An evening to remember

Was going through my routine life.....the usual...office n home. Dragging myself through each day, with the hope that this is my last week at work. Then am off for a 5 months leave. But this week seemed the longest.....everyday getting to work and back seemed such a tedious affair.

Yesterday was one such normal weekday. Back from home by 7pm....sat munching something to kill my hunger till dinner time and watching TV. My hubby said he would try to get back home early tonite.....but some meeting came up and he would be back only by midnight. I was so looking forward to meeting him for dinner tonight, but duty beckons! So was left to myself to spend the entire evening......all alone.....with my baby performing his somersaults as often as he desired (its amazing how much this tiny bundle of energy moves!).

My friend called up asking him out for dinner with her and her husband.......I was already sulking about being alone, so dinner with them seemed a real nice offer. But felt a teeny weeny bit guilty about going alone without my hubby, when he was slogging it out at work. That guilt didn't linger too long in my mind, and I was back into high spirits as I got ready for the dinner........if only I knew that the dinner invite was just the tip of the iceberg of the evening to come....

My evening was turning out unexpectedly interesting....so the weather felt like contributing her share as well..........rain poured like crazy.....roads clogged with water....traffic jams....but I loved it! It just added so much romance to the evening! A little excitement to my otherwise routine boring day i thought.

We were on our way to the restaurant........and suddenly i find ourselves parked in front of my hubby's office! A slight addition to plans I am told.....my hubby would be coming to dinner with us! I was thrilled beyond words!! I felt this was the best thing to happen! The evening kept getting better.................

More traffic jams on our way..........and thanks to the lashing rain............i had no idea where we were headed! And again, to my total surprise, we are in driving to another friend's house. I was decided that we call them to dinner as well................"great idea" I thought. We went in......greeted their parents....fell in love with their daughter all over again....I am beginning to enjoy my evening after all!

We began to relax and dry ourselves.......playing with Aadya. And then another surprise....to my already full of surprises evening..........a cake arrives................."Welcome to your baby shower".........I was shocked.............this was the last things I was expecting...........I was totally taken by surprise........they had so smartly managed fooling me into this!!!

It was a wonderful feeling......and I enjoyed every moment of it! It made me 'feel pregnant' again....feel pampered....feel special....for me and my baby. It was a gesture I would never be able to forget....it meant so much to me....it just brought back all the excitement of being pregnant.

The otherwise routine boring day turned out to be one of the most exciting and memorable day in my life............a big THANK YOU to the director of the whole evening - Gai3....and all her partners in crime - Shwetha, Vijay, Rajendra, Ramakrishna, Ramji (my sweetheart) and Deli9 (for making the tastiest cheese cake ever!)