I wish there was much to report about last week, but I was unwell for most of it and spent time recuperating.
WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING
1.
On Monday, I was beginning to feel the effects of the heat. Little did I know that it won’t be that but a botched dental procedure that would leave me in pain for days. I went in for a tooth extraction where the local anaesthesia didn’t work as expected. The procedure had to be called off midway and I came back home in a lot of pain and in serious shock. The physical effects have worn down, but I think my mental health will take longer to recover.
2.
The Lok Sabha election results were announced on Tuesday. While they weren’t exactly what I would have liked, they were more in the realm of what best I thought we could expect. At least they keep some hope alive.
3.
During my sick leave, I made a new household record for Jenga with a tower that was 31⅓ levels tall, besting our previous best of 26⅔.
4.
I was feeling well enough by Saturday afternoon that Amber and I planned an early morning visit to Sunder Nursery the next day. We made it there by around 7:45 am to comfortably do the rounds at the weekly market. At one of the fruit and vegetable stalls, we found two varieties of mangoes we hadn’t eaten this summer: mallika and amrapali. Add that to another variety called zardalu that we found at our usual grocers, and we have three varieties to eat in the coming week. We read a little, ate some delicious kheer, and then headed to Masjid Nursery for some plant shopping and Khan Market for breakfast. The India-Pakistan fixture of T20 Cricket World Cup was also on Sunday night. I had hoped to catch it, but was ultimately too tired to watch the delayed game. India won a close match.
5.
I received some beautiful mail from Ankush — zines about life in Kolkata, and a holiday in Goa.