The Month That Was June-2020

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Monsoon started in the state and the climate in Bangalore is to die for long drives. However, consciously we made the decision not to venture out even if its in our private vehicle. Hubby started going to office from this month and my paranoia knew no bounds. Almost spending two-and-a-half months together day in and day out, this separation was painful. This must be the first time in 14 years' of our relationship that we get to spend so much quality time together. My withdrawal symptoms were evident. Have I forgot to gush about how Hubby being my own personal brand of drug?

I compensated the void by reading five books this month; Huntress-Kate Quinn, The Alice Network-Kate Quinn, The Lost Man-Jane Harper, In Five Years-Rebecca Serle, and Daisy Jones and the Six-Taylor Jenkins Reid. After liking Huntress, I picked Quinn's 'The Alice Network', both historical fictions. I put an end to my obsession over single writer and picked other new authors.    

The movie count was 11 for this month; Vrithra (Kannada), Sarileru Neevevvaru (Telugu), Maya Bazaar (Kannada), Brahma (Telugu), Gulabo Sitabo (Hindi), Shylock (Malayalam), Jumanji The Next Level (English), Choked (Hindi), Bulbul (Hindi), Unda (Malayalam), Call of the Wild (English).

We had continued our binge watching journey of Indian serials streamed on OTT platforms. They are Panchayat, Criminal Justice, Kota Factory, Taj Mahal 1989, and Aarya. I wish and hope to do a detailed review on at least few books, movies, and TV shows in the coming days.

The "stayhomestaysafe" has pushed us to don our reluctant chef hats. Hubby and I are trying our hands on cooking especially on weekends. We have started a new Insta page to show off our culinary skills and our new stints with gardening. There is always something new to learn while caring for plants. The Mexican mint leaves were wilting away even after watering adequately. I tried to keep it in full sunlight as well as partial but to no avail. Videos on gardening tells me it might be bug infested, though I could not locate any. It also suggests to sprinkle Neem oil on the plants and voila, it worked like a charm. Now the plant looks healthier and bright.

We also celebrated MIL's 60th birthday without much fanfare. The usual cake, balloons, music, food, and beverages. Ideally this is her retirement year. However, the school requested her to work for few more years and she is more than happy to oblige. She does not want to sit idle and while away time. And in the present scenario it is unlikely that she need to go to school full-time. We told it is entirely her decision whether to continue work or not.

One Friday evening while watering the plants I have noticed some barricade in front of the next-door neighbour's house. Unable to figure out what it was I called Hubby to make inquiry while returning home. It turned out the barricade was not actual barricade, but that house has been sealed down due to COVID positive. I was shocked to hear the news. Though we have never been in touch with those people the message was loud and clear. The pandemic is very much real and closer than we think. Cousin M1 was supposed to come home for the weekend as she had to attend her close friend's lockdown wedding. She chickened out after hearing the corona positivity around the neighbourhood. Once the initial shock wears off I was quite thrilled to have COVID positive neighbour. I'm quite eerie that way.

We were safe and healthy. That is all we could hope for.