Day 25: For Opportunities and Celebrations

Today, I am thankful for…

1. Being able to wake up in the morning the way I did.
2. The journey back from Andheri that I covered in an hour and ten minutes only (although it was in the scorching heat as compared to the chilled crispy weather that I rode through yesterday morning…)
3. The celebrations that we had in class today to celebrate Tanuruh’s Birthday, Reena Ma’am ‘s farewell and the farewell for the PCC and IPCC May ’10 batches… Oh, and The Achievers’ Academy Students’ Act, 2010 was passed today… to demonstrate how a Bill turns into an ACT!!! :P
4. The opportunities that Life has granted me. And though I may have made plenty of wrong choices in the past and let go of wonderful opportunities, I’m glad to say that today I got another one and I took it. I’ll elaborate more when I am in a position to give out details… :)
5. Having this outlet. As I’ve said earlier; there are days when things are just fine, and there are days when THIS helps me to look at the brighter side of things. I am grateful for a lot of things; and I’m happy that I know that I am grateful for them!!! :) :)

Day 24: For a Good Head Start

Today, I am thankful for...

1. The early morning bike-ride in the crisp chilly weather.
2. THIS VERY MOMENT!!!!! :)
3. Being able to start studying today... Finally... however little the amount of work done, it is still a start and a good one at that considering the fact that I had every reason to be distracted every single minute.
4. Being able to enjoy studying with someone (the insightful discussions - about and away from the subject - and doubt solving sessions adding to the fun) an knowing that it was successful... :)
5. Being able to go to sleep after having accomplished something worthwhile today. :)

Day 23: For the Belly-aching Laughter

Today, I am thankful for…

1. Being able to remember each and every step that we had learnt during the last dance class; and for finding out that I’ll be standing at the centre of the stage while dancing! :) :)
2. The unexpectedly awesome response that I got on the photo album that I uploaded on Facebook.
3. The different kind of conversation we had today; we spoke about our childhood, our pre-teens… you know… its fun knowing that part of someone’s life when you knew them, but didn’t know the other things about them!
4. The rest that I’ve been getting the last few days… I’ve been sleeping for more than 10 hours each day. I don’t know what’s tiring me so much, but it is difficult to get myself out of the bed!! It could be the work-out, but more than that I think I’m exhausted with the stuff in my head. So I’m thankful for the sleep!!
5. The awesome conference call with Jyothi and Vishal, where I laughed so hard that my belly ached!!!! These people can be reaaaaalllly funny without even having to try at all!! And I’m just glad about that!!! :) :)

Day 22: For the Indescribable Relief!!!!

Today, I am thankful for…

1. Being able to have a telephone conversation with quite a few people with whom I hadn’t spoken over the phone in a really long time.
2. Being able to visit the temple, just to say ‘Thank You’ for the wonderful weekend that I had! :)
3. Finally being able to re-organize my cupboard in a way that the clothes don’t threaten to fall out every time I open the door. It’s a lame thing, I know; but I’m really glad that I was able to re-organize it. I can now safely get my clothes out of the cupboard! ;)
4. Actually being able to bring myself to the stage of looking forward to the next two and a half months which are not going to be easy!
5. The enormous relief that I had when I heard Sandeep’s voice. I got a text message from him around four (when I was in the middle of a lecture) saying that he had left for the day and when I tried calling him around six, his phone wasn’t reachable (by which time he should have almost reached home). It was an hour and a half later that I heard from him and found out that I couldn’t reach him because of some network issues; and during those ninety odd minutes, my mind was trying really hard to not think of the worst things that could happen. So you can see how I was relieved when he finally called!!! :)

Day 21: For Others' Happiness

Today, I am thankful for…

1. Being able to chat with Madhu and Jay together!!! We had a three way voice conference on Skype. More than anything, I was glad when Jay said he was happy that he was able to speak to Madhu after a long time. :)
2. Finding out that something that the beau was trying to do (work related ;)) which wasn’t happening for the last few days, finally happened today. It was like a relief for him, which means a relief for me too.
3. Jyothi’s happiness!! She got an offer from University of Pittsburgh!!! Yay!!! I’m sad that she’ll be going away this year for another two years at least; but I’m happy for her!!
4. The how happy my students were when I finished the lecture about half an hour early.
5. The dance class that I had today. We started with Bollywood Jazz and danced to the remixed version (which had a faster tempo than the original) of Chiggy Wiggy from the film ‘Blue’. We almost finished the dance and the fast, mast movements were awesome!!!! :) :)

