" ME MOMENT"

Bedtime and am ready to hit the bed. Hubby pops the question I dread ! " Whats's for breakfast in the morning?" I am like - " Come on, give me a break ! I just got off cleaning the kitchen and you are thinking of breakfast in the middle of the night?" I feel as if I am chained to the kitchen. Poor guy ! I can't really blame him. There are days when he goes without having a single, decent, home cooked meal. So, I ask him in a small voice - " Ok, what would you like to have?" He tells me, and soon falls asleep dreaming and drooling about the breakfast he will have in the morning. I am lost in my own thoughts...breakfast? That means compromising on my beauty sleep.

I am not a morning person. Though I get up early in the morning, it is to wake up the kids and pack them off to school, a feat I achieve in a somnambulistic state ! Once the kids are off, I go back to the warmth and comfort of my bed and in no time in deep slumber. To quote my grand-dad - " A short nap after a long sleep." And, to make breakfast means that I have to forego this luxury. Before the breakfast part, there is another important thing for me which I cannot forego and that is the Me Moment of the Day.

My day, the wakefulness part, starts with a big mug of steaming, strong tea. A time which is unhurried, where every sip of tea is savoured with delight, a time where I enjoy my own company the most. A time I connect with nature...there is not much of a nature to boast off in the first place. But, there are a couple of big trees in front of my picturesque living room window. This is my favourite place. I sit by the window and watch the birds. I am completely tuned in to their singing and chirping. Crows, parrots, robins, sparrows (yes, we still have sparrows in Mumbai ), sea gulls and many other small birds the names of which I don't even know.

Early in the morning there is this frenzied activity among them. The chattering of these birds resembles the classroom first thing in the morning where all the students assemble and talk excitedly amongst themselves.
There is this bird, which I have not been able to spot till now, which makes a peaculiar whistling sound. I like this so much and wanted to share it with my kids. One day, I told my daughter to listen to the sound, but she could not, atleast not immediately. It took her sometime to really listen. I asked her - " Isn't it beautiful ?" She answered - " Yeah, whatever? "  Whatever????

I specially enjoy these moments during the rainy season. Rains cleanses everything. They not only purify the earth but also my mind. I like everything about rains. With a steaming cup of tea to warm my hands, I can sit for hours watching the rain. It is mesmerising. The sound of the rain falling on the leaves, and on the ground..the smell of the earth, the bite in the air, the stillness, the chill which runs down my spine when the wind blows a spray of water on my face, the lushness and greenery everywhere. It is life everywhere.

I can compromise on my beauty sleep, but I can never compromise on the beauty of the nature in the early hours of the morning where everything is coming to life...even me !
*sigh* Time to make breakfast.