not an easy job. First , there is the kitchen with its many elements, ingredients, tools etc. It's a huge chemistry lab and it requires patience, diligence and most importantly, some bit of skill and liking towards it.

One of the biggest disadvantage of having a great cook as your mother is this- I never learnt to cook myself. I mean why should I when the Chef has got it all handled? But now I am going to be married, maybe sometime in the near future I will also have a baby...I must learn to cook now...IT's HIGH TIME!

I wished cooking was taught in school. I regret all the hours wasted on learning  math and especially all the tears shed on the nasty comments of a mean math teacher for not getting those stupid trigonometry sums!

This is what I want to make sure I teach my kids first. To cook and take care of a house like a pro. Whether it is cleaning up business or entertaining a guest, or cooking, or fixing broken stuff. None of this was ever taught formally. And what was more important to learn? A + B = A square + 2AB + B square!!!! Algebraic Equations! My Ass!

Okay...Now that I have taken all that frustration out of me, let's move forward...Shall we? It's never too late to start learning something new. Even if you don't like it. The first thing is to stop saying 'I don't like it' repeatedly as if repeating it is going to give me a Padmashri!

I like it.
Hell! I Love to cook!
I love how the onion makes me cry, and how the dough either keeps getting soggy or too hard but never right enough to eat the rotis within an hour! I love the messy kitchen after I have eaten and I am tired and I want to sleep but I HAVE TO clean up first, else the kitchen army of cockroaches and lizards and some other unknown creatures attack every food item! I love it even more when the maid doesn't show up the next day after several guests came over for dinner. And you know what's the best thing about it out of all?? When somebody comments or mocks  your food when it is served! Cherry on the cake!

BUT, I swear I love it!
Because there is no other way , I know my mom's not going to cook for me forever. And I know it will be hard to find someone who will cook for me, like she did. I can't let some person, not better than me cook food for me. Sorry. Food is energy. This one is a non negotiable part of my life. Food has to be right. And has to be cooked by someone who has spiritually the correct energy. It's not the taste, it's the mindset that matters.

Ideally , I would love to have mom's food for the rest of my life. That is my dream. Because I want to concentrate on studies and writing. I wished we could do only some of the things that we liked and other things had worked perfectly the way they did when we were in school. How parents made sure life was smooth Like butter!

Anyway, apart from the kitchen , everything else was satisfactory. But then there is laundry! I don't know why we need so many clothes! I wished I had washed every day so it didn't all pile up!

That's another thing I want to teach my kids. Doing a little bit every day keeps life running smoothly.

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I am just glad I got the time to write this. Seriously. And I hope I get the time to write always....That's my prayer!

The food was fantastic by the way, we also did a small puja and made some ladoos as prashad for the gods. So the gods and the grannies ( we have 2 here at the moment) and my other family members and the pets were happy with the Prashad!

All's well that ends well!

Good night!

Love

Jsincro