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Since tomorrow is a Sunday, Kapil agrees to take me to Dulles to pick
Varun up, as long as I run the washing cycle for him this week. After dinner I
dust the computer and book shelf, spread a clean bedsheet over the mattress and
wipe off the fine film of dust the photo frame, and the room looks ready to
receive Varun. Kapil offers to sleep in the hall on the sofa till Varun stays and I
readily accept to be spared from his morning retches. Then I see that my cassettes
and CD drawer is in a mess. I kneel down, pull out the drawer and begin by
pulling the Ricky Martin cassette out from the Air Supply cover.
I finish the grocery shopping early on Sunday morning and stock my
section of the fridge with milk, microwaveable pizza, grape juice, cake, cokes,
diet pepsis, smoothies, salsa —as if all my anxiety found its way into the fridge.
Additionally I also cook pulao rice and dal fry. Shetty and Raj too have somehow
sensed my anxiousness – today they have cleared up all the mess in the living
room, folded their week‐old laundry pile and drained the water that had long
been sitting at the bottom of the dishwasher. Kapil and me leave from home at
two in the afternoon; the flight is scheduled to arrive at 3.45. I tick things off my
checklist mentally. My room is clean; the living room is clean too. Kapil has
already placed his comforter and pillow near the sofa. We are all set!
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