The Waiting Game

My office has agreed to allot me a service quarter some 25 days ago from today. Since then I had declined all the apartments which I was about to finalize and also stop looking for option since then. Leaving all the hopes and expectations to office. It is quite a relief to me when my office understand my situation and considered my case at the same time putting it on the priority list among things to be done immediately.

They are looking for new flats to be taken on lease so that it can be used as office quarter and allot me an apartment. In the beginning phase some flats were about to be finalized but, issue of veg and non-veg come as the owner was a strict Gujarati so I had to decline it finally. Now, they are looking apartment in office vicinity within a distance of 5-10kms from office. My decision of turning down the previous offer was blessing in disguise else I'll be commuting more than 3 hours per day in the infamous Mumbai local and BEST bus.

I tried to follow up with the admin department with whom the responsibility of finalizing the apartment is with currently. Inspite of their best effort, things are dragging a bit due to lots of paper work and constraint from office on the way how things to be deal. Everything should be on white which make little difficult with the infamous broker and builders of Mumbai.

I know it can't be happened overnight. It is less than 10 working days since they started looking for the apartment nearby the office. Patiently with my finger cross I'm waiting. Waiting for the phone call / mail from admin dept saying that "I can collect the keys now." But, everyday there is another twist and turn in the story.

The wait has become more and more painfully with the days in my hand started running out (less than a week from today). With tickets yet to be booked and the prices of the ticket rising due to the proximity of the dates, I'm not able to give 100% to my work currently. This uncertainty is driving me mad everyday. Wish that this gets over as soon as possible.

It's now like so near but, yet so far. Still I can't see the light in the tunnel.