The birthday post!
Birthdays excite me! Yes crossing the silver line has got nothing to do with the fact that I should grow up and act all mature about birthdays. It will take time.
But this birthday was slightly different with the energy levels. With the numerous shopping trips for the best friend's wedding I was super duper tired and slept at 10 the day before my birthday. A slightly sad thought of switching off the mobile and dozing off also crossed my mind. In the dilemma the sweetest thing happened. 2 of my ex-colleagues called up from Singapore. They sang the besura happy birthday song (it was our trademark during office days) and we chatted about all the sundry stuff under the roof. Got nostalgic, gossiped about managers, colleagues and made promises to meet soon. One of the guys gets married next month, and in my happy haze I promised him that I would attend the function. See, I am pretty easygoing - in the happiness high I can promise you almost anything. But I would really like to attend the wedding. My social quotient is running really high nowadays and all this catching up, lets meet, get togethers, I am finding very attractive! So there, with the chatty call I was awake again and took few more calls until I rested off my old body.
And then this friend who very well knows I expect him to call on birthday and not before or after (I can be dramatic about such things) called up an hour before saying he was sure he would not find time later. So we ended up arguing with each other until sense prevailed and I accepted the wishes and he admitted he was PMSing. Hormones I tell you are a b***h. Guys should also take iron tablets, for general health! Anyways I dearly wish that whatever caused his hormones to spike has been gotten rid of!
And then the birthday morning was spent in calls. A school friend was the first one to wish on facebook, where to everyone's dismay the birthday is unlisted. We connected on fb after 6 years and she still remembered and wished. So there, the birthday will remain unlisted.
Aai asked me to avoid going out and hence I was restricted to great food and phone calls. Later I argued with Aai that how we should go out to eat to save her all the kitchen trouble. She simply said you have been eating out all these years so go for a change. Obviously her argument was better. So Idli Sambhar and Moong ka halwa made my day scrumptilicious! Aai is the bestestestestest!
In a way I know that there is no need for any drama and think that people should think about me and call me on birthday and wish. I can bet that there are people who think about me more than only on my birthday and wish all good things for me. But drama makes life fun, no ? The joy of anticipation is great! And as far as I am concerned it wont fade for years to come! :D
~nightflier