MY NIGHTMARE!

The rug was pulled away from under my feet and my world toppled like a pack of cards when my maid announced that she was quitting!!

She had caught me unawares and hit me where it hurts the most – my pride!

She had tried the old trick of the trade, asked for an unreasonable raise in her salary that I had to let her go. From a house maid she had promoted herself as a cook and she knew it fetched her more than the housework. But, when I did a market survey, I found out that I was already paying her much more than the market value.

I raved, ranted, frothed from the mouth and smoked from the ears. The Sita in me suddenly donned the avatar of Durga and I grew three extra pairs of  hands and all of them sporting a weapon aimed at her.

My claws began to show and I attacked her, not with the sharpened claws, but, with my sharp tongue.

I let her go after showering her with my wrath...a disguise for my helpless desperation. Where will I get another Bai at such short notice? Well, there was no notice at all.

A “May Day” message was sent across to each and everyone I knew in my housing society. Friends spread the word to their Bais, watchmen were on the watch for a needy maid.

In my desperation, I had almost tempted and willed my mind that I will take upon doing the house work (good exercise) myself. Then, a light bulb went on somewhere in the dark corners of my mind and I had a moment of ‘nirvana’ and I bit back my treacherous mind.

All is well that ends well...a steady parade of Bais knocked at my door and phew! I hired a maid.

I can have my Zen moment now....for an extended period of time J