Out of Office Reply:)

It was time to make a weekend call to Bombay yesterday. Today I got my sister all for myself. With Jeeju gone to Germany for 25 days, MIL gone for veggie shopping and Aryan enjoying the weekend sleep. So, it was time for us to catch up with "things". I have realized, off late my blogs have a more frequent mention of my sister! Donno why. I have also noticed that though, I keep smiling oh-so-often, I haven't had a "Laugh" in quite some time now. I used to not be that way. There was a time, when I was told that if I continue laughing so loudly, my in laws would disown me. I donno what is it with girls and soft-talks and hushed smiles. Today, my sister (Tai) got back that hidden laughter that was pent up within me. And for the first time in long time, I laughed "dil-se". Alright, the incident that she narrated might not be especially funny, but it was to me. It so happened that Tai, sent a stupid forward to my jeeju at his office email address and since he was away he had an "Office Auto Reply Message" turned on. So she got an immediate automated reply saying "I will be in Germany from ABC to XYZ. Kindly contact Mr.XYZ at so and so number in case of urgency". [I know the exact sentence, coz even I had tried sending him a stupid fwd:))] !!! Now, my sister who completely ignored the "subject line" that said it was an "Out of Office AutoReply" just checked the body of the email, and also replied to him saying "Whats this? I think I know that u r in Germany, y did u send this mail to me?" Later, when she realized her folly, she couldn't control her laughter and while narrating this to me, I could not contain it either. I think, jeeju has not checked his email yet:D Just got me nostalgic and took me back to the time when I used to actually write down jokes that we discussed in college and go back home to open the "Joke-bag" to her. I would love to make her laugh. Even though, my jokes were mostly of the sardar levels! But, yesterday I did narrate a Vikram level joke to her:), which I had royally killed:D Thanks, Tai for bringing back those times!!