Last weekend I officially became
an adult. Even though I got my right to vote six years ago, last Saturday was
when I was officially welcomed into the ‘BIG’ league. It was my brother’s
birthday and he threw a 33rd birthday bash, ‘away from the maddening
crowd’ as he liked to put it. And I was invited to his party. Now I had heard
about his ‘legendary’ parties, when I was in my teens from my aunt and I would
be like, If only…. Who knew that my wish would finally come true! So I grew up
and got myself a job in Mumbai and then got myself invited to my brother’s birthday
slash house-warming party. Yeah, it took me some years to get the invitation,
but I did manage to secure it in the end. And below is the proof.
As it turned out, the weekend
getaway was just what the doctor had ordered; work is getting crazy and
depressing by the minute and the weekend getaway was the perfect antidote. The
drive to Khopoli was a nice long drive along the Pune expressway; we enjoyed
most part of it except for the bottleneck near Panvel. We stopped for burgers
at a McDonalds near Kharghar and raced each other the rest of the way. Sadly,
the car I was in lost. Once there I realized that there were lots to do; I hadn’t
quite imagined such an empty house. I should have because he had just bought
it. So all 7 of us, including my 8 year old nephew set off in making the place
habitable. It was a task and we were thoroughly worn out and decided to steal
an hour’s nap. It was a good thing that we did because we didn’t realize that
we wouldn’t get any more sleep rest of the night.
And then the electricity betrayed
us and we sat around in the dark and in the heat till 8. When the lights did
come back, I decided that it was too much effort to put on party-worthy
clothes, so I told my brother that he can just deal with me in my shorts and
tee at his birthday party. He isn’t the kind of guy to object to comfort and
neither did anyone else.
I had met a few of my brother’s
friends, but most of them were strangers to me. But they are such awesome
people that they made the introvert Virgo me participate very actively in
everything. Apart from my nephew, who wasn’t exactly allowed in the party, I was
the youngest and it was so endearing when they were looking after me with such
care. Everyone made sure I had enough to eat and drink *wink wink*. The
in-house DJ was a friend and his mixes were really good. The party went on till
the wee hours of the morning and at 4: 30 we decided to bring the proceedings
to a halt.
It was such a huge honour to be
finally a part of my brother’s famed parties. Now I can die and go to heaven in
peace.
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