I'm Just One

Silence… What’s the time? I cant remember anything. Cant tell if this is true or dream. Deep down inside I feel to scream. This terrible silence stops me. Another bell tears the graveyard silence around the house. Damn you new chowkidaar! I guess he wants ice again but wait… at this time? Where's the alarm clock? There it is on the floor! Holy .... its Sehri time already. Thank you new chowkidaar! First thing first, I’ve got to turn on the lights so the new gatekeeper knows im up. So what’s bugging me now? Ive got to take memory pills. Oh yea ive got to cook for atleast an hour AGAIN! I don’t know whether I make delicious food or these hungry people are of hungry descendants. Sometimes I really do wonder. Anyway, I prepare breakfast (while keeping in mind not to turn on the exhaust fan) and do the usual thing that wakes everyone and can wake anyone in their right minds up, Aamir Liaquat full volume on TV. Ok now I’m up too that’s the only setback to this strategy. Oh look! Aamir Liaquats getting his fair share of abusing from my husband! Give him some from me too! I dont actually know if everyone has this kind of start of the day but its home sweet home i guess. Ok one down, 5 more to go (excluding my newborn son) he’ll help me soon enough though. I go to my daughters room where I do strategy #2 which is to unleash our pet parrot on top of them! Ok now the parrot gets his fair share undeserved but they’re up too. 2 more to go now! My husbands brother (damn again) is the easiest one to wake up. I unleash my ultimate strategy on him. I go and unload my 6 month old son on him who doesn’t stop crying until someone carry him around like a depressed person thinking of suicide. Ok now only my oldest son is left. He’s easy too because I have to do only one thing. So until now I only feel a little drowsy myself but I guess im not going to rest until I wake all of them up. I shout WAKE UP! He stirrs a little so I go and just turn the lights off and close the door (See you in the end). Everyone's on the table now eating like some (ok im not saying anything now). I feel what I usually feel at all the sehri’s. C’mon give the aazaan already! Finally another peaceful sehri (I should mention that its peaceful because of 5:40AM). Oh look Talha’s up mumbling to himself which sound a lot like "damn the mullah for being so fresh that he's actually warning that time's up when theres a minute left." Ok now everyone do their work while I prepare for my share (rightly deserved!) which is to turn the AC on and go to sleep. Aah! Nothing like ruining everyones sleep and getting a peaceful one for yourself! What about you?