{"id":604,"date":"2016-07-21T06:03:26","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T06:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/?p=604"},"modified":"2019-11-20T11:53:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T11:53:17","slug":"working-vacations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/2016\/07\/21\/working-vacations\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Vacations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tumblr_inline_oank5aOfEF1un32nx_640.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"605\" data-link=\"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/?attachment_id=605\" class=\"wp-image-605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tumblr_inline_oank5aOfEF1un32nx_640.png 598w, https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tumblr_inline_oank5aOfEF1un32nx_640-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tumblr_inline_oank5aOfEF1un32nx_640-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I love organizing. Did I say love? I meant that I obsess over it. I fangirl over it. It is to me what Bonaparte Pumpkinpatch is to fans of Sherlock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m a hundred percent sure that\u2019s his name.<br>What Balderdash Pumpernickel and I have in common is that we both have secretaries. The only difference is that his secretary lives outside his head, and my secretary lives inside mine. Yes, you read that right. I\u2019m my own secretary. Learning to be responsible and saving money; my Shopping-At-Thrift-Shops-Arguing-Against-Retail-Prices Indian Mother would be very proud (See Also: Jessica Huang from Fresh Off the Boat).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But along with the OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, for the uninitiated) I inherited from my parents, I also inherited an inability to actually go on vacation. \u201cSummer is here!\u201d screams my friend excitedly, while getting ready to take artsy pictures of her pedicured nails and cute sandals while on the beach, casually staging a book nearby so that she\u2019ll look smart but not like she doesn\u2019t have a life because clearly she\u2019s outside her house, enjoying herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A.K.A Tumblr in 39 words.<br>Meanwhile, I crawl under my sheets and whisper to myself, \u201cWinter is coming\u201d, while hissing at any trace of sunlight streaming in through the windows. Yes, I know I have a problem, and my problem is that during summer there\u2019s not really much to organize. Law school tries to solve that problem for you by making it mandatory to intern during your vacation. I choose an NGO and excitedly call up the person in charge. Here\u2019s an accurate transcript of our conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Person-In-Charge: So your work will consist of watching movies with us and painting posters. Is that okay?<br>Me: *Blinks*<br>PIC: \u2026Hello?<br>Me: *Left eye twitches*&nbsp;<br>PIC: Um\u2026<br>Me: I\u2019ll take the job as long as I can set deadlines for myself and write things down in my to-do list.<br>PIC: \u2026<br>PIC: Sure.<br>Me: *Looks into a distant camera like I\u2019m on The Office and puts on sunglasses slowly*<br>Like I said, accurate.<br>I\u2019m excited about being able to organize, but I\u2019m quickly disappointed when I realize that the job is literally as fun as it sounds. There is nothing to put in my \u201cWeekly Assignments\u201d folder apart from \u2018Watching Movies\u2019 which sounds too fun to be in there anyway. At the end of my tether, I decide to channel my frustration in a productive manner and by writing, well, this. Meanwhile my Mum sits beside me and tries to read what I\u2019m writing. \u201cIs Farmville not working?\u201d I ask her, surprised that she\u2019s not tending to a goat or growing cabbages. She shakes her head, \u201cCan\u2019t I spend some time with you?\u201d. \u201cIs the phone out of charge?\u201d I ask her. \u201cYes\u201d She nods. I laugh and let her read what I\u2019ve written. Big mistake.&nbsp;<br>\u201cNothing to organize\u201d She raises her eyebrow. \u201cHow would you like to clean your room?\u201d<br>I smile and laugh and smile again and shift uncomfortably, moving as far away from her as the sofa will let me. I open my \u201cWeekly Assignments\u201d folder and write: 1. Do not complain about not having work within earshot of Amma (Mum, in Tamil).&nbsp;<br>She holds out a broomstick.<br>I sigh and take it.<br>Big mistake.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love organizing. Did I say love? I meant that I obsess over it. I fangirl over it. It is to me what Bonaparte Pumpkinpatch is to fans of Sherlock. 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