Off to Texas – but in a very different part of Texas than we have ever been – near Fredericksburg. Usually you will not find me in any wedding parties – just the prospect of having to wear good clothes or formal clothes is enough to scare me away. But this is one is between two exceptional kids – Shruthi and Hank. Both of them are our family favorites.
“Hum jeet na sake woh aisi shart laganey lagey
Hamari aankhon ko apni aankhon se ladaney lagey
Jeet jaate, par palak humne jhukali
Kyon ki unki palkon se aansoo jo aane lagey”
Tranlsated,
She started making bets that I couldn’t possibly win
As she locked her eyes upon my eyes
I could still have won, but I relented and looked down
Because I saw the tears roll down her eyes”
You would think that after years and years of having the same routine every morning – go for a run, go to the gym to take a shower, drive to office – I would be able to pack my gym bag in my sleep. Apparently, I can’t do that even when I am awake!!
I certainly had remembered last night while throwing in stuff in the gym bag that it was going to be a Friday today and therefore it was going to be casual clothes for office. However, in the bargain, I completely forgot to throw in my shoes 🙁
Sitting in that gym bench in the locker room, I contemplated for about a minute, weighing in my options. And then finally just walked out in a pair of understated jeans, a casual black shirt and a decidedly garish neon pair of running shoes 🙂
After walking into office, I went from door to door asking people how I looked 🙂 Most were polite 🙂 Some even suggested that if anybody could pull it off, it would be me 🙂
Which kind of makes sense. As unseemly as those shoes look, without the shoes, the rest doesn’t look much seemly either 🙂
Bidisha – this one is for you – #100ridiculousdresspact 🙂
