And the adventure continues..

Jusssst when we thought the worst was over...

If you ask me... I still blame it all on "The Missed Train"! If not for that, the entire horrid weekend wouldn't have come about!!

Followed by the eventful Thursday and Friday, this is what happened over the rest of the weekend.. and it could have possibly happened ONLY to "exclusive" people like us!!!

1. Saturday night -- my innocent one by two gets caught for drunk and driving...
2. Sunday morning -- We find out some #@$$$ practices offensive calligraphy... on our shiny, glossy, silvery, gorrrrrgeous bonnet of our dear motor car! -- Mourn the whole day, come up with theories on who could have done it and plot our sweet revenge
3. Sunday evening -- And Finallyyy, the BEST PART, we get locked out of our own damn house..!! - No more comments! :(

Oh Yeahh... Saturday night!! --

Okay, so unlike the erstwhile discomfited warriors, we resolved not to let the small upshots affect the rest of our days... and went Parrrrtyinng!!

8.00 p.m. -- Hit a random pub at Brigade road!

Hmmm..looks like an orgy.. all teenagers! loud dopey music... 16 something skinny nippers wearing appallingly skimpy clothes

8.15 p.m. Thats it! We're leaving before the cops bust in! :P

9.00 p.m. Hit another pub...Yeaaahh...!!

Phew! Good to see saner, not so dopey people! Love the place....

9.05 p.m. Shit! Didn't realise.. its a roof top pub..! Oooh god! Why did I decide to wear a skirt today... think can't save self from freezing to death!

Hate the DJ.. why can't they play Hindi songs!

10.00 p.m. After 3 takila and 3 vodka shots!

Love the DJ.. trans music is awesome.. !! Oooh I'm such an amazing dancer! B-)

Cute chinki giving me looks! Hmmm...Maybe should dance with him! Heehee!!

11.30 p.m. Leave pub in an inebriated state... Atleast I can hold my liquor!

11.35 p.m. Oh shit.. oh shit!! What did we do..? The police stopped out car!! Why us!!! oh shit oh shit.. should I have not screamed? Oh shit!!

12.00 p.m. Oh my god! What are we still doing here!

Bald idiot giving me dirty looks from inside his car.. Wish could thwack on his bald head! Bloody drunkard.. God! Where is husband!? [about to sob]

12.30 p.m. Pay fine and run as fast as we could (not that they could catch us again.. but still)

Gloomy Sunday

Morning -- Don't remember the time, too hungover to even bother..! Vow to self... to never touch alcohol! Never.. ever!

Sometime later in the morning

"Holy shit!"-- explodes husband... Stirring me up slightly, and I'm wondering if there is a law for jailing people for not being considerate around hungover people!!

Oh shit! there is a huge scratch on the bonnet! Shit!! When did this happen??

More reason to mourn! :( :( ALL DAY

4.00 p.m. After mourning the whole day.. Give the car for repair...In some godforsaken place! Where there is absolutely no means of transportation!

Walking back...(still hungover!)

Remind myself again -- Never going to drink again!

Ooooh.... Why does it rain here all the time! Its soo bloody cold!!

4.00 p.m. Finally!! Phew! We're home... after flouncing in the rains (not so happily though.. considering the rain, cold and a very bad headache!!)

Realise -- the house key and the car key was in the same keychain.. that we left at the repair shop!!

4.10 p.m. Oh god! Why are we so Stupid!! What are we DAZED!??

Go back to the shop.. Take an hour to reach! Annnnd guess what... the repair shop is CLOSED!

A huge lock--- literally mocking at us!

I mean how can.. Just how can.... anybody.. shut shop.. Bang in the middle of the day!!??.. I mean HOW!

Although wondering to self-- why oh why are we so smart.. but still yell at one by two -- "Why didn't you take the key out! You were driving.. How can You be so Daft! You're so careless!"

4.25 p.m. After bickering for 15 mins we Call the shop owner..

He says can't make it before 7.30!

Arrrgghh!!

