Its summer ...vacation time is here to stay!

It's hot ! Literally feels like you are having lunch with Mr Sun himself. Excuse my exaggeration, but it really is dampening my mood and spirit. I feel perpetually exhausted. I thought workouts are supposed to keep me more active but guess what? Mr. Sun has other agenda. It seems like he is laughing at me. He knows how relentless he can be and it just tires me down.

Summer vacations are great. Just not my scene. Not in a tropical country where Mr Sun shows his ass for work every single day. My younger one is on a vacation high and she wants to go for swimming, cycling and all other outdoor activities. Now, outdoor activities can be a lot of fun. Just not in 42° celcius. No matter how much sunscreen you pour on yourself, it never seems to be enough.

This year, school's calender is messed up. I mean really messed up. They kept changing the exam dates. And now my younger daughter is in her first week of summer vacations while my elder one is still slogging hard for her exams. And it's kind of weird for me.

In the mornings after having a relaxed breakfast, I take my younger one for swimming. It feels like a vacation. No hurry. No bus to catch. You get the drift, don't you? So I am having all the fun with my younger one in the first half of the day. We just went out for an ice cream today. In the evenings when my elder one is back from school, I have to quickly change gears and show how mundane life has been. She suspiciously looks at me, as if she is asking me, " Mom, are you guys having fun without me"?. And I am like - Hell no. How could we?

The school is responsible for giving mothers much of this unwanted stress. They are like - we have given your younger one holidays and have postponed your elder ones exam. Now go have fun. And remember, pretend you are not having it. What..which school does that to regular fee paying parents?

If my elder one sees an iota of fun written on my face, I would be doomed. So the moment she enters the house we pretend we are bored. Well atleast you have classes to attend. We have nothing to do at all. Just sit at home and do the silly stuff, which mind you is not fun at all. Just so she feels better.

But one of these days I am going to land in serious trouble. Not because of me but because of my younger smartass who cannot contain her excitement of the day. Also she is not an experienced actor like me I guess. So when my elder one finds out about all the ice creams and cool dips in the pool we are having these days, I am going to blame it all on Mr Sun. Now who is laughing, huh?

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