Vacations and more vacations. That's what
everyone does mostly nowadays. And yes, summer holidays are meant for
vacations. And there's our faithful Instagram that keeps us updated on others’
vacation plans and progresses.
We too had planned for our small vacation trip. I
along with my sister and her kids were going to Borivali National Park also
known as Sanjay Gandhi National Park. Ya, it doesn't sound big or spectacular,
but yeah we did enjoy though with some glitch. To begin, the slow moving
traffic was taking its toll and the kids were getting restless. Also. the heat
was no fun and the air conditioner going on full throttle was not helping.
“Not again”, lamented my sister. Thinking it was
because another car came and overtook our car, blocking our slow movement
further, I ignored her wail.
“This is the third person I am seeing who is
going to Bali this vacay. ‘Off to Bali’ is what I can always read on my
Instagram”.
Understanding her dilemma I joined in to console
her.
“What to do sis, we are in a limited budget and
limited free time. No leave from work, no extra money. Dozens of other
responsibilities”. And so forth we went on to discuss about our incapabilities
to take a big budget trip to some exotic location.
Since attempts to change her mood seemed futile,
to lighten her up I took our group selfie in the car. Waiting still for the
traffic to move, I encouraged the kids to sing songs. A minute later there was
a loud laughter from the backseat. The kids looked surprised at their mother
and went towards her to see what was so funny.
There was our groupie pic on
Instagram, and the caption read “ OFF TO BORIVALI”.
She hugged me from behind and said, “You know how
to make me smile”.
Ya the mood had changed, the traffic slowly was
back to normal and our small trip was going to be a happy one. Small or big,
hey come on, we were having a trip too and a pic on Instagram was a must-do.
We may not always end up living life like others
but living your life for others makes a huge difference.
