I let my thoughts wander for a while and just gazed at the clean blue sky.
After I settled my thoughts, I went inside the house and started to unpack. I took my clothes and put them neatly in the closet and some on the shelves.
It took me two hours to unpack and settle everything in its place.
After that, I dusted the house a little and flopped in the chair due to exhaustion.
Once I had taken a short break, I grabbed a pair of scissors, some hair ties and collected some newspapers. I then made myself comfortable on the ground and spread out the newspapers. Lastly, I divided my hair evenly into three parts using the hair ties.
The ends of the hair are not looking good, and I'm going to give it a trim. I carefully cut the 1 inch of damaged hair. I got a little bolder, so I just chopped 3 inches more.
I carefully took off the hair ties, brushed my hair and went to the mirror. Not bad, now this hair looks ready for college, now my hair reaches till my waist before that it used to reach till my hip area. I admired my work and went to finish chopping the rest of the hair.
I neatly sectioned the front part of my face to cut the strands till my jawline to give them long bangs. I carefully cut them, and they turned out looking beautiful.
I carefully collected the hair strands which I chopped on the newspaper, wrapped them up and dropped them in the trash can. I swept the floor and neatly braided my hair.
I scanned the entire house to see what all the things that I need to buy, there are groceries, some kitchenware and some hygiene products.
I took my purse and counted the money, took a bag which is like a basket and went outside and locked the house and went to the market. This is the first time that I have ever been outside since I entered this world, and this is my first time going to shop. I didn't even shop in my real world, so it's a big challenge for me, I have to bargain and get good deals.
I slowly walked in the neighbourhood as I observed every house. All of them are very beautiful with beautiful trees surrounding every house looking like little forests. I closed my eyes as I felt a cool breeze caressing my face.
As I made my way out of the neighbourhood I came to the main road and started searching for shops to buy stuff for the house.
I went to a stationery store and bought some notebooks and other essentials, which I put in my bag. Then, while searching for a market, I stumbled upon a vegetable shop where I bought a little bit of everything. After paying for my purchases, both of my hands were full. I carried the heavy bag filled with vegetables and other necessities, making it difficult to proceed with my plan of purchasing rice. Consequently, I embarked on a journey to find a market, which took me ten minutes to walk. Persevering, I bought rice, lentils, millets, and spices before heading home. Later on, I realised that I had to go back home, with heavy bags that hurt my fingers. However, I had to persevere since I had chosen to embark on this mission. After the exerting journey, which took approximately more than 30 minutes, I unpacked and assembled the items in their respective locations. Finally, I cooked rice, washed lentils, chopped some other vegetables to add them to the curry.
Although I'm a disaster in the kitchen, I can still make food edible. I wish I had YouTube. I could've made super yummy, savoury dishes. In my past life, I had a strong desire to cook; however, I faced the challenge of waking up late, causing my mother to already finish cooking. Consequently, I missed the chance to learn from her. Nevertheless, I have been able to learn how to cook through helpful videos on YouTube.
I wanted to experiment and learn cooking from YouTube videos, but mom never let me do it. Because I messed up a lot of times, that mom lost her hope in me learning cooking.
Once I made upma, and it was a disaster because instead of Rava flour, I used the flour that is used to make idle, and I got an earful that day and a lot of food waste.
I feel guilty whenever I waste food, so I didn't experiment on food again and made only those which I have knowledge about.
I took a plate and served myself some steaming rice and DAL and went to the living room to have it.
If it was in my world, I could have picked a film to watch while eating my food. Now I have to have my food alone without any TV or mobile.
I thought I couldn't live without my mobile phone at all, but I think I'm coping well. Once college starts, I think I can make myself busy.
My other problem is that I don't have a sink in the kitchen, and I have to watch the dishes outside the house near the wash area. I'm feeling like a maid. I never had to go to a hostel, so all these things are like hell to me, and they're already worn me out. I think this is why mom made me do all those chores in the house so that I can get used to them and I don't have to suffer when I leave the house and live on my own.
As I savoured the last bites of my meal, my mind wandered into a blissful state. Afterwards, I diligently repackaged the remaining food into fresh containers and gathered the used dishes to be washed in the designated area.
I settled myself on the platform, which was a few inches higher than the ground, filled the bucket with water, and finished washing dishes.
Now I need some cosmetics. I only have cuticura powder, and that's all. I need a lip balm, if I don't have it, then I have to make my own. Not only that, but I bought some beer at the vegetable store and I have to slide them and dry them under the sun.
It's already noon. I'll do it early in the morning, so that by the time I go to collect them, they'll be dried.
I have to go shopping once again to buy some things.
I noticed that all the plants in the garden were looking weak, so I filled the bucket with water and a mug and proceeded to water the plants. I forgot there's a tulasi plant with a fort in front of the house, and mom warned me to water them daily and also worship it. It's been a long time since I did. Since I started college, I have been unable to devote time to worshipping tulasi and watering them regularly, which used to be a daily practice for me before joining college. I left that task to dad, and from then on my dad would worship Tulasi Ma daily without missing a day.
There's nothing we can do now. I sighed and returned to the house and locked them inside and all the windows except the bedroom ones. I don't want to get suffocated in the room with limited oxygen supply.
I went to the bathroom and took a refreshing bath, changed into pyjamas, went to bed and called it a day.
To be continued…