Long weekend…

Gaurav et. al. went back on Monday afternoon, and I’ve been sleeping through my depression ever since. What an awesome weekend it was; one of the best in a long time! Well, the weekend in New York a couple of weeks back was pretty awesome too. We saw the shooting of Hancock (I hear the film’s release has gotten delayed; I have a feeling it might be due to a bunch of crazy desis hanging out of, literally falling over, two small windows screaming “Will bhai”, during a tense hostage scene. Imagine if we actually made it in the movie!), spotted the Law and Order SVU chick Mariska in Central Park, screamed “Jai Hind” when passing the Indian Consulate (much to the ire of gora New Yorkers) and had awesome desi food. Thanks Anjali and Rishabh!

But that was a mere 24 hours with the Penn State gang. This time when they came over to Boston, I could spend a good 60-65 hrs with them.

Taking a cue from Gaurav, I’d like to make a list of my own of the most amazing things.

Most amazing things in life- Part I (There will be many more to follow I’m sure!)

1. Friends
2. “Old” friends
3. Icecream with friends at 3 am
4. Chatting away to glory at 3 am, over a tub of icecream and leftover food, in hushed tones, knowing very well that the loud whispers and muffled laughter are a lot more disturbing than normal conversational volume to the souls sleeping in the next room.
5. Discussing the happenings of that particular day’s outing, recounting the jokes and the puns, the intended humor and the unintentional slip-of-tongues, and laughing at them as wildly, if not more, as when they actually happened.
6. Having such an amazing time that when it all ends, you wish you could turn back time and relive that time all over again, just the way it was, without changing a thing.

I am happy that I’m going back home, but there is a little part of me that wishes I could take these times, these experiences, these weekends along with me.