Clock Struck 2 AM.
I was busy packing to leave the land of our famous "Nest", Minneapolis for the fifth time in 3 years...!
My phone ringed....wondering who in the world is calling me at this time of the night, I picked my mobile...It was Rajan(logic) on the other end....
"Solra machaaan....enne pantu iruka? office la vela nu sonniye? U still in office?"
"Yeah da...pretty hectic...just took a break....dei ..am now cing our nest apartment da...the road we used to take to office....and the long walks we used to have in the neighbourhood during those wonderful days.....cha...antha time e inimeal varaatha da?....wat a wonderful time it was...."
"Extreme Nostalgia" written all over rajan's voice....he sounded so so very emotional....
Obvious...It made me emotional too....Well just a slightest thought about our nest life would make us feel "emotional" and at the same time "special "....considering the fact that it is indeed a rarity for 8 of us from the corners of southern india...to join together and still be close to hearts for more than 12 years now...
"The Nest Life" will be always so special in all our lives....
That night...we chatted a bit about all those wonderful moments we had staying together...we re-collected a few interesting things that happened...and we just couldn't digest the fact that we can't come across such beautiful times in our lives again...
Yes! We won't come across those days in our lives yet again....but we are glad that we went through that wonderful phase in life...cant explain that feeling in mere words...
Four years have passed from the time we joined together in "minneapolis" and we used to think back at that time whether it will be possible for us to remain the same after entering into wedding fundaes....being in minneapolis ...all of us ...with the families ...together....well...frankly we never thought that would happen....
But God had other plans! :)
Days passed and the re-grouping started in minneapolis....After a minor struggle...Rajan and Preetha made it to msp to join Laxmi(Mr.Perfect) n Sangeetha...so did Arief (Bhai) n Fouzi...Theo(Mr T) n Nisha who were getting settled in a different place suddenly had to come to msp ....and meez (ramesh) who left our company.....re-joined the company and came onsite with his family(vaish n hari kutti).....raji(kula vilaku) though married had to stay in a different place though....
Biddu and myself were the "Single" guys and we managed to stay together...
It was a magical re-union!
However, we deeeply missed our dear "Nannu"(Anand) whom god choose to take to be with him....leaving an unerasable pain in our hearts...for the rest of our lives....It is an irrepairable loss and the moments spent with him...his actions...his mischievous acts...his everything..would remain in our hearts...
All family guys are now growing their own small nest ;) Though we stay in differnt apartments, the spirit of "Nest" makes us feel very happy n satisfied of being together.....
I have nothing more to add but to thank "Almighty" for giving us this wonderful oppurtunity to stay together for some more time in our lives.....
Hope...Me n Biddu join the "Nest" with our beloveds and Raji joins us too to make it a complete circle :)
Long Live the Spirit of Nest!
-Dina
