LIFE ON MY OWN!

For the past 8 months, i have been living in my own appartment. its been a marvellous experience.
after a hectic day at college, it amazing to come home and relax in the kitchen.. biopsych classes give me ample time to decide what i want to cook that night for dinner. on the way back, i pick up the necessary ingredients for the scrumptious meal i plan and i get back home. after a quick wash and a ten minute laze, i run to my haven... the delicious aroma of a variety of indian spices soon fills the small house. what makes cooking even better is the company of my two friends who bring "modas" and settle themselves in the kitchen where we all try our hands at making new dishes, jabber nonstop and laugh away to glory at our blunders in the kitchen.. like schezwan rice that was too spicy to eat.... we made pizzas, pasta, schezwan rice, chapatti, puliogare, potato or ladies finger dishes, variety of chicken dishes, bombay toast when we were lazy, cutlets.... and for dessert, gulab jamun, payasam or just some chocolate.... good food makes almost anyone happy and it obviously made us extremely happy. like all "cheri" students living on a budget, we waited for someone's birthday or someone's parents to come so we would get treated to some good food...
in the evenings, we took a walk to have paani puri, finished work on presentations and stuff and then watched some movie - however bad it was and eventually fell asleep... to wake up to yet another of classes, food, friends....
cleaning the house, paying bills on time, buying household goods were all new to me, and in the first month when i enjoyed it i thought it was probably because it still felt like i was playing house. but now 8 months down the line, i still enjoy every moment of it.
8 months ago, i wasnt sure i could manage a house on m own, but now i know i can.. my doors are always open to friends and most often i have friends dropping in or staying over... it makes life here fun..
the ultimate compliment though, was when my parents had come over for a few days and saw the way i run the house and they said they were impressed....
im glad to say that i can now officially live on my own!!!!!!!