..so we are still in the crux of thinking whether we should take the furniture or not and all this dollar counting is getting on the nerves ... mean i am just not understanding where to put a stop to the buying since you see the empty flat is slowly beginning to bug us and we want some basic things .Coming here the whole focus of the existence has shifted to cooking , cleaning and sleeping . But it is a surprise for me that i have survived this long on this menu without throwing up as yet.

..when ever i go out it would be to buy some thing to eat or plan to cook some thing etc., you see including the entertainment of the week would be to go to the Tuesday market to get vegetables . Then i go with the neighboring ladies again to some super market to buy some thing to eat and then there is the trip to the Indian stores which happens some times in between .So you see how am i revolving around food .

The day begins with the morning things getting done first and i have started to re-learn yoga by seeing a CD . So far so good it has just been two days and it is kind of going OK . Then the bath and all the next immediate things after that . Then comes the cooking part and i am left with the fridge which has never been so full with veggies . I hope not to rot them !..Hd comes for lunch similar to how he came at Chennai , Gosh! there are so similarities between Chennai and US , it is kind of prepared to be at home and stare around the house .

OK OK let me write some nice things which would be the last week end when we have actually resigned to fight over the lap top and sit at home , Kalyan's friend an African -American came over to take us out . God bless him ! We went to Renaissance Festival which was like those days when the Whites dressed like there are in the 'Gone with the Wind' period and roam around.There were little plays and shows which were full of adult comedy and some for the kids like 'riding a pony' , feeding sheep and such kind. Then there are these pottery , finery and shops with dresses for rent . It was fun on the whole and probably the first chance to see so many whites with families . Minneapolis is a kind of place where families have 3-4 children minimum and the mind set is kind of still like being in a 'town' .So you can see so many children and with their skin and blue eyes they look really cute. But the other hand the sun here stays only for 6 months in an year and they have so many allergies on their skin . Women and men have black dots and patches which they cover with their make up . if you look more closely at the old ladies skin then it feels like a wrinkled tissue paper .

The young which i had seen have this bold attitude and walk with upright shoulders and have a kind of jump in their walk when they wear sneakers shoes , its almost like HBO movie from what i understand but one can almost feel that they have a very proud attitude .

..the funny thing on that day was this black friend of Kalyan who was completely smitten by the 'pretty' Indian wife of his freind and went to the point of asking ' Do you have a sister 'Kamly' ? much to Hd 's irritation . HA HA kind of felt refreshing after being in the 'married' feeling for so long .