Vacation week 2 of 3 (old draft--2010!)

(Continued: Dec 2010 - Jan 2011)

...turns me into a bleddy housfrau--no offense to anyone--just not what a vacation is supposed to be.

Monday:

1. Walked the dogs and fed them.
2. Prepared breakfast and cleaned up afterwards.
3. Apartment-complex-related activities:
   1. Called up auditor and gave inputs about previous fiscal year's transactions.
   2. Visited the bank for updating the passbook and inquiring about fixed deposit renewal.
   3. Informed members about ongoing and pending tasks.
4. Bought oranges on the way back from the bank--special note because we never remember to buy and consume fruits regularly--ate one and left the peels to dry so that I can powder them to use as flavoring or body scrub.
5. Walked the dogs.
6. Washed and dried bedsheets.
7. Washed utensils.
8. Cooked dinner and cleaned up afterwards.
9. Prepared a home-remedy for cold / cough / fever, which the ungrateful husband refused to drink because it might not taste good.
10. Warmed water and stored in a flask to drink during the night--otherwise our jaws go into shock thanks to the cold that seeps into the water.

Tuesday:

1. Prepared breakfast and cleaned up afterwards.
2. Walked the dogs and fed them.
3. Washed utensils.
4. Washed the oily dog-food container.
5. Washed and dried doormats.
6. Apartment-complex-related activities:
   1. Visited the bank to apply for a new cheque book and give instructions about fixed deposit renewal.
   2. Looked through documents for further information about previous fiscal year's transactions, and informed the auditor.
   3. Informed members about the status of tasks.
7. Refueled the car for use until it's taken away for servicing.
8. Called up mom to fix a date and time for taking her to a place about 30 kms out of town that she wants to visit. Called up other aunts who might want to tag along. Called up hubs to ask about his birthday plans--obviously, he has none, he isn't even sure whether he wants the day off.
9. Walked the dogs.
10. Cooked dinner and cleaned up afterwards.
11. Warmed up aforementioned home remedy. Yet, no sign of hubs' readiness to consume it.
12. Warmed water and stored in a flask to drink during the night.

Wednesday:

1. Cleaned up after breakfast.
2. Fed the dogs.
3. Washed utensils.
4. Cleaned veggies to be cooked for dinner.
5. Checked work-related emails and responded to important ones. (This one turned out to be a source of much happiness. You shoulda seen me skipping away for the next activity.)
6. Walked the dogs.
7. Investment activities for hubs and self:
   
   1. Researched existing documents about investments, called up concerned customer care representatives, planned to submit necessary documents tomorrow.
   2. Called up dad to find out about available investment options and planned to submit the necessary amount and documents tomorrow.
8. Walked the dogs.
9. Cooked dinner and cleaned up afterwards.
10. Warmed water and stored in a flask to drink during the night.

Thursday:

1. Prepared sev-puri (a chaat variant) for hubs (with some ready-to-use ingredients, of course) as a birthday breakfast treat. Yes, we have no concept of appropriate food for any meal.
2. Cleaned up after breakfast.
3. Walked and fed the dogs--this includes waiting on them until they gobble up most of it and leave the rest on a whim, then add more meat for flavoring, so that they find it interesting enough to finish, then pat them and appreciate them for being kind enough to eat what was served.
4. Washed clothes used for cleaning / dusting in the kitchen.
5. Spent 4 hours preparing investments-related documents for submission at various offices.
6. Checked work-related emails and responded to important ones.
7. Walked the dogs.
8. Prepared paav-bhaaji for hubs as a birthday dinner treat (called a cousin over to help and also enjoy the feast--it's rare that I'm in a mood to cook something special). Also presented to him with flourish the chocolate cake I bought in the afternoon. Don't accuse me of being boring, people. I wanted to buy a nice, colorful fruit-cake, but they didn't have any at Monginis. Besides, the husband's a girl when it comes to chocolates. So I thought I'd keep him happy. It's his birthday after all.
9. Cleaned up after dinner.
10. Walked the dogs.
11. Warmed water and stored in a flask to drink during the night.

Washed cleaning / dusting cloth used in the kitchen.