Spring!

Spring is nature's way of saying, "Let's party!" ~ Robin William

So, we did!

It has been a lovely (and much needed) fun and friends filled couple of weeks. Spring break at home was a week-long orgy of great food and relaxing the evening away with friends (Thank you: C, V, B & K). Appams to paranthas to stir-fry veggies to dal dholki, we were on a gastronomic journey via our kitchen!

The break started off with us visiting the Joshua Tree National Park; it is quite close-by, and it showcases the beauty of the desert in all its glory. I am so going back once the cacti bloom! Yes, I find deserts to be breath-taking in their expansiveness and very soothing to my soul. Side-effects of growing up next door to the Thar desert. We found an oasis smack in the middle of nowhere and were led on a merry chase by a naughty, camera-shy rabbit! Kinda like life, isn't it, full of surprises where you don't expect them!

But then, what would life be without surprises? -- so blah!

Next up was the pseudo-surprise birthday party weekend for 'loco Reggie' (All of us, A, P, R & F), super-fun times!! More good food, yummy cake, smashed-in-your-face-cake, a special surprise, and a carefully chosen gift by the DY gang! Click sessions, games, gossip and random, freaky PDAs. Oh, and we had a poetry recital session in the morning where Jhansi ki Rani crossed the Ancient Mariner. Very, very random and reminded me of 6th/10th class in school, where I had to do the same, and it so was not half-as-much fun as this! We made the budday baby(!) bunk class, and come bowling with us where we all got our asses kicked by super-B! Finger-licking South-Indian food was a perfect end to an amazing week!

Now this is where I get into the bitch-bitch crib-crib mode again, KGI caught up to us and demanded reading and submissions from us hapless people. I have such a love-hate relationship with deadlines; I hate them when they are there, but that's when I love to work! Craaaaazy!

And then, it actually turned Craaaaazyyy! That is a story that's still unwritten, but coming soon :)