Aaaare yyouuu haaappy beeeingg a ...ree...u ... Bang! Bang! BANG! I woke up with a start. "Ill pay tomorrow! Leave the damn thing on the door step!!" I scrambled out of bed, in time to catch the last of the water in the tap.. Power cuts! Now this! no water in the whole of the state.. no rains.. no vegetables.. prices are rising..I grabbed the newspaper with the brush still in my mouth. 'Govt. announces water cuts in central suburbs from November' screamed the headlines. Some murderer is absconding. Gold prices have risen. India lost the cricket tournament. Yet again. Phew! I tossed it aside.
I hurried away, dodging the clothes on my bed. 2 steaming cups of tea and fifteen minutes later as the sun scorched the road mercilessly, I trudged ahead, thoughts of the entire day that lay in front of me. "LBS??" The auto wala shook his head. Three autos later, I realised I am on the wrong side of the road. I have to cross the road to get a rick to my destination. I cursed Mumbai autos and proceeded to cross the road.
A couple of swear words, a couple of breaks and honking later, I proceeded to alight, the gate if front of me. "Bhaiyaa, I do not have change". "Madam, I have just started my day". I bit my lip, and dug into my wallet. Lies is such a common thing. One is so lazy to try, and finds it better to lie instead! Seven coins spilled out of my wallet and tinkled their way to the ground.. I made a face. Having my lie exposed is not funny.
There are many ways to a manic monday.. the above is one of those! :)
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