Reunion with old friends

This extended looong weekend was absolutely amazing and there's only one reason for it. Reunion with old friends. Just didnt realize how quickly time flew. The 3 days seemed more like 3 hours. We've been friends since the second year of engineering i.e. since 1996. That makes it 10 years of unbroken friendship. And the 10-man team is still going strong.

The team's largely separated now by geographical distances but the will to bind with each other is extremely strong amongst all of us. Right now, there are 5 of us in the USA, 2 in Dallas, 1 in Charlotte, 1 near Chicago and 1 (that's me) in Florida and the 4 of us met in Disneyland in Florida.

Most of the daytime during the last 3 days was spent either driving or walking in Disneyland. The nights were reserved for special group talks, with a bottle of beer or smirnoff or any other form of alcohol. The DP as we like to call it, is something absolutely special and I look forward to it each time we meet.

Its a "reveal-it-all-no-holes-barred" forum where each one blurts his heart out, opening a Pandora's box and unearthing the deepest, darkest secrets and everyone listens intently and at times shockingly to the revelations. This time too we had such a thing. And if you're thinking this post is about to reveal-all, think again.

The post is about a feeling of emptiness, a feeling of void, a feeling of loneliness, a feeling to reach out to friends, a feeling to re-live the moments shared. Right now I'm feeling just like when you get a hang-over after a wild drunk night.

Although I was at the receiving end of all the jokes cracked during the trip, I enjoyed each and every moment and now when our short reunion is over, I'm missing the jokes, I'm missing the DP, I'm missing the senti-talks. To put it simply, I'm missing my friends. I really am!

Maybe its the infrequent happenings of such events that make me look forward to such reunions. No maybe not, because I'm pretty sure if such reunions were to happen regularly, I'd still enjoy it as much as I did during the 3 days. But, given the practical constraints such regular reunions will remain just a desire.

At the end of it all the bottom-line is that I love my friends a lot. I miss them desperately and absolutely cant live without them. Love you guys! Thanks for staying with me and supporting me always!