It Feels So Good To Be Taken Care Of...

I came home last night and almost cried.

Sure - the reaction was over dramatic but for the last 4 days I have

been sleeping on average four hours and still (stupidly)

going for runs, doing spin classes and well, swimming in the pool racing my students!

I know, but that is my "ME" time and I like the ENDORPHINS.

Therefore,

last night when I walked into my kitchen and found this on the counter...I lost it.

Such a simple but BEAUTIFUL surprise.

I had forgotten to eat lunch that day and STUPIDLY decided to go for a swim after school just to

clear my head so this is me already hungry and post workout.

(more accurately called HAN-GRY = angry + hungry.
 

My cleaning lady never cooks - in fact, Sumitra normally just cuts up fruit and veggies because she doesn't like to cook - she says she's no good.

And of course that has always been ABSOLUTELY FINE with me.

You'll do all the prep work for me? DONE!  Who needs cooking?

And since then I've scared the crap out of her with big bears hugs and random pats on the back because I have no self control and

just get too giddy when I see fruits & veggies cut up in big containers - sigh!
Wrong way to show appreciation Lauren.

I'm getting better.

BUT ARE YOU LOOKING AT THIS?

Delicious chicken curry, all for me? Are you kidding?

She never cooked before but on this day, for whatever reason, 

Sumirta decided that salad and fruit just wasn't enough for Madame.

So thus why I cried tears of  joy - the timing was perfect and the surprise so unexpected.

For the first time since I've moved to Dhaka, it felt good to be taken care of - this has been a hard thing for me to accept since I'm not at all used to having a maid, cook, housekeeper every day at my disposal.

For the first time, I didn't fight the guilty feeling that normally takes over. I just accepted and enjoyed this wonderful meal.

How nice, how thoughtful, and how utterly loved I felt yesterday.

Yes of course I DID!

Set the table like a little lady and the GOBBLED up my dinner!

(burp)

Excuse Me.

 So very fortunate to know someone like Sumitra.
Thank you.

Bon appetite!