Circa Jan 2009 - July 12 2009
... The calm that preceded it and the madness that ensued!
New Year 2009 started with me, my phlegm :| (Yes, I had a bad cold throughout that week), the couch, the TV and umpteen cans of soup. After an uneventful 2008 (well, not really.. I lost a car, gained one and ran 13 miles in a go between one car to another :P), and after the eager countdown to 2009 from my side as well as D's, had an interesting trip to florida just before the curtains closed on 2008. Spent a bomb during the entire trip, but came back recharged and refreshed until the lords of cold finally caught up with me :|
Two weeks went by with one trip to the airport and out of nowhere there was a sudden renewal of frayed threads, almost forgotten contacts, and finally a long overdue pilgrimage to the dish.
A rendezvous for coffee became more than just that and fast-forward another week, and "Hey, so what do you think? Do you want to come help with dialogues for this musical?". A meeting, and yet another meeting later, I was IN !! .. fleshing out these 6 entities, thinking like them, talking like them, getting into and out of their shoes to know EXACTLY how they'd react, so much so that the discussions would often degenerate to "no no, why the hell would Preeti say that!!??!! Rahul would NEVER do such a thing" .. and so on...
Things just sped by in a haze.. Professionally, personally there was so much going on that I can hardly separate one from another now :)))
The pace slowed down a little, and then I was like "Ohhh, why dont I get involved here too, and that, and thaat? yeah sure why not!" and it just kept adding up.
And then there was this woman who calls me Nan's (do I look like a paratha? I thought I was more of the cushion!) and believes in "racing to the TOP" .. and this other woman who keeps bugging me for 5 bucks so that she can go get a life and dances in 24 hr dance marathons... it just kept getting more and more interesting !!
Before I knew it , it was the July 4th long weekend, and 35 people had everything from butterflies to huuuge dragons in their stomachs about July 12th !
Now, one week and two days later.. I realized I was aware of the hills yet again and that going to work is probably THE main activity I'll be doing for some time to come, and that weekends are actually going to be less busy and more relaxed than weekdays :))
The roller coaster is on smoother rails now.. but what a ride it was!! ;)
The lesson to take home ?
UNAMAS \\m//
New Year 2009 started with me, my phlegm :| (Yes, I had a bad cold throughout that week), the couch, the TV and umpteen cans of soup. After an uneventful 2008 (well, not really.. I lost a car, gained one and ran 13 miles in a go between one car to another :P), and after the eager countdown to 2009 from my side as well as D's, had an interesting trip to florida just before the curtains closed on 2008. Spent a bomb during the entire trip, but came back recharged and refreshed until the lords of cold finally caught up with me :|
Two weeks went by with one trip to the airport and out of nowhere there was a sudden renewal of frayed threads, almost forgotten contacts, and finally a long overdue pilgrimage to the dish.
A rendezvous for coffee became more than just that and fast-forward another week, and "Hey, so what do you think? Do you want to come help with dialogues for this musical?". A meeting, and yet another meeting later, I was IN !! .. fleshing out these 6 entities, thinking like them, talking like them, getting into and out of their shoes to know EXACTLY how they'd react, so much so that the discussions would often degenerate to "no no, why the hell would Preeti say that!!??!! Rahul would NEVER do such a thing" .. and so on...
Things just sped by in a haze.. Professionally, personally there was so much going on that I can hardly separate one from another now :)))
The pace slowed down a little, and then I was like "Ohhh, why dont I get involved here too, and that, and thaat? yeah sure why not!" and it just kept adding up.
And then there was this woman who calls me Nan's (do I look like a paratha? I thought I was more of the cushion!) and believes in "racing to the TOP" .. and this other woman who keeps bugging me for 5 bucks so that she can go get a life and dances in 24 hr dance marathons... it just kept getting more and more interesting !!
Before I knew it , it was the July 4th long weekend, and 35 people had everything from butterflies to huuuge dragons in their stomachs about July 12th !
Now, one week and two days later.. I realized I was aware of the hills yet again and that going to work is probably THE main activity I'll be doing for some time to come, and that weekends are actually going to be less busy and more relaxed than weekdays :))
The roller coaster is on smoother rails now.. but what a ride it was!! ;)
The lesson to take home ?
UNAMAS \\m//
posted by nandhini at
11:27 AM
2 Comments:
How come I missed this post? 2009 is coming to an end already!!!! .. can't believe it .. Florida trip was almost an year back .. :-o ..
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D, at 1:31 PM
yeah I know!!!
I never got over florida for a very longggg time actually :)))
I lovedd that trip :)), although u might find that hard to believe ;)
By
nandhini, at 4:18 PM
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