Unmasked

Dear Masked Humans,

Everyday we have a Mask fight at home, trust me since early morning as maids troop in, the elderly members of the family are asked to Mask Up! With the maids given their respective masks, and yes, from surgical to N95, my cupboard these days have more masks than clothes!
And then comes the shout! My 76 year old dad, who feels he has such an A1 body that even COVID will feel shy to attack him. 
After a lot of convincing, skipping my own morning chores, he finally gives in and decides to wear a surgical mask (a full box arrived only the other day) and then he refuses to dispose that disposable mask daily, which is the rule.
When asked why, his simple answer, that he cannot let Rs 5 down the drain everyday. Though the masks are bought by me, yet he has an issue. He feels every mask can be washed, dried and reworn!
To join him in his super drama, my mom enters with a double mask. Being an immunosuppressed patient, she is very open to.wearing masks, only that they are neber aligned, some slipping down her nose, some on her neck and so on...
The saga continues with my son about to.leave for his 12th board practicals to school in the middle of a COVID Tsunami. He presses the Panic Button even harder, declaring that the N95 Mask is claustrophobic and refusing to.wear surgical mask as his new found beard can be half seen! The panicked mom, that's me runs to convince him while my husband calls from below that the car is ready and he cannot wait further!
After all, his MNC office is still on 5days a week. To add to the trouble a huge uproar rages from the kitchen with my elderly maid who is almost like a matriarch to the family and luckily wears masks regularly shouting that my maskless dad was entering the closed kitchen and almost poring on her to understand what breakfast was being cooked. And mind you my dad cannot even make one omlette, yet he has a say in every meal.cooked.
To add to the confusion one of my clients suddenly feels he has struck upon a super idea and needs to download the idea on me so that by the day's end my team can do the needful. With one mask in hand to be put on my son, another in the other with the cell phone dangling, I keep daydreaming of masks all around!
Only that finally we got unmasked! Isn't it? To a tiny virus! Do not press my panic button further.

Bye for now. See you soon!

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  1. RamRajeApril 16, 2021 at 10:13 AM

    ��.....much needed relaxation to mind...which otherwise was tense with negative news all around..

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