How it all began ...

As many of you know, the past year has been one crazy roller-coaster ride for us. What many of you don't know is that it took longer for our dear cupids to convince us to meet, than it took us to get engaged! Like every other love story, ours is a story to tell too.

It all started over a year back at a "Baby shower"!! (I know I know .. you can laugh!) But wait, it gets funnier, it wasn't me at the baby shower, it was my darling Priyank!! (Now you can really laugh). :) My brother in law's dearest friend, Aashik & his wife, Raunak, spot Priyank, who was well marketed as an eligible bachelor at the event (Thanks Girija & Manish). They immediately decide that they should hook us up! Till today, I still wonder what it was about him, because Priyank tells me that he was pretty wasted 75% of that trip! Anyhooo, they & my brother-in-law tried and tried. They talked to me .. talked to him. My brother in law, Prashanth, without ever meeting Priyank, said some pretty strong words, which I'll never forget. He said, "Ga, I am pretty sure he is the man for you. It's almost like we just have to somehow make you guys meet, and then there'll be no looking back". As always ... he was right!

One very fine Summer morning, I get a Facebook message from P (of course, FB *has* to play a part). We met 3 days later for a run on Townlake and since then we have never looked back. We seriously don't know what hit us. We instantly liked each other, and soon missed each other, and before we knew it, we were committed! We wonder about this all the time, how and why didn't we meet earlier. After all, we did spend 4 whole years at Purdue together and then 2 years in Austin, before we were *forced* to meet. It's almost like God was teasing us .. by keeping us together .. and yet apart! :)

Late December, I took a 10 day vacation to visit my sister in Atlanta. I was missed so much (or so I like to believe), that I got my bling as soon as I got back! (Aaah .. .how I wish that worked each time! I kid I kid). 10 Jan 2009, we were engaged to be married!

Parents met, dates & locations were set. We still can't believe it that we are getting ready to send wedding invitations today .. when just a year back - we wondered who our soul mate was going to be!

The details on the events are still to be decided. But as of now, here is what we have planned around the big day:

25th Nov evening - Mehendi, Ahmedabad
26th Nov evening - Sangeet with Raas Garba, Ahmedabad
27th Nov morning - Wedding, Ahmedabad
27th Nov evening - Reception, Ahmedabad
3rd Dec evening - Reception in Udupi, Karnataka

Hope you can make it! :-)