Looking Forward 24

It all seems surreal now,like a sweet memory from a distant past,but the beauty of it all still nestles me. Face smothered with cake,roomful of people with eyes clearly showing a disrupted sleep, b'day jingles resonating with thunderous laughter, Oh boy growing old isn't so bad after all!

The monotonic tune started its hum late in the night, since im not really a nocturnal creature waking up at 12AM was a real chafe. B'day wishes followed by conversation i couldn't really comprehend kicked off what happened to be one super-dooper day. Phew! The tune that started as a hum went into full throttle by early morn , so much so i was dreading gettin my brains fried by all those strange radio waves.
Yummy Pancakes and FruitSalad for breakfast(courtesy::Sis) and a big fat cheque (coutesy::Dad) , i was expecting this cos my sis knows i like pancakes(extra-crispy) for breakfast and my dad was just upholding the tradition that he started a decade back,its true when they say men and shopping stand at two ends of the totempole!
The real suprise was shadowing me thru all this, something that left me numb,something that brought a tiny tear(moi not the sensitive types thats why tiny!) , something that ill treasure for a long time.

*puttin on the poet's cap*

they came on bikes with a cake to surprise,
and when they stepped into my house,oh boy i was stupefied!

endless mails must be ve gone back and forth,
i know this cos i ve done it too before.

a suprise early in the mornin was something i wasn't expecting,
cos it was a saturday and they are the types who don't like to cut short their snoring!

they were all there,my othala gang
but the leader,Mr.Othala was missing cos he was nursing a jaw hang!

b'day song was sung and the cake was cut,
deep down i was cursing that extra candle abut!

i couldn't cut the cake cos my hands were shivering,
excitement,shock and happiness ,Oh boy my legs were really trembling.

then followed the tradition of stifling face with cake,
i didn't complain cos i knew wht a food facial chocolate would make!

but all this came with a big big price,
later in the evening i had to scrub and vaccum the carpet to make it clean and nice!

i don't know how to thank you all for the wonderful b'day gift,
it will surely remain with me for long and not go adrift!

boy i suck at poetry, but othala gang a big thank u(its coming straight from my heart) ,one of the beshhtesstt suprises ever! this was the highlight of my day and it distinctly overshadowed the rest of my evening!