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Paro knows a thing or two about melting hardened hearts. I have to take inspiration from this fearless and smart girl on how to win a man's heart.
So I decided to put her trick to test. Over the weekend, real moonchiya and I had an argument over my uncharted forays into Amazon.com shopping, which has all but depleted our retirement savings. This morning I phoned him and told him that I'd be doing a headstand until he melts and listens to what I have to say. He called me crazy, reminded me that he had a truckload of work and hung up on me. I found a good sturdy flat wall and promptly went on my head. I had my phone, charger and laptop nearby, thankfully, to keep me entertained for as long as it took to please my moonchiya.
One leg stand is nothing compared to a full head stand, baisas. take my word for it. A few minutes into it, my head felt like a ton of bricks, my eyes bulged with pooling blood supply. I even tried the entire 5 minutes of chanting Om Namah Shivaya, the one complete part of Desi Tashan's 4 part videos that Paro spent chantnig. But my moonchiya works in downtown so I had to g-chat him in and tell him what I was doing. Typing while upside down is not easy either, the QWERTY looked more like TWERKY
Somewhere, the land line rang and sonny boy called from school - he needed to be picked up from school. I ignored it. I was so proud of myself and then the eventual nature's pesky call came with an urgency. Sadly for me, it didn't rain so unlike Paro I couldn't sneak a pee and blend it with the rain. Anti-gravity position of my vitals did dull the flow, yet, I felt guilty like surreptitiously doing it in the swimming pool.
Of course moonchiya came home and was aghast to find me eyes popped and rolled out on the floor. First he laughed and then realized I meant business. He helped me down but my legs were so stiff and cramped i couldn't sit for the next hour. He decided to check mail and put the trash out while I tried to figure out whether he had forgiven my latest shopping extravaganza.
When he opened the mail for yet another credit card bill, I decided to do a very timely faintiya and convenienlty propped on to his chest to break my fall. Startled, he jumped and moved aside, making me land with a thud on the hardwood floor giving me a mild concussion. Im nursing a big bump on my chin and have a block of ice on my head. I will write more when I feel better. Meanwhile, moonchiya is gone in search of our son in school.
The jury is still out if my penance worked or not. there is still the bills that would need to be paid, and I can only hope Shivji will send his good vibes to the collectors and make them disappear.
Dialogs of the day
Rudra: Paro! What are you doing?
Paro: Bharathnatyam
Rudra: Why Paro? Why?
Paro: Because head stands are not convenient in Ghaghras
Rudra: Paro, what are you chanting?
Paro: Om Namah Shivayah! This will tug at your heart strings and turn you on
Rudra: Its certainly working on Bapusa
Paro: hunh!!!
