Today is diwali. I did most of the cleaning yesterday but then after all the cooking I did today, I am wondering, why I cleaned yesterday when it was going to be back to square one today.. I am too tired.. I wish I was back in India... I miss being home for the festivals. The energy during the time would be so electric. I miss the goodies. I miss the rest of my family, cousins and friends... *sigh*. Guess I am feeling melancholic...
The kids had fun. They got to wear the "Indian" clothes that I got for them from my last trip home. They wanted to know why I did whatever I was doing for the day. They wanted to help with the cleaning yesterday, so they helped dad rake the yard. They helped mom prepare the shopping list and my daughter picked the flowers we were to take home. My son helped out with opening the windows so that the smoke alarm doesnt go off when we did the arthi. I made jamuns, masala vada, kheer, choley and puris. The kids ate everything that meant snack and skipped dinner. Reminded me of when I was a kid, we would raid the kitchen for chaklis, vadas and rava laddoos and of course we skipped lunch and dinner and most any other meal till the yummies were there.
Now that the day is done, I am going to get some much needed zzzzzz's. Hope you all had a great day too.
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