The Tree

It happened today. I was sleeping and had been putting off my alarm for 2 hours when suddenly, I just sat up in bed. And I mean 'sat up'! Not just 'eyes open' or something. I knew then, that even if I tried, I couldn't have gone back to sleep! And for anyone who knows me well... something like that doesn't seem natural coming from me.
After that, it took me only 20 minutes to step out of the house (it usually takes me an hour – if i'm headin for work). And I felt good gettin out of the house. The weather just perfect, a little sun and the cool, yet comfortable breeze! And as I sat in the auto... on those bumpy roads, the autowallah bhaiya switched on his radio... and there was this song playing, which just made me want to dance!! All I want to do this very moment is get out there! It's just one of those great days that was not meant to be spent indoors! Doing absolutely Nothing. What a waste. It kind of spoils my happiness of the morning. It's a day perfect for spending under The Tree, doing absolutely Nothing!
But no, I will not complain today. I'm going to test myself and see if I can maintain this feeling throughout the day, even if I am not able to do what I want most right now: To sit in the sun with PeeWee, have a nice hot cup of chai under our Tree in our most favourite place, talk about random things that are important only to us, look at people and wonder, laugh our guts out on the jokes that only we get. That is what I want most right now. Just for today. To feel that carefree and light and breezy and secure in myself. Not that I have the weight of the world on my shoulders today, but of course things have changed.
Oh and of course, I am nostalgic. We had those days. Sooo many of them. And we talk about those days and miss those times so often. People often say, in fact even I do, that we should live each moment to the fullest. And I think I do, now. And I did even then, those countless days under The Tree.
But I still miss them so much! I think I always will.