Touchdown!

What an eventful return journey! It was 10:00 pm Sunday night. We were partying for the last 2 weeks and hence thought of keeping Sunday as a "rest" day. Me, George, Saurabh and Akash had an early dinner and called it a day. After they left, I was randomly surfing the net when someone tweeted Osama is dead! I frantically opened CNN's website where they just said Osama bin Laden is dead as per confirmed sources. I switched on the TV and there it was confirmed that he was indeed dead. There was jubilation all over. It was an awesome piece of news .. really heroic. Almost the entire night was spent in front of the news. When they mentioned words like "extra security for flights" and "All forces on high alert"; I was a bit tensed since I had to fly the next day. I really hoped it would not affect the flights. Anyways, next day, I had breakfast for one last time with the guys and waited in the hotel room. I had already finished packing and had nothing much to do really. Soon it was 2:30. I had booked the shuttle for 2:45. I grabbed all the luggage, and went to the front desk waiting for the shuttle to come. Soon 2:30 become 2:45 and 2:45 became 3:00, but there was no sign of the shuttle. I called them up, to which they said, the guy will be there in 15 minutes. But soon, it was 3:15 and still no sign of him. Thats when Paul, the engineer at the hotel, was on his rounds. He asked me when was my flight. I told him it was at 6:05 and suddenly he goes like "Dude you should have been at the airport by now!" I swear that was when my heart sank! He went on an on about the traffic and how it could take more than an hour to reach the airport! I called the shuttle guys again and they said, he would be there in 2 minutes! I was losing my patience and gave them a piece of my mind. Anyways, it was 3:30 by now and I was about to call some other taxi guy. Just then, an SUV comes up and asks me whether I had booked the shuttle. I dint even waste my time answering his question, I just took all my bags and opened the trunk. I asked him to rush to the airport! Thankfully, there wasnt much of traffic and I was there at 4:15 pm with plenty of time. Anyways, everything was pretty smooth after that. I reached Amsterdam on time. Had a very rough 3 hours at the stopover because I was sooo damn sleepy. Anyways, soon it was time to board. I slept throughout the way from Amsterdam to Delhi. Man I was soo exhausted. By the time I claimed my baggage and the custom clearance, it was 12:45 a.m. My li'l cousin Karan and Dad were there to receive me. I reached home at 1:30..chatted with everyone till 2:15 or so. Everyone had office the next day, so we retired for the night. I woke up at 9 (after a very sleepless night) and lazed around the entire day. Thanks to the jetlag, my afternoon siesta lasted 5 whole hours. My bro and bhabhi came in the evening and we spent some time with beer and some awesome egg curry. Ohh it feels soo good to be home.