With no place to go... In the rains, all drenched... we go to a sidey restaurant! Waiting for the owner to come!

Still blaming it all on husband -- Its strangely always his fault!

7.30p.m.Finally get the keys..!!Yeeaaahhh we're finalllyyy going homeeee!!

Reach home.. Hoping against ALL ODDS that this would be it..

But if only that happens with people like us!!

Guess it will always "Rain on me" ;)

Reaching Home..!

For individuals like us, small towners, who take temporary residence in the metropolis, going home especially during the festive season is a combat!

We seldom win this battle, we try every weapon -- Trains, buses, flights! But during the season of festivities, even these artilleries fail to gain victory.

I've also been a part of this battle every year, reaching home from Bangalore has never been easy, but it is the hardest during the Diwali season. This time however I decided to be smart and book the train tickets well in advance, and so my husband and I reserved our tickets for the onward as well as return journey. The whole trip seemed well planned and this time, for the first time in years I smugly stated the advantages of planning in advance to all my fellow small towners. Little did I know the smugness would cost me a great deal!

We were supposed to leave on Thursday. The events that followed

Thursday Morning

7.30 a.m. Ask the maid to not come for the next two weeks in an extremely sleepy state of mind. Say bye to husband, can't fight sleep anymore, go back to sleep. The train anyways leaves at 10.30 in the night, have enough time to finish rest of the packing!

10.30 a.m Receive a frantic call from husband --"Baby I have a feeling our train left at 7.40 in the morning! "What??????Oh shit oh shit! Can't be.. !!

10.31 a.m. Open mail, cross check timings, Oh god! I got the train number wrong! The train left in the morning.. Ooooh Noooo... why god why does this happen to me always!

Call husband-- Yell at him --"Why didn't you check the timings on the tickets! How will we reach now! Why are you so careless!!"

[sob sob sob]

12.35 p.m. Call husband again - "We're going by bus! Book tickets immediately!

01.55 p.m. Call from sister --"I'll try and get you plane tickets, you guys will reach earlier.. Give me sometime"

7.00 p.m. Stuck in a bad traffic jam...Shit! the bus leaves in half an hour! Oh shit! Oh shit!

7.30p.m. We made it phew!

Call from sister --"Don't get on the bus! I'm trying to get you tickets"

7.45 p.m. The bus is here, should we get on? Should we not get on...

7.50 p.m. See the bus go.

12.30 a.m. Call from sister -- "You know I'm trying.. keep your fingers crossed.. I'll let you know tomorrow"

Arrrrgghh! Why didn't I get on the bus! Oh why does this happen to me! How will I get home now! [sob sob sob]

Friday

Extremely sad.. Get a message from sister saying --"I can get you tickets for Monday!"

[more sob sob sob]

Husband feels sorry and we book train tickets for Sunday night.

2.30 p.m. Call from sister-- "You guys have to leave for the airport now! your flight leaves in sometime! I'll message you the manager's name, he'll get you tickets for the flight today"

Quick! get the train tickets cancelled!! We're going by air!! yeeeah!

6.00 p.m. Outside the airport, waiting for the manager! Yeah!! I'm finally going home

6.30 p.m. Where is the bloody manager! I'm hungryyyy

7.00 p.m Still no sign of the manager! Shit the flight leaves at 8.45!

7.40 p.m. Phew! Finally the manager shows up.. says its difficult to get tickets, the flights are overbooked! says he'll try anyways.

8.30 p.m. I'm not going home!

8.40 p.m. In the bus, on the way back home.. chatting to husband -- "You know.. I couldn't go because of you, all this is your fault! Oh why god.. why does this happen to me" [sob sob sob]

If only this saga had ended here... but as I had stated before, it always rains on me!

I decided to put down in writing the events that lead up because of the dazed state of my mind. I do not generally consider myself daft! But then the empty-headed actions and the leading consequences do not fail to amaze me and amuse the people around me. Since I’m always creating causes for the amusement of my friends, giving them food for laugh, I thought– maybe I should broaden this circle of amused people to an even extended masses.