annual holidays

Our summer and winter holidays were filled with lots of home work but the one thing that we looked forward to was a trip to one of the hilly cities. Or even down south. I used to take it for granted while growing up. Not going was not an option. It seemed then. And we loved it. The budget hotels, crazy bus + train rides, strange but yummy dhaba food and lots and lots of trekking. Yep, we loved it all.

Until we moved out for college and the parents began to go on their own vacations and we planned trips with our friends. But then i got married. And became a mom. And now week long holidays became two-night stay affairs. Then my last vacation became a one night stay. And guess what, the annual holiday 5-day holiday to a beach town just got cancelled.

So i am pretty sad and angry and upset and very very angry. And i miss my childhood which was filled with crammed trains and dismal rooms but good food and some very nice quality time spent with your family. Where you were allowed to do crazy stuff and not worry about the chores of your house. I miss my childhood holidays. So i am pestering my parents again. To take me out for a holiday. I'll have no problem getting up to see the sun rise and the birds in the skying flying with the first rays of the sun. I want it all. And a little more