Disappearing Days
I opened the front door when the bell rang and saw my dance teacher there. I did a double-take.
"Ready?" He asked enthusiastically.
"I just have to put on my shoes," I said.
We reached the terrace.
You are always ready," he said,"but today there is no water and no music system. What happened to you?"
"My domestic help is off today," I said and quickly got everything ready.
We danced and danced. I went left instead of right. I felt giddy after rapid turns. (I had not had my coffee). I began to feel like that the class would never end.
"I am not leaving till you manage to do the steps in the right sequence."
I started to get a desperate feeling. Disorientation was setting in. If I had to do everything correctly it would surely take many days.
At 7:45 AM he suddenly said "why are you not saying you have to get ready to go to work? "
" I am off today."
"Off?" He said, "Is there Coronavirus in your clinic area?"
"Oh no, " I said, "Today is Sunday".
"Sunday? Sunday?" He was incredulous. " I thought our class was on Saturday!"
"It is," I said, "You didn't come."
As this occurred frequently (I didn't say that loudly) I had not really bothered when he did not show up on Saturday. I was actually surprised that he turned up so promptly for a "make-up" class.
"I don't remember," He said, "what did I do? It was yesterday??"
He looked at me accusingly like I was fudging the day.
"This wretched lockdown! What happened to Saturday??"
Dr Gita Mathai
http://velloretimes.blogspot.in/
I opened the front door when the bell rang and saw my dance teacher there. I did a double-take.
"Ready?" He asked enthusiastically.
"I just have to put on my shoes," I said.
We reached the terrace.
You are always ready," he said,"but today there is no water and no music system. What happened to you?"
"My domestic help is off today," I said and quickly got everything ready.
We danced and danced. I went left instead of right. I felt giddy after rapid turns. (I had not had my coffee). I began to feel like that the class would never end.
"I am not leaving till you manage to do the steps in the right sequence."
I started to get a desperate feeling. Disorientation was setting in. If I had to do everything correctly it would surely take many days.
At 7:45 AM he suddenly said "why are you not saying you have to get ready to go to work? "
" I am off today."
"Off?" He said, "Is there Coronavirus in your clinic area?"
"Oh no, " I said, "Today is Sunday".
"Sunday? Sunday?" He was incredulous. " I thought our class was on Saturday!"
"It is," I said, "You didn't come."
As this occurred frequently (I didn't say that loudly) I had not really bothered when he did not show up on Saturday. I was actually surprised that he turned up so promptly for a "make-up" class.
"I don't remember," He said, "what did I do? It was yesterday??"
He looked at me accusingly like I was fudging the day.
"This wretched lockdown! What happened to Saturday??"
Dr Gita Mathai
http://velloretimes.blogspot.in/
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