EDITED TO ADD : Thank You,Blogadda, for the Tangy Pick !
Caution: This is a work of fiction. Yet, resemblance of characters and certain incidents to anyone real or virtual is purely intentional !
Also its a long story which couldn’t be cut short !
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It is a bright sunny morning.
Time 8AM
Deeps,after sending off husband,R & daughter,Namnam,gets set to indulge in her daily dose of entertainment. Its time to pay visits to her friends in the blogville. She cant wait to know whats happening in their lives !!
She realizes she has to be back soon to get on with her chores at home. She plans to cook shahi paneer and fried rice ,a favorite of both R & Namnam, for lunch ! She is confident she will be back by 930 at the most. C’mon how long should it take to drop in a word!
She starts off with a visit to Nancy,who lives close-by
Knock Knock! Knock Knock!
No response.
Deeps: Helloooo,are you there,Nance?
Deeps knocks again and just as she thinks Nance is away and begins to retract her steps, the door is opened by a half-asleep Nancy
Deeps: Oh,so sorry Nance,didnt know you would be sleeping. Are you ok?
Nancy: Oh yes yes,I’m fine,thank you,Deeps. Its just that I came across an article on sleep deprivation recently and was so shell-shocked to know about the detrimental impacts it could have on one’s life that I didnt want to take any chances. Thought I would catch up on some lost sleep of my own,just to be on the safer side!
Deeps: I understand,Nance. You sleep tight and have sweet dreams. Will come by later 🙂 .
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Deeps,now, hops by Rakesh’s zone
Rakesh: Hi Deeps !
Deeps:Hi there, whats up? You seem to be pissed off with the advertising industry for way too long!
Rakesh: Yes! This uninhibited capitalism is getting to me!
There sure needs to be a change in topic before the air gets more serious.
Deeps: Heard Kurbaan is released.
Rakesh: Yes and am looking forward to watching it.
Deeps: Wonderful! will look forward to your take on it.
C u later,Rakesh 🙂
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As she wonders where to stop by next, Deeps hears some giggling and chirruping amidst a lot of tap,tap from Swaram’s end and decides to drop by.
Swaram: Hey,Deeps,come on in!
Deeps: What’s all the noise,Swar and how come you’re not at work?
Swaram: Oh I had a large carton of ‘bubble wraps lying here,so we thought of taking a day off from work to pop pop pop away to glory! Tee hee!
Deeps: We? Is Su in too?
Right then two hands wrap Deeps from behind.
Crafty: *Super tight hugs*, Deeeeeeeps! So good to see you here 🙂 🙂 🙂
Deeps: Hi Craftysweets,so good to see you too? So who else is here?
Pixie: I’m here too..hee hee
Deeps: So the “Gang of Girls” is here! Fantastic!
Carry on,girls,have fun. See you later 🙂
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Deeps heads to Vimmuuu’s house next.
Vimmuu: $#@%^&*#$#%$…Oh sorry, Deeps,didnt see you coming. Welcome!
Deeps: Whts the matter,Vims? Why r u so hassled?’
Vimmu: I’m raging mad at the Water Board. 😡 😡 😡 .You know,they have stopped water supply of my house. Apparently they think I wash clothes and take bath way too much and that leaves other residents in the locality with hardly enough water for their own use.
Deeps: Oh! Thats a shame! Dont they know those are your favorite indulgences??
Vimmu: I’m seriously going to give them some lessons on cleanliness and hygiene,I tell you!
Deeps: 🙄 🙄 Good luck,Vims.Hope they see sense. Bye!
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And then she heads off to Hitchywriter’s abode.
Hitchy greets her with a very morose ‘Hi’ .
Deeps: Why the sullen look,Hitchy?
Hitchy: Look how poor Sachin is being dragged into the political brouhaha!! Cant the fanatics just leave him alone and let him enjoy his moment of glory? They owe him at least that much.
Deeps: Yes its very disheartening! I’m sure Sachin is sensible enough to not let such ridiculousness get to him though.
Hitchy: Yes of course! But still its depressing. And as you know the more I feel depressed the hungrier I get.
Saying this he gets up to head to the kitchen.
Hitchy: I’m going to have some ‘Akuri’. Care to join?
Deeps: No thank you,Hitchy.I’ll get going too. You enjoy your sulk Akuri 😛 Bye!
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Deeps reaches IHM’s house and rings the doorbell.
IHM: Welcome,Deeps. Please come in.
