Nostalgia!!!

"I'll miss those morning breakfasts and McDonalds..."

"I dont wanna sound senti, but ab mere saath Chungs kaun aayega?? :("

"I'll miss you terribly di...there's no one with whom I can gossip...I'll miss our girly talks gal..."

These were the words of my best friends and loved ones just a few days before I left for US. To tell the truth, and with due respect to their feelings, I did not know how to react...coz at that point of time, I was too happy to comprehend my friends' words...I was definitely not in this world...I wanted to be with my husband only...and very soon, we both were flying to the USA.

Then dawned the day, when we were doing the last minute packing, weighing our luggages, setting things right...it was a chaos...well yes, definitely the house, but my mind too...it was a chaos of emotions...I wondered how time flew so fast, I felt like suddenly going back in time...I wanted to meet them all just one last time...give everyone a tight hug...but I knew thats not possible, as I had a lot of other things up my mind, which needed to be taken care of...

30th Nov it was, the D-day, when I went with my father-in-law to Jayanagar 4th block, to disconnect my mobile phone services...it was like a "one-last-look-to-everything" day to me. There stood a dosa-wala at the corner of 3rd block signal, where me and surya were regulars...there was an Archies gallery there...I still remember getting into that shop everytime I would come to Jayanagar...and then there was a New Shanti Sagar restaurant, where Surya and I had gone for dinner, and had spoken for long hours!! We couldnt go there much, as we had discovered the restaurant only recently...we regretted that...

I wanted more time with Su, I wanted to be with her for some more time...wish I could explain to her at that very moment that I missed her like crazy...I wanted to see her one last time...I wanted to talk to keshab once again, gossip again with him...I wanted to visit my office for the very last time ever...coz I knew, two years down the line, if and when I would come to India, there wouldnt be anyone in Emulex who would recognize me...thats why I wanted to say "alvida" to everyone...Gosh!!! I was overwhelmed with emotions that day...our flight was on Dec 1st, at 3:30 am, so we had to check-in by 12:30 am. Time seemed to be literally having "vulture-wings" that day, coz with the blink of an eye, I saw myself at the Bangalore HAL Airport.

Everyone had come to see us off...Amma, Anna, Chikappa, Chikamma, Surya, Omi, Mom and Dad...None of us had real smiles on our faces...no not even me. Yes, I was excited, but nervous...as I was stepping into an altogether new life...with Vijay. I was looking forward to it, but at the same time, I wanted to stay back and be with my people...it was so many mixed feelings in my heart, that I was completely neutral...

As Vijay and I walked towards check-in, I turned around once to see them for the last time (untill we go to India again), and there I saw, a girl waving out to me...she was bidding me goodbye...I took a closer look, and found out that it was Savita, wishing me all the best for my future...I smiled, and turned to Vijay, one look at him, and I knew I was doing the right thing...so I bade goodbye to the person I left behind, I bade goodbye to the life I was living as a spinster, and welcomed myself into this whole new birth of me, as a wife and as Vijay's soulmate... :)