Sophia Someday (sophiasomeday) wrote, @ 2004-04-20 11:44:00

The Peacock Rides Again
Saturday is the Mela (Indian Festival) at Barsana Dham temple. Heather, Dawn and I are all going. I went last year and it was glorious. Well, the volvo was mauled by a band of vigilante peacocks which caused me to take a slight vehicular foray into the temple's "sacred pond" (if they didn't want me to drive into it, they shouldn't have put it so close to the...er...sidewalk. Also, in my defense, the sidewalks and the "streets" looked the exact same, and there was a giant fuck-all peacock on my windshield, obscuring my view and cawing mightly)

Speaking of Saris.

Last night I realized I should never have kiddos.

I needed to wash my saris, and couldn't use the apartment complexes' laundry room (while I do not live in a creepy neighborhood, I am creepy neighborhood-adjacent, and would just as well rather not spend any time in an unlocked laundry room in the middle of the night). So, improvising, I found myself washing 12 yards of brightly colored, heavily embroidered Indian silk in my kitchen sink, using a plastic cup as a stopper and empty bottles of vodka (well, one empty bottle of vodka and one empty bottle of a very nice Australian sparkling white)to mush the laundry about, because the water was too hot for my delicate digits.

These are not the laundry habits of a woman who should be trusted with small people.

	monkey_knight 2004-04-20 20:53 (link)
	Did you make the news? A car in the pond could make for some good news video on a slow news day. And if only great caretakers could have children, the human race would die out! That's why people are tough - to be able to take a little neglect and carelessness. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: sophiasomeday 2004-04-21 08:36 (link)
	no, I only drove a little into the pond. All things considered, they were very nice about the whole debacle. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)