Required: One Hell of a Holiday

It's a Monday and no surprise, the 'blues' have struck. But it's not just that syndrome that's doing the talking (or more aptly, the writing), but I reeeeally need a break. It's been six months since my last vacation and boy do I need a reboot. I flew out from last year and landed into this year not knowing, not realizing, not understanding how time has gone by! I still feel like I'm in 2013 and it's proving to be one hell of a long year. I recall how before I took off to Manali last September I really needed that trip too, work was just taking over my life. This time around too, things have not changed and a breather is much required.

I can't grasp quite how people only take one vacation a year. It's strange; use all your leaves at one go and plan, spend on and enjoy a long break? What happens then when you want a stress buster at any other point in the year? I'd rather split my holidays up, ideally have one per quarter in the year...but then work happens, life happens and we all know how that goes.

April has been a great month for me in terms of travel over the last two years. In 2012, I went to Nepal in April and in 2013, it was Turkey. This year too, coincidently, I had a super destination planned for April to look forward to but canned it for reasons only I will understand. So do I have a holiday to look forward to as of now? Except two weddings in consecutive months to attend, no. *insert #lesigh*

I shall solemnly now get back to work. By the way, Mondays are bad days to assign for meeting deadlines. Meanwhile I'm sure you will agree with this:

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