You can see the jaws fall in real time when you tell people that you’re going from “fast track grad executive in a tier 1 IT firm” to “jobless for 3 months with a back up plan that strings together some luck, a lot of trust and instinct”. I make it sound quite bad though, I can see why jaws fall. Ahem…

For all that is riding on me, I seem to have become adept at having a good time! From staying awake through the night chilling, driving through town at 5 am, drinking beyond the usual 2 pints, bike racing; the impending departure has brought out the hedonist in me. Yet, it sure has been fun. Coming off a long weekend trekking and climbing tall hills in the Sahayadris, jumped into Friday night visiting the old watering hole and staying up watching a movie and the weekend just went on to more old haunts, good music, friends, driving around. Stand out though was catching a coach and his protégé on a tennis court. Took me back to a cement tennis court in the hills and a podgy youngster some 12 years ago.

Tonight is going to be special too. Life is coming a circle; the man who started the “fast track grad program” at the firm is in town. So I should scram... :)