Deeps: Thank you,IHM. I cant wait to do some serious male-bashing.So,who are we targeting today?
IHM: Not today,Deeps. I’ve received a letter from some harassed husbands who are protesting against their nagging bickering wives and they are looking for as many voices as possible in support of them. I’ve decided to stand by them. Men deserve to be heard too,you know.
Deeps, a bit panicked at this revelation asks,” ah..um..IHM,is there a certain Mr R in the list of petitioners,by any chance??’
IHM checks the list and responds in the negative.
‘Phew’ ! Deeps heaves a sigh of relief.
Deeps: You’re doing the right thing,IHM. I’ll support them too wholeheartedly !!
IHM: Thank you.
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Deeps,next heads to Solilo’s house.
Solilo: Bienvenue!
Deeps: Hainji???
Solilo: Oops!sorry,I forgot you didn’t know French!
Welcome!
Deeps: Thank you.
Solilo: So,did you read my revue des livres of “The Horse Boy”?
Deeps: your what? 😕 😕
Solilo: There I go again! I mean my book review?
Deeps:Yes,Sols,and I loved your take on it. In fact I had shared my thoughts on it too.
Solilo: You had? Then how come I don’t remember it?
Deeps: You would if you stop letting my comments go into your trash can 😦 😦
Solilo: 😛 😛 😛
Just then something catches Deeps’ eyes right across the street.
Deeps: Sols,has Sakshi shifted from her house?
Solilo: I don’t think so. I know she was planning to though. Why what happened?
Deeps: I just saw an unknown figure coming out of the house.
Solilo: Really? Where? Where? Let me see.
Sols joins Deeps to peep through the window.
Solilo: Oh,that’s definitely Sakshi,Deeps? Look at that Olive green nylon hat with rabbit fur she is donning!
Deeps: oh yes,that is her, indeed. But whats with that style statement? 😯 😯
Solilo: Ah! The inimitable Sakshi! Only she can wear an orange lungi and red shirt and carry herself off with such elan!
Come lets ask the Diva herself where she is off to.
Deeps and Sols rush outside.
Deeps:Hi Saksh,where are u off to?
Sakshi zooms off without a word.
🙄 🙄 🙄
Solilo calls out from the back,’Hey partner, where are you going without replying to us?
Sakshi is out of sight by now.
Deeps: Never mind,she must be in a major hurry to ‘come first’ somewhere. Lets not take it away from her.
Ok,Sols I’m off now. Catch up with you later.
Solilo: Bye Deeps 🙂
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Deeps stops over at Smitha’s now.
Smitha: Hi Deeps you couldn’t have come at a more apt time. I’ve made some muffins!
Deeps: Wow,Smits! Cant wait to gobble them. BTW why are you wearing an XXL-sized shirt buttoned up all the way till your neck??
Smitha: Oh I’m on strict orders to wear a bigger shirt lest my midriff shows up!
Deeps: Orders from who?
Smitha: Who else but Poohi !!
Deeps rolls off her chair in a fit of laughter. ’Girls I tell you! Is it any surprising that we see glimpses of our grandmothers in our daughters at times??!!’
Amidst all the muffin-munching and endless chatting,Deeps loses track of time.
And then suddenly……
Deeps: Gosh! Look at the time! Its 12! Have I been away for so long?? And I have about 50 more houses that I had planned to visit today! Guess that will have to wait till tomorrow 😦
Have to rush,Smits. Bye,see you later.
Smitha: Bye! Hop back safely,Deeps.
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Deeps scurries back home to realize that she is already running late to go and fetch Namnam from school. Not only that. She has to put washed clothes out to dry. On top of that,she finds out that the electric oven is on !! She cant even remember when she had used it last!
Anyway, she decides with a heavy heart that Shahi Paneer and Fried Rice will have to be substituted with a simpler and non-exciting Dal and Rice today.
And then she composes herself and sets off to fetch Namnam and bring her life back in order….
Moral of the story : Excessive blog-hopping can take a harmful toll on your day-to-day life.It can even disturb your mental equilibrium.
Credits:
**The title is inspired by the blog title of a very popular blogger Indian Homemaker
**To know the definition of a Blogomaniac please refer to this page in Solilo’s blog
EDITED TO ADD: I’m sorry,people I’ve not been blog-hopping lately and I’m yet to respond to many of your comments in my previous post. Have been caught up with some domestic obligations. Will hop by and visit you all soon. 🙂
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