Its 26th August 2011 today...just one month ago we returned back to India from our wonderful US trip. So I just felt like writing a blog about those very last moments which we spent there....
It was the night of July 23rd and this night was definitely not a normal one. It was our last night in US, in Wisconsin, in UWP and ofcourse in our lovely apartment...2-I and 2-H. I still remember that we had a pizza for dinner (I had a packet of maggi). Post dinner...Our dear friend Jordania came down to meet us. During our stay of 3 months...we spent a wonderful time with her. She is a n awesum human-being. We had a long chatting session with her. Myself and Andy were busy weighing our bags while Snehal was still in mid of her packing session, Vedita still had to buy a cabin bag for herself and Rohit & Shivani were as usual busy with their never-ending jokes and a game of UNO. To add up to it dey went for their routined nite-walk. By the time they returned...I had gone off to sleep.
The morning of 24th July 2011.....evryone was set on their toes. Loads of stuff lying here and there. We had to hand over our apartment in the same condition as we got it 3 months ago. In our case....it was totally opposite....paper bags lying here and there, dustbin all scattered, kitchen was full of stains and what not. But we had no option but to clear it up. Apart from that we also had to do our individual last moment packing ;-)
I still remember that even on the last day we had some stupid argument...hehe. It as a part of our daily routine though so we dint carry forward it. Suresh sir came to pick us at sharp 11 am and we decided to load in maximum luggage in his car. Surprising but even at this point of time...SHOPPING was still on our list (That was the integral part of US ofcourse). We prepared curd-rice for lunch but didnt get anytime to eat it beacuse of the last moment rush. We were so busy loading the luggage that it was only when I sat in the car...I realised that m not ever gonna cum back to my apartment again. I was instantly choked when I had this thought. No words could explain what I was feeling at that point of time.
We had our stop-overs at walmart and outlet mall for the very last time and now we were on our way to Airport. Sir had put some funny hindi songs over which we had a healthy laughing exercise. Finally we arrived at the airport and just when we were standing outside, me and Shiva realised tht it was the same place where sir had come to pick us on the very first day. It was freezing cold when we landed in US and we were waiting at the same point. I just told Shiva that "still can't believe it that its time to go back''......And I still remember her face at that time. Both of us had tears in our eyes which didnt roll down as we thought gulping them was the only thing we could do at that point.
After our check-in sessions and security check we were all set to leave. But Suresh sir went somewhere at that time and I still remember that how badly we all wanted to have just one glimpse of him then. We had got a thank-you card for him which we wanted to hand over. Finally we saw him and Vedita just gave it to him in all that rush of security check. We couldnt even say a proper good-bye to him. It was only after the whole security check was done that we gave him a call and spoke to him and felt a little better.
Bidding a goodbye to O'hier airport and the land of US....we were finally on our way to India. To meet our families, friends and all our dear ones who were eagerly waiting for us.
Even today every small thing takes me down the memory lane of our US trip. Right from boiling milk, cutting veggies, watching movies, chatting sessions, playing UNO...me and Roooo still keep messaging each other saying that...
"MISSING WISCONSIN"......!!!!!
