Lazy Days

It had been lazy days this past week, mostly spent at home playing with the kids, reading, watching TV, especially the Wimbledon finals and the MJ memorial service, and whiling away time cruising the net on my HP Mini. The downside of this low physical activity while staying at home is the increased frequency of opening the fridge door and the kitchen cabinets rummaging for snacks and the ever available ‘waistline enhancers’!! Sita’s habit of stocking up the fridge and the larder with goodies of all kinds ensures these back and forth trips happen. So, it was a week of sedentary activities and exercises limited to punching the keys on the HP mini, working the TV remote, and trips to the kitchen and bedroom, heh heh. We did go out but these outings were mostly to restock the kitchen or to eat out.

I was conscious of what all these sedentary activities will do to me and I do monitor the effects daily. No adverse effects noticed though. Perhaps it is too short a span of time to have any effect. Anyway, we will be travelling home this weekend and once at home there will be a lot of activities, travelling and errands to run that I do not have to worry about inactivity and waistline structure effects.

We were out for breakfast at a very popular all-day breakfast outlet in Narbeth about 15 miles from Tenby. It was a Saturday, the day when the two William sisters were matched against each other in the Wimbledon Ladies single finals. No rush for us to watch the match as one William will win anyway!! The sun was out, temperature around Celsius 20s and hence pleasant for a family outing. The baby had to be taken along but he was a good baby all the way. He slept most of the time that we were in the restaurant. We took our time with the good breakfast, crispy roasted vegetarian panini, very fresh and crispy salads, rocky chocs, lemon cakes, with black and white coffee, white choco drink, chocolate and strawberry shakes and so on…. The restaurant was well patronized, with all tables occupied and we had one that was close to the entrance, which meant almost everyone who enters the restaurant will notice the baby in his pram, and there will be pleasantries and pleasant banters, especially from the elderly ladies. One family with small children, looked like three generations just like us, at the table next to ours was all the time eyeing the baby, especially grams sitting across the table in direct view of baby Fieras.

After breakfast we took a walk around the quaint little town, with Sita and Fahrul stopping at a baby shop to look over at baby stuff and bought several items for little Fieras while Najla insisted in buying a pair of shoes for herself. She just would not give in to baby, typical of small children, little streaks of hidden jealousy.

It was mid afternoon by the time we got home and on TV Serena Williams was winning over her elder sister, just as I predicted. The next day, Sunday, was the men’s finals with Andy Roddick matched against Roger Federrer. We had to stay in and watch. In the morning we went to a car-boot sale nearby and made sure we return home before the finals start. Najla wanted more books and car-boot sale is one place she can have a wide selection to choose from. I was glued to the TV the rest of the afternoon, all through the tough fight between the two tennis giants. They had to go four and a half hours of a total 77 games in five sets and Federrer finally got his 6th Wimbledon singles title and 15th grand slam title beating the reigning Pete Sampras 14th. Even Andy Roddick apologised to Sampras over his failure to deny Federrer his grand slam title. It was a tough fight and very tiring for both I am sure and it was a game worth watching to the end.

So, that was how the weekend went by, quiet and lazy. The following days of the week went quite similarly and with baby Fieras needing constant attention we really do not mind staying home. It was pleasant all the way……


At The Car-boot Sales


Wimbledon Champion


MKI Ramblings Unlimited,
Tenby, Pembrokeshire,
Wales