Yesterday was one of those special days. A little ruffle on an otherwise very calm & peaceful living put me through a roller coaster of emotions. I was so tired from an intense "thinkathon" (thinking-marathon) that I just couldn't walk from one room to another. I lay on the bed staring at the ceiling when our home phone rang. Not wanting to get up from the comfortable position I lay in, I let it pass. Ringing stopped and started again in the next 2 minutes. Now, I had to pick up the call willingly or unwillingly. "Let's run together today", voiced J. "What? Are you coming home early?", I asked in surprise.
No sooner than I heard those words, my stress seemed to have taken to its hide out. I lightened up in joy and decided to make some snack for J as he is always hungry after work. I boiled some potatoes and mashed them smooth. I added boiled peas to it and mixed it with masalas - chili, turmeric, garam masala . I made dough out of maida/ all purpose flour and rolled small balls out of it. Later I flattened the ball into thin circles and cut them into 2 each. I added potato stuffing and folded the semi-circles into cones around them. I let the opening be close with the third side and they were ready to be fried in oil. I stored them in a box and let them sit there until we're back from our run.
J got back from work by 5:30 pm. We freshened up and got ready for our first jog together. The road that we decided to take is about 1.1 miles one way. Many a times, we just speed pass it on our car that we never get a chance to experience its real beauty. But today as we both jogged side by side, we could notice how much of effort people take to keep their neighbourhood beautiful.
I hadn't noticed how many different types of trees were there on this road previously. Some big, some small, some with flowers and some with buds. Leaves of green, yellow, red & brown covered the sky. Flowers of bright pink, pretty white & sunny yellow waved a hello. There was no end to our awe as we went pass doorways coloured with lilies, daffodils & tulips. Little boys & girls played in their garden watering the grass & spraying plant food. The scene was so inspiring that J & I dint realise that we had run all the way & gotten back closer to home as well. We were sweating out after our 2 mile jog. We were approaching the last 200m stretch that would lead us home. We gave each other a glance and ran up the cliff the fastest we could. We ran so hard that when we came to a halt at our front porch, we were panting trying to catch a breath. I could feel my entire body shake as my heart beat started to descend to normal. J has been in the locality for years and was I surprised when he said "How beautiful is our community?"
We got back home, munched on freshly fried samosas and mushroom soup, turned on a nice movie and spent the remaining evening in comfort of good food & good company.
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