'Twas my birthday yesterday. I'm glad I got to ring it in the way I wanted. A nice and peaceful get together with the people I am closest to on campus. There was a little tension in the air between some friends. But it was all overshadowed by the fact that their presence there despite any personal problems meant the most to me. I was awoken from slumber to be greeted and wished by everyone at my door. I sorted myself as well as I could and made myself presentable. The cake, needless to say, was mindblowing!!!
The plan for the evening was to comprise of a quiet dinner with "him" and "the beard". That was cut short by a downpour and poor infrastructure (at a bakery!!!).
In the meantime, I've been trying to get my bearings right on campus (again!!!). Trust me, it's not easy being me. I have unsuccessfully juggled being with both batches. It's so much easier to pretend like nothing's changed and that I'm still a part of the batch of 2006. But as I see my new batchmates around me it finally hits home that they're the people I'll be studying and interacting with for the next 2 years. So I take a deep breath and make an effort to be a part of them. I give up somewhere down the line and slip back to square one. That's not the way it's meant to be.
