It has been 24 hours since I reached my home town of Chennai, formerly known as Madras. Blessed to have my parents. Nothing beats having a cup of hot filter Kapi made and lovingly handed to me by my Amma. Appa still skeptical about my current stint with Yoga.

Some highlights of the first 24 hours:

An impromptu visit by a school friend lovingly hauling a mini sack of yummy goodies -freshly squeezed sugarcane juice, boiled masala peanuts, freshly baked Ragi and cashew cookies.

Omg! The sugarcane juice deserved all the superlatives in the English dictionary!

Just a bite of the masala peanuts unleashed a flood of childhood memories of eating raw mangoes, cut into thin strips sprinkled with simple but unique chili powder masala, on the Marina beach with the sand tickling between the toes!

A visit from my sister and my cutest of cute nieces and being smothered by hugs and kisses ( both ways ) and hearing their squeals of ” Love you Meema “.

Acquired a Jio phone and JioFi WiFi Portable Router, thanks to my husband who smoothly orchestrated this from thousands of miles away.

Managed to stay awake and sync my circadian rhythm to local time zone. Not so sure how much sense I made with my conversations in late afternoon and evening before I crashed for good at 7.30 pm. Any non sense that came tumbling out of my mouth I blame it on my jet lag!

I write this on the morning of day 2 as I wait looking forward to a another visit from another loving friend!

Feeling blessed!

Sending you love and ease.