Grey hair and Glasses

My gift from god ....Grey hair and Glasses... A truly amazing discovery...

One thing about surprise parties at midnight are that thy r not so surprise. It gives chance to birthday girls to dress up in their best night suits, scream a lot, & for guys it’s a chance to take out all d frustration on poor b'day boy. Maximum use of HUL products in hostel is during someone's birthday... thankfully this year I m not in hostel, I am safely tucked in my bed ,all neat and clean with no remains of rotten egg, tomatoes, shoe polish , surf and tooth paste and my heartfelt gratitude to my roomie for being clean and not plastered with cake n HUL products.

I was expecting my ex roomies to show up n surprise me ( real surprise) but they cudnt ,, Pune is not that safe yet ,, some of my friends expected a daru party which I sadly announced it wud not be,,my roommate was super excited but I guess I dampened her mood by sleeping at 8 in the evening and then making faces whenever she mentioned "Birthday party " or "birthday bash".

I have this particular mood swing on my b'day, it’s not the anxiety of having an year extra added to ur age, or the striking of realities of life, its just that may b m more of a practical person, I am not so excited about my b'day as others are, some people might call it my lack of interest, boring attitude , party pooper or sheer anti social behavior.

I don’t care what general public thinks of me but what I want on my b'day is wishes from people to whom I really matter just wait for their phone calls or SMSes . I don't want people to wish me at midnight only, I am happy as long as they truly mean what they are wishing me.

This b'day is special for me coz it’s the last b'day of my student life... I won’t be getting off now onwards to celebrate my b'day. This b'day I wanted to go home, keep my mom dad awake till midnight, wake up Nanu at midnight, have Nuppi n G,  to blow all the candles at once , make a wish get lots of hugs n blessings ( gifts from mom dad Nanu ,and Nuppi G is a MUST)

I fondly remember all the childhood birthday parties thrown by my mau n papa, 2 cakes baked by mom decorated with whipped cream and gems by Nuppi and adolescence b'days when u r old enuff not to hv parties at home , but young enuff to not to throw parties at hotels,,,I remember my mom burning midnight oil to stitch me a new dress to wear to school next day, with matching socks, bow and hair belts the pretty basket of toffees and chocolates that papa use to decorate and Anne Geddes cards from Nuppi. The best birthday for me was when I was in 7th grade , dad wanted to watch this cricket match desperately but he let it go for taking us for an outing, I remember him getting a silk skirt for me at 11 at nite n feeling guilty for not being able to gimme gift during daytime...

I remember a particular b'day of mine when situations were tough and I was not wid my mom dad even when we were in the same city, I find tears in my eyes when remember how my uncle's in laws tried to make it a happy day for me, The particular 8 Nov 04 made me realize not to take blessings of God & ur family for granted...

I know "family” b’days are not possible for me now but I wanted few friends of mine to be with me, when I resolve to face the future with more understanding, maturity n calmness

WHAT I WANT ON THIS BIRTHDAY:

I want Munmun, Md, Rishi bhai, and Niti , Puneet ,Shaily ,Sandy...

I want to hug them tight n pray to god that we all be together as long as possible...

I want to be a better human being, a good daughter and good friend

I want a good job

I want to start exercising

And last but not the least

I don’t want any more grey hair for at least 7 years!!!!!!!

Happy 24th B’day to me

P.S: I did not want to purposely hurt feelings of any of my friends and I thank all my friends for taking time out of their busy lives n share this day with me

Thanx priya for a wonderful black forest cake, and a celebration that made me happy , thank you for being such a wonderful roomie , when I am not...

Thank you guys :)