Anniversary in Vegas!!!!!!!!

Its been really really long time since i blogged...now i dunno what to blog about!!!!!Its has been a month of so many events and adventures that i am not sure where and how to start. I think i ll start off with our anniv celebs coz it was soo much fun and filled with surprises. We were planning to spend or anniv together somewhere and we were debating for a loong time as to which would be the perfect place. Finally considering all the other constraints we thought Clearwater Beach in Tampa would be a nice idea since i ve never been there and had always wanted to do parasailing and most importantly it was pretty closeby so that we could be back home to resume our duties the next day. We were supposed to start on 9th Feb and come back on 10th evening or night.

So 9th morning , we were planning to start after lunch so i thought i ll do the packing late since we are gonna be there for a day only...but then i found it really strange that Hari got up really early and was packing stuff and all active. He then said something about boarding a flight at 12:00 or something!!!!! I was completely taken aback...are we nuts to board a flight to Clearwater when it is just an hour drive from home????? I knew something was fishy and was trying to figure out what was going on when the doorbell rang. I opened the door to find our friends standing there with baloons, cards and cake!!!!!! I was completely surprised and after some happy moments of cutting the cake n stuff i was again back to my confused self wondering where are we heading to!!!! Our friends then bade us goodbye and wished a happy journey to "Clearwater" ...stressing the word Clearwater now and then. Hmmm...they left me floundering and then we packed our bags and were all set to go.

In the airport, i was checking out the flights which departed at 12:00 when Hari told it was not 12:00 but 12:40. After the security check, we landed in gate 120...i checked out the flights from gate 120 at around 12:40 and i found a flight which was scheduled to Philadelphia. Philly ??????I was confused and decided maybe we are goin to Anu's place which is at NJ. I was still uncertain and took a seat still calculating the probabilities of going to Philly. Around 12:00, Hari went and stood in front of gate 123 hurriedly and asked me to join the queue for boarding the flight. Needless to say, i was flabbergasted and almost picked up a fight with him for fooling me all this time :-). Only after boarding the flight i came to know it was Las Vegas we were heading to!!!!! Wowwwwwwww....was the reaction i could manage to give!!!!

We had absolute fun in Vegas, playing the slot machines for the almost the entire night...roaming the streets and clicking photos...we then had our lunch in Tamba (great food!!!!!) and were back to the airport after spending some wonderful time there, the only regret being that the trip was toooo short. It really tuned out to be memorable 1st wedding anniv!!!!!!!

After the anniv came the Valentine's Day. We decided to go to the Wekiwa Springs with our friends and spend some quality time there. The place was really soothing and relaxing surrounded with tree's, the highlight being a beautiful natural lake. It would be an ideal place for camping overnight to hear and listen to the wild creatures in the dark. The park also offered cannoeing and kayaking options and i was thrilled!!!! I had never kayaked before and was looking forward to it. It was an awesome experience, even though at times it becomes a little tough and painful to manouver boat. We caught a glimpse of the alligators happily snoring with tortoises and cranes by their side. What a beautiful example of coexistence!!!!Made us realise the beauty of mother nature and wonder when these creatures can coexist in such peace why is that we humans fight and kill each other for trivial things in life????? Arent we supposed to be the more intelligent and sophisticated ones??? Oh ya.. the intelligence is being used in developing atom bombs and lethal weapons...the sophistication is put to use to invent new methods and devising new plans to destroy humanity. I guess we have lots of lessons to learn from these creatures and we have a long way to go before we become really civilised. Huh!!!!!! Anyways, we had good fun there and returned home after a tiring day.

Next came Hari's bday...i guess the less said about it the better. I had planned so many things and it all turned out to be a major flop since Hari decided to fall sick on his bday!!!!!He was feeling really weak and in no mood to celebrate. Later in the evening, our friends came home to surprise Hari and by gods grace he was better by that time. There ended a fevery shaky bday.

Nothing much to add...i had my spring break for a week and it was gone in a jiffy. Now back to normal routine of classes and cooking back home. Lets see what more is to come!!!!!!!!