Being Mrs.Jahan...

Since being back in dhaka - every evening we have had a dinner invitation from some family member of Cal's. Then my cousin Rupom got married so more dinners and my aunts and nani (mom's mom) send over food. I have cooked dinner maybe 2x so far. At every event i have to wear a sari - where it used to take me 1/2hr to get dressed and out now takes abt 1 1/2hrs! but i am slowly becoming an expert and wrapping a sari quickly and well =)

i have been sick since last week. it started with sore throat then escalated to full blown fever of 103 and up for 2 days. Poor Cal didn't sleep much - stayed up all night taking care of me and went into work half days wile i slept in the afternoon. went to see the doctor - luckily he dislikes prescribing meds as much as i dislike taking them. he gave me something for the nausea so i could eat and nasal spray so i could breathe. i know have a hacking cough that sounds like my lungs are gonna pop out! and today was 1st day i could stomach any food... i had to make a plain chicken salad w no signs of masala!

Cal retained his dad's servant for a while. so he does the cleaning and laundry and the cooking - i just supervise it all.i have to hire a cook that can just create the days food w/o asking me! Everyday, 3x a day = "Apu, what do i cook for lunch/dinner/evening snack?" and grocery isn't just going to the grocery store and picking up what u had in mind - i send him to the bazaar! and they only sell seasonal produce - which is great but i have yet to figure out what that is!! i can go to the grocery store but, its not worth i for everyday shopping.

life of a housewife is pretty damn boring! most exciting thing i have done is handmade a wedding gift card/envelope for my cuz - it came out pretty damn cool - and learn how to make aloo kababs. Cal wants me to rest and rest till i am all rested out and learn to take a decent pace in life b4 allowing me to jump on projects. we have to work on the new apt so that'll keep me busy for some time too. putting dance and stuff on hold cause its just too damn hot to dance and with rainy season, i can't go out much anyway.

btw- where we live is not flooded. when news show footage - they show the outskirts and the worst rural parts of the country. monsoon season is always an issue and this time isn't any different. flooding = lack of clean drinking water = diseases = lots of people ill. where we are, rarely flooding occurs, we have our own source of water that isn't polluted. so - most people in the middle to upper class are perfectly fine and not affected by flooding. as always, its the poorest thats the worst stricken.