My Wait : A Short story

It was around 6.30am , sun was half risen from his abode. People were already on the roads trying to make their commute to work.On the other side of the city Gautami had hit the snooze button thrice already. It was usual thing for her to set her alarm 30 minutes earlier than her actual wake up time.

Around 7 am, Gautami was staring into the boredom of the day, same old desk, same old boss, usual lunch break and usual way back home. Life was catching up with a stereotypical lifestyle: sedentary and void of any excitement.

Today she had a special sparkle in her eye, it was not a usual day for her; she had been waiting for this day for the past few weeks. She will meet Shekar today.

It was unusually pleasant in Florida, having lived here for over 10 years she was used to the piercing heat and the humid air, it was very pleasant cold breeze that was blowing towards her. It was as jubilant and vibrant as her thoughts that morning. She jogged towards her car and let the fresh air brush against her cheeks, she was bouncing like a bird. Her parents had bought her that car when she had decided to move out after she graduated , I will always keep this car , no matter what she always said to herself.

Time was around 8.45am , she was late to work. People at her work usually came in around 8 am everyday and everyday who comes after that is looked at like a Pariah, she hated to be late but today was not like every other day. She was smiling at life. She has been waiting to get out of this work place, she was waiting for Shekar to commit on a date for the wedding. She would always tell herself just few more months.

Usual day at work people are busy scuffling through the papers, it was the month end and a usual busy day for accounting. As she sat at her desk , she had around 5 voice messages waiting for her. Day was unusually slow and she had work on few more balance sheets. Around 1pm Gautami was biting into her panini sandwich which she hoped to rejuvenate her appetite. Four more hours she said to herself.

To be continued....

Labor day, insect bites and a short story

We came back from our camping trip to the Fort Myers area, probably for the last time this year.

Camping in Florida this time of the was really a bad experience, but for my friends and hubby. I still have my Las Vegas blog pending but will go ahead and start this one, as I am still all sore from the insect bites in the camp ground.. eeew it itches and all red boo hoo.Anyway , while stacking our car with all the camping supplies I got a call from Hari asking me to wait in the store until he gets there, I ofcourse said yes and while hanging up I said to myself, I can wait all my life just for you to come. There it occured to me let me start a short story around the same angle. This is sure an old concept with many movies like 'Kuda Gawah" , "English Patient" etc.

While on the trip we decided the names of my characters, I am quite excited as this will boost my ego of having good command over the language and put my free time to some good use.