Sunday Choices

Contrary to Saturday morning’s cloudiness, Sunday morning turned out to be cheery, warm along with the sunshine of the pre-winter sun. Being the die hard foodie I woke up with a smile on my face knowing that Sunday means special lunch day. Wohoooo !

I had my mind set on preparing the delectable Kosha Murgir Mangso aka Spicy Bengali Chicken Curry. And what could be better than a fresh chicken. So off I went to the nearby market. I entered my favorite shop and straightaway ordered chicken. As the shopkeeper was weighing the chicken I looked around his shop and my eyes settled on a basketfull of fresh, big, fat, luscious lobsters.  Aah! What more can a Bengali foodie ask for. But then I thought I had already ordered chicken and I can’t ask him to take it back. So, I took the chicken and after once last glance at the lobster went back home.

As soon as I reached home I called Mum and told her about the absolutely heavenly lobsters. She asked what was the price and as I told her she said that's very cheap. Keep the chicken in freezer for another day and go and buy the lobsters.

Chicken- Lobster …..

Lobster- Chicken….. choices. I hate choices especially when both the options are absolutely heavenly. At last after 15 mins of weighing all the pros and cons I finally decided – no lobster only chicken. The main reason of neglecting mum’s advice was that in non-veg I like to use only fresh raw material. So, keeping the chicken or lobster in freezer was an absolute no no.

But in some corner of my brain there remained a longing for lobsters and as time went by the guilt feeling of not buying those fresh cheap lobsters started  increasing. Whoever said choices gives room for more thought should also mention the guilt feeling it leaves behind. Well by then my self talk started going down the lane of absolute guilt of should/ shouldn't. And I started feeling sad…sad… sad and some more sad. Suddenly I thought why such negativity? Is not buying those lobsters is the real reason of my unhappiness or is it something else. After a bit of soul searching I found out that not only my mind was sad, my body was sad too. And the reason is that I hadn't been able to keep the promise to myself that I had already told you in yesterday’s post. Contrary to my promise yesterday I went to bed quite late and got up early depriving my body and mind of the much needed rest. So, after completing some chores I decided to take a nap for an hour. Thank God for Sunday.

As I woke up I was back into my normal self again and had finally managed to shelve away the lobster thought. I got out of bed and merrily started preparing  my special Sunday meal knowing that among all the choices I had, I finally chose to be Happy :)

What would have been your Sunday choice : Chicken or Lobster ?

Hope you had a lovely Sunday.