CraZy week...but part 1

Last week was quite the crazy one ... it all started on friday the week before last .... it was the wee end of my thesis writing .... i was getting ready to hand it in on the 28th .... but with the strike i wasn't sure .... my target date was the 26th cos i was all set to go to Rochester, NY ... for thanksgiving sale ( popularly known as BLACK FRIDAY ) ..... but i was worried MJB ... might not be in his office on the 26th etc... just with his non-characteristic delays in email replies etc ... But i had my mind set to hand it in ... i was not about to wait around for the Strike to be resolved then the faculty to decide when the deadline was ...COS I had enough ... enough with everything and everyone ... i had enough with Amma and appa, enough with MJB, enough with all this SOB - strikers , and enough with over clingy friends, sentimental fools, and i had had enough with MYSELF ... the me that i had become in the last 3 months .... i was startin' to lose this person that others cherished ... i had become a .... a .... a.....
So a couple weeks back i had decided that no matter what .... i had to go back to being me ... so the first step was to cut the cord so to speak ... so i decided that no matter what .... i was going to hand in this thesis of mine ... no matter what MJB said ... so i was up until 3 on tuesday the 25th ... and checked and double checked... triple checked.... i went to bed ... got up at 6 ... and all over again sam ritual... went to york .... printed all the required documentation etc.... i was nervous ... butterflies in the pit of my stomach ... i was worried MJB might not be in his office ... i didnt want to leave it in his mailbox for to him to sign and hand in -- i wanted to do it all myself... so as i knocked on his door i was nervous but heard some shuffling and when the door opened i was happy ... he was happy .. big fat smile a 10 min discussion about the changes i had made... signing ... another 10 m in discussion... his seal of approval.... another 10 min discussion on the final exam ... which i believe is not even going to be based on my thesis ... isn't that an irony ?????? anyways all formalities done ... handed it in ... i peeked in the list...Aileen was the first to have handed it in on the 20th of October ... i was 5 people away ... no one else had handed anything else .... so i am hoping for a exam in late feb or early march... .... ofcourse as i saw the lady put my package away ... i felt this sudden separation pang ... but it was time to let it go ... as i rode back ... my cell... appa ... " Kelvipattiya ... bombaila ... GUNDU vachutangalan... about 80 people are dead" ... same old terrorism attack .. iyyoo pavam ... ennada sami .. ithu .... came home .... logged on and started looking for deals for our friday trip .... when i thought i should log on to times of india and see what was happening .... as i started reading and watching the videos ... that was the second the whole day and the rest of the week changed ..... next step CNN .... Ibnlive on my lappy..... couldnt believe the non-stop coverage in CNN ... still cannot ... thought i was actually back in home country .... was not in a mood to travel at all on thursaday ... but i had already promised C athai and also appa ( he wanted some things) .... so dragged myself ... spoke to amma .... as always ... "life must go on my dear " i was both angry and understood what she meant ... i was starting to feel like a SURANAIKETTA person ... but i suppose ....one needs to push on not crumble ... thursday / friday and saturday are a blur ... i had had a total of maybe 15 hours of sleep for all three days ... sunday was no different ... cleaned the house ... cooked , cleaned ... a friend turned 21 ... so spent the day with him ....