So I am terrible at doing this countdown thing huh? In my defense, I tried. i really did. But then viral fever and what not have derailed me.
Speaking of derailing. I realised that I needed to get out of Delhi. The city has simultaneous epidemics of dengue and conjunctivitis. And they are so busy digging that they haven't even identified the strains of the diseases yet. It's a nightmare. People are dying of dengue. So yeah, I booked a ticket and came home. The trip was strange. The train in front of us got derailed. The great Indian public started breaking the windows of our train. We were instructed to draw the curtains and sit still. I call V, who is in on my plan to surprise my parents and tell him that if anything happens to me he's going to have to call home and tell mom what happened and how i had ended up in a train anyway. He tells me comforting songs like crash and burn. Calls me weird and stupid. Wonders about just telling my bro anyway that I'm coming and ruining the surprise for me and then the train starts moving so he hangs up. Leaving me wondering why he's my friend and actually the only friend in whom I confided the plan.
Expression on my parents faces when I walked in through the door halfway through their lunch...PRICELESS. Expression when they heard that I didn't have a return ticket because I spent all my money on the homecoming....not so priceless, but thankfully amused not angry. Expression on mom's face when she sees that me being her nerdy daughter have not packed any clothes just my laptop and three books- grim resignation followed by feared dialogue -'we have to go shopping'.
Expression that will be on the faces of my extended family when I turn up at the family dinner on sunday.... can't wait to find out. Keep checking weird life tapestry!