So there I was standing under the shower, luxuriating in the feel of the scalding needles of water giving me a wonderfully relaxing back-massage – I was standing in my “stork” position, on one foot (Ekpad-asana position, for those of you who know yoga), as I’m often prone to when I’m thinking – and suddenly the world tilted! My foot slipped and the next thing I knew I was lying on the tiles! I’m not quite sure what happened, but I do know that I hit my head pretty hard on the floor and everything ached like hell for the rest of the day (some of me still hurts!) ….now any normal damsel in distress would have wailed, made some noise about the terrible fall she had, feigned weakness and stayed home that day.
Me?
I sat up, disoriented for a while, yelled at Schnapps who was barking outside the bathroom door like Sherlock Holmes out to solve the mystery of the strange noise emitting from the bathroom, rinsed my hair and then washed my clothes! Ah the joys of having clothes that can’t be put in the washing-machine with the rest of the clothes, because they bleed so much!
Emerging from the bathroom I told mommy dearest that I had a fall; she asked if I want to go to class and I said “Ofcourse, why not?” Later as I sat in the bus and started feeling the beginning of a headache, backache, leg ache (so and so forth) I realized why she had asked me to stay home! Smart, ain’t I? LOL – and the bitch that I am, I thought to myself that if I’d been one of my cousins (I’m being prudent by not naming anyone) I’d have fainted in the bathroom, at the least sprained a few limbs and been carried around and fussed over for atleast a week. Sigh – not my style though. All I do is swallow a Dispirin, continue with the day as planned and blog about my misfortunes!;-) Hahaha!
Thought for the Day :-
Why do women in Indian insist on seeing a “Lady Doctor” when, who they really want to see is a Gynecologist? Is it some kind of miscomprehension on my behalf when I fail to immediately connect a “lady” doctor with a gynecologist? I so fail to comprehend why an educated woman of the 21st century insists on using Victorian euphemisms for such issues. Some of the analogies they come up with are so ludicrous they should be awarded for their ingenuity and creativity!
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8 comments:
ouch...that sounded like a nasty fall...u better now?
anyways yah the whole "lady doctor" thing is hilarious for the longest time i thought they wanted a doc who was a woman lol...thank god my mom just says "Gynac", like people shud!
hard fall, great spirit ! peace.
:-)
Well a lesson I've learnt from my experience is that I shouldn't stand like a stork when I'm on a slippery surface. God didn't bless us with 2 legs for nothing! LOL!
Oh here's another euphemism for you'll : "Its my anneversary today" - now guess what that means!
Pretty Funny..Sorry I shouldnt be laughing at you but I couldnt contain myself when I tried to visualise the episode.:-)
The lesson I think you should learn is that "Dont take Gravity for granted!"
Hi Clytaemnastra (hope I've got the spelling correct!)
Well my porb isn't with those who want to see a "lady's doctor" - since that in some way implies a doctor who tends to ladies - but with those who want to see a "lady doctor" - that simply means ANY doctor who is a lady. ;-)
However I can't help but concur with you when it comes to the issue of bathroom doors! :-P
My apologies,Clytaemnstra!
Well my prob isnt that women prefer a female gynec to a male gynac - it's just with those who insist on calling them a "lady doc", as I said b4 a lady doc can be any doc who's a female. Its just an objection to the usage of the term, thats common practice....
But since you've brought up the issue - what do you think of the recent uproar over the lack of female gynacs in the Indian Armed Forces which forces women in the service to be subjected to examination by male gynacs?
Ouch!! Hope you have recovered now..
Here from thoughtsnher...
~rt
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