one very peaceful day after such a long time...

The past 15 days have been very hectic, very traumatic. Meetu's operation was due on 18th and in-laws were expected on 17th itself. But then they changed plans, included Chintu, Ruchi and Vidit too and then on 17th, managed to miss their connecting flight to Goa from Delhi. I had applied for a half day leave on Monday and then booked a taxi too. But then on learning that the darned flight had indeed left w/o my in-laws (the nerve of them), I had to cancel the taxi as well as the 1/2 day leave. Talk about stupidity...
Then on 18th, Meetu was taken for operation at around 11:30 and then no news came in till 2 PM. I was very very surprised. From the room to OT and then back, I kept asking for answers when I only got assurances. At 2:30, I learnt that Meetu has been moved to ICU and that appendix has also been removed along with the gall bladder. Everyone arrived at hospital at 4:30 and then there was chaos. Meetu was moved to the room at around 6 PM and so started the ordeal. The next day just flew, what from commuting from home to hospital and back. Then Meetu was discharged and we all came home. I joined back office and learnt that contract was being written. Now this contract had always put me at an unease, a growing sense of discomfort. Well, on Saturday, car broke down and I and Chintuji took it to Chowgule's service centre. While walking back, i got a call from VS that AW wanted me to come to his home. I refused hiding behind my car's breakdown and my wife's condition. A lot of discussions centred around the possibility of what would happen if i won't sign the contract. Eventually on Monday I had to go to AW's place and there after deliberating over it for 1 hour, I refused to sign the contract. AW got understandably angry but then relented and let me continue working. Then on Friday 28th, another drinking session occurred and I was told to move to Pune. I don't really want to but this time he doesn't look like relenting :-)
On the work front, I learnt about JXTable from Swinglabs which allows for row sorting from column for the application developed using JDK 1.5. I integrated it in the code of java poker client for mac and it worked like a charm.
Finally this Saturday 29th was the most peaceful of all. I was so relaxed, so at peace. Only my ma-in-law is here, there is no pressure on work or home front and I had time at hand to actually relax and just be here. Loved wasting every minute of it :-)