Observe
1) swkia talking to toddler, on phone drives in, opens garage, her toddler screaming, whining at back in car seat
2) swkia, parks car, yells at her toddler, who is still screaming out of car
Toddler screaming "I will do it myself, I don't want, I will close the door, I will open the door"mommy" mommy" papa paapaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
3) swkia manages to pick up screaming toddler, laptop, purse, keys and phone in one massive swoop, yells again at toddler and proceeds to kitchen door
4) swkia opens the kitchen door with all the paraphernalia and the baby in her arms and tries to reach to close the garage door,
5) She closes garage door, toddler screams "I do it, I want to do it..waaaaaaaaaaaaah mommy papa"
6) swkia proceeds to open garage door again and carries toddler to allow her to close the garage door.
********Repeat step 5 and 6 with kitchen door which has closed in the chaos*********
7) swkia drops all stuff including laptop (which is never in a bag) randomly and stills screaming toddler asks will she have milk'
8) Yes toddler screams and says "I do it"
9) lots of ensuing melee' screaming toddler, screaming mommy at toddler and still-conveniently at work 'papa, father in law trying to console'
10) after a good 30 minutes, swkia washes hands, finds courage and belan and atta and makes dough. Screaming toddler also wants beland and dough to make rotis on the kitchen floor. swkia allows it'
11) swkia then girte sambhaltefinds the toor dal ka dabba (coz FIL will only eat Toor dal not Masoor dal today) puts it in the pressure cooker *desi accent*
12) swkia gives the laptop a despo look, dying to watch MSK on Geet
13) She finds that one magical moment to pounce on the start button of laptop
14) darting across the room she places it far from the reach of the toddler on a counter top
** toddler is busy making rotis on the kitchen floor
15) turn on YT' Yipee.. Dal whistle #1 blows..
16) Type Maan *** errr*** Geet
17) find right episode..
18) start
19) Father in law talking about politics, Indian state of affairs, leg ache, what sabzo he would prefer, how to raise kids, how not to scream at toddlers, how mother in law lovesss me to death (ya right!) how I should do kapalbhati, turns on Aastha channel and discusses Baba Ramdev while Im ghooring at Baba Maan'
20) whistle # 2 blows' Oh shit.. chawal nahin chadhayaa'
21) what sabzi.. beans,, chalega? Nahin? You want Okra? Shit' cut the crappy okra
22).. screaming toddler now wants to cut okra'
23) let her do it I say' you ghooro at Maan
24) when MSK proceeds to touch Geet, FIL comes into kitchen and gives me a weird look,
25) Lecture about how laptop shouldn't be in kitchen, babies shouldn't be in kitchen, follows'
27) Cooking done, Laying stuff on the table done, taking roti trying to feed toddler is an ongoing process... MSK in background with weird peeps from FIL
28) DH walks through door, talking on phone
29) Attack the man, he's here'. Doesn't listen to anything I say or do. Hugs toddler, smiles and walks back outside with a "hmmmm"
30) Im wondering which question that could be the best most loaded answer for so I can scheme and plot againt him and his whole family
31) swkia has finished watching Geet, all happy
Edited by SWKIA - 15 years ago
