Out 'n' Out!


My last post seemed so strange to me! How strictly I followed my own advice for the first time! Weeks since the last blog have been really active and fun too. Camping trip, Keith Urban concert, golfing one weekend, trip to Noah's Arc water park, some more movies, a sudden trip to New York, and finally Florida trip to Sonal didi's home! Phew!! wonderful way to spend the summer in US.

And to top it all, certification! Its Infy's way to punish for being loyal to it :)Anyway, its fun to be "on-the-go". The rush in the adrenaline kind of gives you a feeling that you are alive, doing something, going somewhere! Another good side-effect is learning. Gosh, you get to learn, understand new or different things, almost exponentially.

Well, all the exaggeration apart, I really had a good summer. My decision to camping was a bit reluctant since a friend wanted me to shop at the Great Mall of America with her! but my other friends at Milwaukee were totally keen for camping. And thats how we ended up driving 5 hours to Flambeau State Forest Park and set up tent. That's when I realized that was the best place to be and the best thing to be doing at that moment! My first tent ever! Putting those nails and hammering them into ground with the ends to hold the tent strongly was an amazing experience.

Grilling potatoes and roasting maize for hours on the campgrounds was fun! My first swim in a "river" was amazing too. I was so proud that I fought my fear of water by learning to swim and actually enjoyed!

Trip to New York city was one of the best. I had never been so keen to visit any other city. It had attractive financial background :) and that city just so much full of life. Trip to Florida was another long-awaited, long-planned and pending visit to family. Will try to blog on them some other time!

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