The Spring Surprise!
Who wouldn’t need a break after those weeks full of homework, submissions and exams? At least I would need it!
I was so excited about the spring break. It was my first spring in United States. Since weeks I had been reading on the white boards of my dorm rooms that ‘--- days remaining for spring break!’ I wondered how excited those girls were about the spring break. I even heard friends talking about their plans for the spring break. At one point, I was happy that I will have some time to relax and hangout with friends, but at the other end I was jealous of those who were heading towards their home to see their parents during the spring break.
My family is in India and it’s not at all practical to take $1500 flight to India just for a week that takes 20 hours just to reach India from United States! So I had to be here in the States. My friends planned to hangout with each other for a day or two and then go to our respective relative’s place. We all had fun going out shopping and eating Indian food. On the third day everyone went to their relative’s place and I returned back to the dorm. Purdue was dead without students, but the mesmerizing weather accompanied my loneliness.
Then on March 14, I called at my home in India to wish my brother on his birthday. My dad told me to call after sometime so that I could wish two persons at the same time. I didn’t really understand what my dad meant, but then after two hours I got good news that my sister had given birth to a lovely baby boy! I was on cloud nine. At that point of time I was dying to go back to India and kiss the baby. However that was not possible so I tried and celebrated the time with myself. Just this news made my spring break the best break in my life!
I can’t stop thanking God for giving me such a wonderful Spring Surprise!
I was so excited about the spring break. It was my first spring in United States. Since weeks I had been reading on the white boards of my dorm rooms that ‘--- days remaining for spring break!’ I wondered how excited those girls were about the spring break. I even heard friends talking about their plans for the spring break. At one point, I was happy that I will have some time to relax and hangout with friends, but at the other end I was jealous of those who were heading towards their home to see their parents during the spring break.
My family is in India and it’s not at all practical to take $1500 flight to India just for a week that takes 20 hours just to reach India from United States! So I had to be here in the States. My friends planned to hangout with each other for a day or two and then go to our respective relative’s place. We all had fun going out shopping and eating Indian food. On the third day everyone went to their relative’s place and I returned back to the dorm. Purdue was dead without students, but the mesmerizing weather accompanied my loneliness.
Then on March 14, I called at my home in India to wish my brother on his birthday. My dad told me to call after sometime so that I could wish two persons at the same time. I didn’t really understand what my dad meant, but then after two hours I got good news that my sister had given birth to a lovely baby boy! I was on cloud nine. At that point of time I was dying to go back to India and kiss the baby. However that was not possible so I tried and celebrated the time with myself. Just this news made my spring break the best break in my life!
I can’t stop thanking God for giving me such a wonderful Spring Surprise!
2 comments:
Wow! That is such exciting news! I can't imagine being away from my family and friends during spring break. You are a very strong girl!
I don't think I would like not being able to go home as freely over breaks, but I definitely understand that going home every break, especially if home was out of the U.S., is not possible. I agree with Christine that you are a strong girl! It must be very exciting to have a nephew. I hope that I can become an aunt soon too! :)
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