Day 20: For having a Direction in Life

Today, I am thankful for…

1. The happiness that I feel with what I have, and being able to be absolutely content with the way things are.
2. Having the enthusiasm to study again and the zeal to make it this time.
3. Having a direction, a goal in life that is responsible for the sudden spurt of enthusiasm. :)
4. The late morning today and almost entirely the afternoon that I spent talking on the phone. If it wasn’t for the call getting disconnected every few minutes, I wouldn’t have even gotten tired! :D
5. The way things have suddenly changed; from almost nothing to everything that I ever wanted! :) :) :)

Day 19: For Yesterday's Bliss & Tomorrow's Promises

Today, I am thankful for…

1. The awesome day that yesterday was. (I know, I write a post each day and so I’ve covered ‘yesterday’ in the previous post. But it’s unfair if I don’t mention it today because a mere mention of the fact in that one post kind of does not do justice to the day’s awesomeness. So here it goes again), and knowing that Tomorrow will be just as bright and wonderful!
2. The thoughtful present that I got. It’s just great when someone knows exactly what to get you on a special occasion.
3. Being able to spend the weekend with Omkar because he’s leaving for Australia in a few days!
4. Knowing that, in a few days I’ll be able to talk to everyone that I am close to for free… Ba-bye phone bills!! ;)
5. Finally having a close to perfect Valentine’s Day.

Day 18: For a whole new List of Firsts

Today’s post is going to be a little different. The whole day, and by whole I mean each living minute of the entire day since I woke up has been eventful and I don’t want to pick just 5 things out and be unfair to the other things that happened today.

For one, as of today I have been with my beau for three whole months and although three months is not such a long time, we decided to make it count and celebrate today as a combination of THAT and Valentine’s Day!

All I want to say here is that even though I’m not going to be listing down each one of the little and not-so-little awesome things that happened today, I am going to remember every single detail for the next few decades at least! So that saves me the trouble of writing a whole blog post which will be way too mushy for your liking (and way too personal for me to be openly talking about!)

So what if I didn’t list five things today? The whole point of this blog was to find the happiness hidden in everyday things and to avoid finding faults with what’s happening and complaining about life. So how does it matter whether I write paragraphs or a five pointer list? I am happy and that’s what matters! :)

Day 17: For the LOVE-ly Weekend Plans

Today, I am thankful for…

1. Knowing that, the beau has a holiday tomorrow. :D
2. Being able to cancel class for the weekend myself, so that I can… you know… spend THIS weekend the way it’s supposed to be spent.  :D :D
3. The two hours of massage and pampering at the Salon.
4. The happiness that I was able to give the kids in the class by canceling my lectures for the next 2 days… :P
5. Knowing that the weekend spent with everyone is going to be totally awesome!!!!!!

Day 16: For being Pampered

Today, I am thankful for…

1. The new friends that I made in dance class today; and even more so because one of them doted over me so much, I truly enjoyed it!!!
2. The new work-out medley in the dance class that had songs from the ‘80s. The awesome foot thumping songs, and Bhuvan’s (our instructor.. yes the cute one) expressions which were worth watching as he made us dance to the tunes of ‘Dum Maaro Dum,’ ‘Om Shanti Om,’ ‘Disco Deewane,’ etc. made the work-out more energetic and fun than it already is.
3. The half an hour of before-the-dance-class practice that we did, that helped us all to know each other better.
4. Being able to complete project that I had undertaken; well before the deadline (which was this Friday.) Jay wanted me to help him design his dad’s website and I was supposed to give him at least two prototypes of what the home page should look like; and I completed that early today morning and sent it to him. Needless to say, he liked them both! :)
5. The awesome adjectives and nouns (converted to adjectives) that were used to describe what I mean to him. I have never ever, ever felt so wanted and pampered in my entire life!