Madhunisha and her family was sleeping safe and sound on this
chilly night in May, only accompanied by the faint sound of a piano
playing an unrecognizable tune.. The stereo downstairs was off, and
so was the tv they just bought last month, and as far as the Narrator
knows, their house isn't haunted..
Well.. as should have been expcted, the source of the uneven attempt at a melody or a song came from their neighbours porch, as he had, of course, decided to practice playing the keyboard outside in the middle of the night, because.. why not?
Honestly, it always puzzles me how the spring season in this town always has this cold spell, as it has happened a few years in a row now.. I mean, frost was still on the windows and in the ground when Udisha woke up to greet her son that also just woke up.
She had just enough time to pick him up and feed him, before going to work. Still feeling exhausted and overworked from pushing herself at the office, and having to tend to the house and take care of her kids when she's at home..
Nishit had spent the night sleeping in his treehouse, and decided to spend his morning hunting for pirates. The two youngest ones took a lot of mom and dad's attention, and so none of them had noticed that he had started to skip doing his homework..
While Nishit was at school, the parents at work and the babysitter taking good care of Madhunisha and Ole Christian, the delivery man came by and dropped off the seesaw that Udisha had ordered for the kids, and the dart board Dudleif had ordered for himself... making the playground area in their backyard a little more complete.
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Madhunisha being fed by the babysitter.
In Palash and Sofias house things were by the usual, with Yumi being in need of discipline..
Sofia appeared to have accepte her fate now, thinking about what the future could hold, and certainly the clock had passed the point of no return and then somehow.... at this point she no longer had a choice..
..but that didn't seem to matter much as she even appeared to
enjoy her own appearance, belly and all, while trying on a different
hooded sweater and a pair of jeans in front of them mirror..
;)
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..and speaking of kids, hmm, back at Dudleif and Udishas house Ole Christian was being a good boy and using the bathroom excactly like he should, saving the babysitter from a bit of grief. ;)
Though she was exhausted, Udisha was still happy after having put
in another good days work at the office.. or maybe she was actually
more happy about finally getting out of it, to run home to land on
the couch and watch some tv. ;)
Meanwhile, Nishit was sitting in the school bus patiently waiting for his friend Elen to finish her after school activity..
However, after a while the school bus driver had enough of the
waiting and said "Now we're going..I'm not getting paid overtime
just because your friend is slow.."
So it was home to do, well, homework among the noise of mom
watching tv, daddy playing with Madhunisha and Ole Christian crying
for something again..
Well, atleast Dudleif and Madhunisha was having fun.
;)
After awhile Elen did show up just as Nishit was getting fed up by
the noise inside and had gone out on the porch to do his homework
outside...
Elen was bummed out the school bus wasn't waiting and
that she had to bike all the way, before they sat down to their
homework together.
Inside Madhunisha had joined her mother in watching tv. The moving
images on the screen were interesting, captivating and sometimes
confusing.. so she gave up watching and turned her head to watch her
dad playing with Ole Christian instead. It will probably take a while
before she can get anything out of watching the romance channel.
;)
Udisha kept the focused scowl on her face as her tv
watching was interrupted by her phone ringing, but smiled a little
when she heard that she got a party invitation. It was from Julienne
Knekknes-Skurchk, her sister-in-law. It wasn't the best party
invitation she could get, considering Dudleif had cut all ties (or
been estranged) with his own family, but still..
It could be an opportunity to have
some fun, something which she was in desperate need off. She said
she'd be there shortly before she got into her husbands police car
and drove to the more affluent part of town..
Their house was really big, bigger than she remembered it from last time she was in the neighbourhood to visit her brother Palash and his wife.. It looked almost intimidating, yet they had left one door open, perhaps as if to say "Come on in.. we have nothing to hide.."
She could hear people talking and glasses politely clinking together over a slow jazz tune played at just the right volume as she walked up the stairs to their porch.. For a brief moment there, it was as if a cold breeze came at her through the open door that made her stop in her tracks and immediately turn around..
She knew all about them from what Dudleif has told her.. these guys weren't honest and hard working like them.. they were thieves and crooks, and maybe even worse.. Something there gave her a chilling sensation, and though she still wanted to attend the party out of curiosity as well as an opportunity to unwind, she couldn't make herself walk through that door..
Well, that, and she was probably much to exhausted anyway.. so
without looking back, she got into the car and drove back home
again.. Going there wasn't the best idea, it was better after all to
be home with Dudleif and the kids..
Nishit had finished his homework and had gone out in the backyard to play tag with Elen.
Udisha thought she spent her time much more wisely giving Ole Christian a bath before carrying upstairs so that he could go to bed in his own clumsy way.. like father, like son.. ;)
Udisha stopped in front of the mirror for a while at the sight of
her own reflection... "I didn't know I looked this tired.."
she thought as she flinched at what looked like darkened droopy
patches of skin under her eyes..
Downstairs Dudleif was reading a bedtime story for Nishit from a pregnancy book he had just 'randomly' picked from the bookshelf....
Udisha was desperate for sleep now, but there was another young
one in need of feeding before she could go to bed...
Whatever it was that Dudleif had read for Nishit, it worked, because it didn't take long for Nishit to fall asleep, even if Elen was there in his room playing with the toy blocks in the corner. Well, it was getting late, and it was time for Elen to stamp out soon too as Dudleif approached her to wave her goodbye.
..and finally, after having fed Madhunisha it was finally time for
both of them to hit the sack and Udisha could carry her upstairs to
kiss her goodnight..
..and everyone could get their well deserved rest once more. Good
night. ;)
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..and speaking of sleep, well, it looks like a different, more
permanent kind, will soon await some of the oldest of the towns
populace..
I didn't know this guy was that old already.. but one I knew was
that old, is this character...
Marianne Skurchk, Dudleifs own mother.. Without informing her son, of course, she has already written her will and mentioned her sons Bill and Dennis as heirs to her propery and fortune – but not Dudleif! He's not getting a single cent or speck of dust.. actually, least of all would he get his hands on the dust..
Other
happenings:
Nishits neighbour and friend
Emilia Stabell-Jones aged up and is now a teenager.
Dille Pindal aged up and is now an elder.
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