Butterflies and Hurricanes

21 things I’d like to do post quarantine:

1. Have the cheesiest pizza at Pizza Hut (with garlic bread!)
2. Hug all my friends
3. Attend an acoustic music concert
4. Drive to a dhaba and have aloo parathas with white butter
5. Buy the biggest tub of cheese popcorn at the cinema
6. Give the highest high-fives to my co-workers
7. Visit the library 
8. Sit in a public park and run around with abandon
9. Travel to Vietnam
10. Have samosas from a street vendor
11. Hug my friends again
12. Have a wholesome Andhra meal
13. Stay in a hotel room
14. Visit Carnatic Cafe for their podi dosas
15. Hug everyone in my family 
16. Play with puppies on the road 
17. Have button idlis at the airport 
18. Say a loud ‘Hi!’ to a stranger right before befriending them
19. Laugh heartily at a friend’s house
20. Breathe easy and knowing handshakes aren’t scary anymore
21. Walk down the road and realising life is flowing in the veins of my city once again