We have the Toastmasters International sessions in the office every Tuesday during the lunch hour. I attend them regularly although I've given just one speech. The date was Tuesday May 27th, the day after long weekend. As usual, I was attending Toastmasters and during the Table Topics session the topic provided by the Table Topics master was that 'What do you think will be an ideal long weekend?' That table topics question got me thinking about my ideal long weekend.
I've started thinking about that question and recollected my Memorial Day long weekend. It began on Friday night when Sista, a senior in Auburn, came to San Jose. He was staying with Suresh, another senior in Auburn. Sista arrived at 9:30PM and I couldn't wait to meet him. I've found out Suresh's address immediately and met them that night around 10:00 PM. I've spent chatting with them till 12:00 AM.
After that I came home and asked my friends about their plan for Saturday, they said that they have planned to go to Napa Valley. I've convinced them to change their plans and come to San Luis Reservoir along with me. I've already planned to go to that place as my aunt (pinni), unlce (babbai) and cousins were coming there. By convincing my friends I've made sure that all of us will have a good time :)
On Saturday morning, at around 9:30, five of us (me, Kalyan, Siva, Sujana and Vinay) left in two different cars. I've met my aunt and family at San Luis Reservoir Creek, the place they were planning to do camping, after almost one year. From there, I took my cousins and left to Pacheco State Park which was around 10 miles way back from that place to do some hiking. The surroundings were beautifulllll...it was all covered with hay. We hiked almost 5 miles and took some good pictures along the way. At the end of the hike, my cousins were almost sick of looking at hay.
After the hike, we went to several vista points and enjoyed the view of San Luis Reservoir from different angles. In the evening all my friends left to Sunnyvale and I've spent some time with my aunt's family in the evening at campground and we all came back to Sunnyvale at around 10:15 PM.
On Sunday, I've spent time with my Auburn friends Sista, Paruchuri, Suresh, Vamsi, Ramraj and Kalyan. Also Sista and Vamsi's better halves Sindhu and Sneha were also present. We all went to 17 Mile Drive at Pebble beach, CA and had a heck of a time there. All the time we were cracking jokes and having fun. We also made sure that Paruchuri had good photo shoot for his future planning :). We were all together till 12:00 AM next day, then said good bye to each other and parted our ways. It was a really memorable day.
I've got up early Monday morning and spent some time with my aunt's family and they left to LA around 10:30 AM. I ate my breakfast and then had a good sleep till 1:00 PM. At that time my friend called me up for lunch. I went to my friend's place had lunch and just spent the rest of my day relaxing.
After recollecting the whole long weekend, I thought that this is the best way for me to spend a long weekend, spend one day with relatives, other with friends and just chill on the final day.
So, all of you do think about your ideal way to spend a long weekend and relish doing it.
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