I can’t believe I have been such a slacker! Here are some highlights from the past two months:
- April started with a very good friend of mine from Hyderabad visiting. The two and half years that I spent in Hyderabad are so memorable because of friends like D and others who were my neighbors there. When in Hyderabad, we had spent hours together discussing politics, work out routine, healthy lifestyles, psychology and other various random topics. I bid adieu to Hyderabad in 2003 and hadn’t seen D since. Now, she is staying in Canada and training to be a pilot (she was always the cool one). So it was amazing to have her stay with us for a week and catch up with her. It was like I just saw her yesterday and we picked up our conversation where we had left it.
- We started watching Lost (better late than never) when D was with us and we are officially hooked. We are at the second DVD of Season 2 right now.
- Got to volunteer with an organization called One Brick. The event was bowling with kids and young adults with disabilities. I can’t tell you how inspiring each and every participant was. Their energy and their attitude towards life gave me a new perspective on things. Even today when I find myself complaining about some small thing in my life, I think back to that day and feel like I should be thanking the almighty for having blessed me with everything I have. Priyanka has written a wonderful piece on this event too.
- The month of April concluded with a couple of my very close friends visiting us. A & V had brought their parents along and we got to eat some yummilicious food that both mommies made. I’ve known A & V from college (under grad) days! It was so nice to have the fried rice and paneer curry that V’s mom used to make (that transported me right back to V’s house where we spent most of our lunch hours). And A’s mom’s awesomely awesome aloo parathas and dal and pretty much all what she cooked over that weekend was D.E.L.I.C.I.O.U.S. A fantastic weekend spent staying up late playing Uno, chatting and laughing hysterically, clubbed in with a bit of sight seeing around Washington, DC. We had such a blast with all of them!
- May was pretty much week after painful week at work. I had done nothing but work in May. However, Memorial Day brought some respite as V&I went on a trip all the way down to Hilton Head, South Carolina. A friend of ours had a time-share there and they were planning to use it for a week. They were kind enough to extend an invitation to us and we gladly took them up on that. Our friends were not reaching HH until late Saturday evening. We drove down on Friday, camped that night at Florence, SC and the next morning we drove down to Savannah, GA (which is quite close to HH). Spent the entire Saturday just walking around the Historic District and taking in festivities by the river front before heading to HH well past 9:30 that night. We spent the next couple of days golfing (the guys got to golf, while the girls got to drive around the course in the cute carts) and fishing (the guys got some sharks, while we girls hung out on the deck staying safely away from all the action).
- Past two weeks I’ve been have 3-day workweek. What a blessing! The first was after memorial day, I had taken Tuesday off, so that was a short one. This week, I had been to NYC for work on Monday & Tuesday… so there you go! I got to meet the above-mentioned friend of mine, V while I was there. I am going to have a tough time adjusting to the five days of work next week. :)
- We are off to Richmond this weekend, as the cricket season has started. Can’t wait to see our cricket buddies :)
