To Susy, With Love

For the amount of time we spend together - talking, bullying each other, eating, driving around, grumbling, watching good ol' mal slap stick comedy and just about most of our daily chores (and because you're one of my closest, most awesome friends,) I thought it would be befitting to dedicate this post to you! 

Happy Birthday Susy!! I am trying to not make an obvious hint at how old/young you turn today (so my non-existent readership don't know your real age - I hear it's rude to disclose the age and jazz). However, here are 26 reasons that make you so special! (Had to restrict it to 26 to make it significant) 

1. You were (and still are) bravely commissioned as my Co-Pilot! Without the wink of an eye, you hopped onto Mustang, didn't even put on the seat belt until I insisted and asked me to drive along! The confidence you showed, the motivation and the constant reassurance in me and Mustang is heart-warming! We've come a long way from chanting Gayatri Mantras, exploring the villages of Malakpet, abusing the auto-driver villans to even singing together peacefully and trying stunts near Novotel - it's been one fun drive! :)
2. I have always killed my friends with my stories. But, you listen to my work stories so much, and feel it so much -  you even dream of my work and my managers! 
3. You let me cook new dishes and so cutely watch over my shoulder (with a stool sometimes) to see if I am doing the right thing.
4. The days I try super hard to laugh a lot, talk non-stop and play the fool - when the rest of the world thinks I am snap happy - one look and you ask me what's wrong! (There's just one other person who can do that and unfortunately, he's trying his hand at an MBA in a far away land!) 
5. You can look me in the eye and ask me those difficult/awkward questions!! (Ones that have helped me make major life decisions!)
6. It's easy for me to explain stuff to you. You understand my biiiig complicated family tree! :) (including what I refer to each one of them as)
7. I feel reassured with you around when I am feeling hill! :) :) 
8. Moti Chur ladus, Dairy Milk Silk, a nicely done closet and some light showers is all it takes to get a big wide grin on your face! 
9. When I am excited, make a funny sound, speak in jumbled, broken sentences and say 'you know what I mean'? You know exactly what I mean!! (Poor you!)
10. Your stories are as boring as mine! You give me competition!! (Insert evil laughter - Bwahaha!) 
11. You humor me by listening to (and believing) my zillion gut feelings - about your wedding, about the weather, about the traffic, about Ankesh going to Mohali et all
12. "Parbath", "happy deny", 'air traffic control", "hmmm", "I'll kill him" - individually mentioned, all make perfect sense to us! 
13. Tickling and bullying you makes me eye-sparkling happy! And even in my lowest lows, doing that and getting you to react gives me sadistic pleasure! 
14. Sometimes, when I am sad and not feeling nice - by just being there and sharing that silence - perfect! 
15. You make me a shopaholic!!! ('Aswathy, drop what you're doing and come here right now - I have found you the perfect wedges!)
16. Deva Sneham - you know that song!!! And sing it like a tape recorder every time (well, most times) I ask you to! <Hugs!>
17. I absolutely love the way you glare at someone when I ask you to! With so much dedication and conviction! (Even without asking me for the reason!!) 
18. You're a "I am who I am" person and you're God Damn proud of it! No show! No frills!  <Respect>
19. You anticipate the times I am going to chinigyfy and do little things to ensure that I am fine!! (like when I am back from Mohali, after I put down the phone after a certain-kinda conversation etc)
20. We share cough syrup! :) :) (and you share the same excitement towards it)
21. You have officially taken up the post of my eye make-up artist, fashion advisor, mirror and critique! (and you do a fabulous job of it!)
22. In so, so, so, so many ways, you remind me of Ges and My Mom (together!) 
23. There's no one else in the world who can so patiently and neatly drape a sari for me the way you do! (Considering the fuss I make and how un-corporative I can be!)
24. If I want to stand in front of the mirror, wear my heels on, put the ferry lights on around the dresser, and comb my hair - you understand it perfectly well! (and don't question it)
25. On a cranky day, you humor me and read out jokes for me! Not one, not two - but at least 15 of them (haha!) including the ones with an image and a joke below it!!

    25.5. You're the only one in the world you calls me Aswa!! (and gets away with it) 

    26.  Because you're a mad one, just like me! We can sing (bray) together, laugh uncontrollably for hours, talk every night like we're long lost friends, do funny Bharatnatyam steps in a funny half-sari in the middle of the night and still wake up in the morning and appear sane to the world! 

Here's to all the good times so far and looking forward to the superbly exciting years ahead of us! I know I annoy you like crazy Susy Q and I understand completely the times when you want to run away! But unfortunately, you're a special one and so you're here to stay!! All I have to say is  - you can run, you can hide, but you can't escape the chingyfying and tickling! It's here to stay! :)

This one's for you Susy, with all my love! :) Happy Birthday!