Yippie it's a Sunday and the best Sundays ought to be lazy :P Fortunately there is no agenda today except studying for an exam that I am thinking of taking next Saturday so I don't have to get out of bed early. When I do get up, guilt for yesterday's indulgence creeps in and I am dreading to check my weight :( But eventually when I do, is is showing a kg less than yesterday! How can that be I wonder but I am ecstatic. However my head is hurting a bit... which could be due to the combination of the late night and alcohol. I hope and pray it does not escalate into a full blown headache.
I make a quick juice of green grapes, some black pepper powder and some rock salt.
It's been a long long time that I have studied for anything so I am resisting it majorly... I start doing everything around the house except picking up that book and studying. I start remembering all the unfinished chores like cleaning and laundry, etc and wile away my time. I snack on luscious jamuns at around 12pm and I just end up mixing yesterday's leftovers - the raw mango and onion chutney with the mango salsa and having it for lunch! It tastes quite yummy. Since they were leftovers and I am not feeling full, I indulge in a couple of mangoes and it being Sunday and me thinking it will be incomplete without a tiny snooze, I go and have a small nap. It is already 4.30 by the time I get up and still there are no signs of me picking up that book I promised myself. I have a mixture of dry fruits.
Finally at around 6, I start studying. My head starts reeling. It has been 3 months the course I took got over and I do not remember anything. Nothing in that book is making any sense! My stressed mind goes into the craving mode. I just want to eat some warm khichadi or varan bhat with solkadhi... my comfort food. I eat some bhadang and hope that the craving for cooked food but my craving doesn't subside. I munch on a few pods of makhana but to no avail. I finally call S. As usual he rescues me by getting me some Aam panha made with jaggery. I go out for a bit of fresh air and that does me good. I come back, make a couple of calls. Open the book again when hunger attacks me. I make myself a Pinacolada (churn pineapple and coconut milk in the mixie). I also finish the chicoo & banana sorbet lying in the freezer and open the book. As habits die hard, the old habit from college comes back with enthusiasm - I could always read novels for hours at an end, but I pick up anything from the syllabus and within minutes my eyelids start getting heavy.
So I goodbye to Day 13, a Sunday not well spent but well rested and pray that I will find some time at least during the week to study so that I can clear my exams.