Not so long ago - A reprise

This started off as a comment on Silk's blog of 02/21/05 ...but was suggested to put it here.

Not so long ago, I used to wake up to the warmth of the midday sun.
Not so long ago, I brushed my teeth making faces at the bathroom mirror but not looking.
Not so long ago, I sat with my RTFM coffee mug, poring over yesterday’s newspapers on the internet.
Not so long ago, my eyes never knew day, only night, when I would go to work.
Not so long ago, I only had to hug myself, to set right everything that was wrong with my torn winter jacket.
Not so long ago, I brought colour into my dismal grey world , changing forever the way I looked at life – for better for worse, when I got my laptop.
Not so long ago, I looked forward to the senseless calls and even more senseless messages on the phone, from my friends getting drunk in different parts of the world.
Not so long ago I took off on impromptu cycle rides to nowhere – that magical place where only the road and I existed .
Not so long ago, I held my hands up when asked about the assignment due that day.
Not so long ago, I pigged on bread and pickled green mangoes in the unhygenic joint I called the kitchen.
Not so long ago, I started snoring mid-way through my finals while all choked on unheard laughter.
Not so long ago, I tore the pillow I used to hug so I’d hug myself instead.
Not so long ago I was so much in love with myself, no-one else seemed important anymore.
Not so long ago, I foolishly thought this would last forever and ever.
Not so long ago, I counted myself fortunate.

And then....I graduated...

It all seems so long ago now.