Musings of an Idiot

Sleepless to Delhi

It has been a really long time and i feel exhausted. I had a sleepless night at Hyderabad - thanks to Lance. It was hilarious though. I was just drifting off into deep sleep when i felt a solid kick on my arm -it woke me up and it was Lance, who kicked me in his sleep. I thought to myself that sometimes that happens and i decided to try and get back to sleep but as soon as I was about to fall asleep Lance jumped up on the bed screaming and he was trying to brush off insects or whatever imaginary friends he has off his body. I got concerned and asked him if he was alright, to which he mumbled something incoherently and flopped into the bed asleep on the other side - a complete 180 degrees from how he was sleeping before. He was still mumbling in his sleep, so i politely enquired if he wanted to increase the fan speed but as soon as i asked the question Lance fell silent.

I decided that it might be best if I did it myself, so I got up from my side of the bed - walked across the whole room in the dark and turned the speed of the fan up a notch {it was only a hand's stretch away from Lance}. As I was walking back to my side of the bed, Lance suddenly woke up and asked me, "Are you alright?" , I looked at him puzzled for a full minute and before i could answer he had gone back to sleep. I swear if it wasn't that dark, I would have given him a smack on his head to set things right but I decided to let matters sleep and went back to my side and tried going back to sleep. As soon as i was drifting into sleep again - Lance decided that he wanted the whole bed to himself and his body went diagonal and I almost fell off the bed. So I slept on 1/4th of the bed till the time the alarm went off at 4.00 A.M in the morning as we had to catch a flight back to Delhi. When I told all this to Lance in the morning he did not remember anything and was puzzled as to how he woke up on a completely different side of the bed. We had a good laugh and I am laughing the loudest because now I am no longer bound by my self-promise not to kick or punch anyone in sleep.(:-)

The flight back was uneventful and ever since we have been in Delhi, we have been roaming about the city from market to market. I am feeling a tad weak, have a headache and my eyes want to close even though I want them to remain open and Lance is still wondering as to how he woke up on the other side of the bed.

Delhi is cold - figuratively as well as weather wise and I would say that it still feels like a decaying city. Hyderabad is a really nice place and it is much more pleasent and cleaner than Delhi [relatively speaking]. I am still in a state of disbelief that the time flew away so fast. 2 more days to enjoy the smell, the taste and the feel of India.

Bye for now,
Amit

posted by Amit @ 4:44 PM