THIS WEEKEND.....

After a painfully slow and boring week at the office, weekend finally arrived........I say it as a painfully slow and boring week because unlike the previous days, nothing has been happening in the project that involves either me or any of the ELTps for that matter.........I was simply waiting for Friday to end so that I could set foot home.........not because I had anything better to do there but because I am sick of this office, the people here, the environment and heck, even my cubicle........Minutes of meticulous planning and devious thoughts regarding how to avoid Padmanabhan's attention did not quite pay off as he caught me just when I was on my out........My fault, I sat down in the pantry to hang on to the latest issue of the TOI..........But thank God, his attention was diverted and I made my way out gleefully.............Friday night, in the house with only a 15-inches TV and a dumb idiot as a companion did not feel all that pathetic thanks to my honey............Saturday morning did not even allow me to complete my sleep and amongst the various duties that included closing the door after Swapneel left for the exam and then home directly from thereon, switching on the pump, switching off the pump, throwing the garbage out( and being on the receiving end of neighbours for throwing the garbage out in the empty plot in the front and inviting the dogs that shout), washing clothes (including jeans...........the only time that someone can actually curse Levi Strauss), I finally got ready to drag myself to Kormangala.......without a bath for some reasons even I am not very sure of.............I had two things in mind........meet Bhaskar so that I could burn CDs with the college and department pics to show them to my love (even she should have a glimpse of the glorious life his husband and brother-in-law have experienced first-hand) and then go off to the IMS center there to know about the Correspondence courses they provide............Standing in the partial-sun-partial-shade of the SBI ATM at Marathalli, I did not know what to shout at...........the indefinitely long queue or the clouds that had just been mocking at me by exposing the sun they had so cautiously hidden behind them............had a south indian lunch...........so predicatable.............The guy at the IMS center did nothing to clear my doubts regarding the correspondence course..........rather he kept on trying to sell their full classroom course that costs around three times more and which I dont think I can manage considering my work load here at IBM and I will end up missing all the classes...........Then, I did the terrible mistake of going into the Forum with money in my wallet..........ended up buying the Lord of the Rings book and gifts for mom and dad............After I came home, I had nothing left with me other than to eat and sleep..................Sunday morning and Nana called up to inquire if I was coming to their place..........Rushed through the morning not wanting to be late and more importantly not wanting to be hungry for long, I gave the washing clothes part a miss.............after a gruelling journey of around 2 hours, waiting for Theku to turn up even after repeated requests to be on time considering the fact that I was really hungry and ready to faint any moment, confusions about where both of us were supposed to meet, quarrels with the errant autowallahs we reached Nana's place finally...........A very very heavy and comely lunch later, I was burning CDs again...........Seeing Nana's peace of life, I really want to settle down to all that but again...........I remind myself that its still not time yet.......A lot of things are still left to be achieved..........a lot of promises are still to be fulfilled........A lot happier life for me, my parents, my love is guarenteed if I toil for four years more with my sincerest devotion possible..........After three bus journeys, I finally reached home, withdrew money again after walikng for another kilometer or so, shared my day with my honey and dozed off..................Although the weekend was tiring that included around eight hours of bus journey, it was still a welcome change from the monotony............And yes, I forgot to mention, I am opening a Demat Acccount the next month and I will be investing in the share market inspired by Bhaskar and the tidy sum he is earning from the Share Market.......He offered to help me invest my money for me if I give him a percentage share but I want to delve into it myself and learn the intricacies myself so that it will equip me better...........isn't it??????? And by the way, CAT had taken a back seat during the weekend but the determination again resurfaced as soon as I set my foot in the office.............It always does and it should..............