Arun had just spent two weeks at his hometown of Chennai, and was headed back to work in the Bay Area. He said his farewell to his parents at the entrance of the airport, and headed towards the Baggage Drop counters. As he awaited his turn, he started planning the next few days at work and at home and realized how excited he was about going back. He was looking forward to work on the next project at his Software Engineering job. His job wasn't exactly rocket science, but it paid reasonably well and was well respected in the community. Something he hoped he could use to his advantage towards scoring a date soon.