Backseat

Work wise this week was more or less wasted due to the hospitalization of my grandmother in law, the trip to Ro and of course because of my wife’s last week of mandatory vacation. I spent a night in Girgao in a chawl room after being present in the hospital for the whole day. I also managed to find a watering hole nearby which was the prime reason for my volunteering to stay back for the night. I had done that once when my dad was hospitalized too.

Ro was not like always primarily because we were not alone. A few hours with outsiders is OK with me, but anything beyond that is misery! The Ro trip cost us almost 8 k and everytime I notice a particular amount of money gone to waste, I think about something that I could ve bought instead with that money. The most common thing to fall in this less than 10 k bracket is a Midi Fastlane to reduce latency. Ironically I was gifted one and I left it in a rick as I was too drunk to take care of my belongings while getting off. The revelation next morning was absolutely disheartening and I realized for the umpteenth time that ‘I can never be a musician’.

The music bit has taken a backseat but it is right there. In the ‘backseat’ and the distance between the backseat and the front seat is never too much.