Ira is
growing up real fast. And with her the pile of stories is mounting too – the
silly kinds, the funny ones, the touchy ones, the high energy ones, the
milestones, the anecdotes that I would like to look back fondly upon. Therefore
I have decided to document these little incidents as and when they happen, for
posterity lest my memory fails me.
Date:
October 29, 2013 – Tuesday, Pune
7.00 pm
I had barely
managed to reach home after picking up Ira from the day care when my phone
buzzed. I somehow accomplished to seat myself up on the sofa with the little
one on my lap but only to realize that I had missed the call. I checked my
phone and saw three missed calls and a couple of messages all pointing to a
meeting which had started 20 minutes back for which I was to be the speaker.
I gave out
a long sigh but smiled immediately to see Ira fast asleep – that meant that I
could attend the call without getting worried about her. So I prepped up and
dialed into the call with all enthusiasm, apologized for my delay and got
immersed into the discussion. I was talking on and off therefore I hadn’t put
myself on mute. Suddenly, in between all the chatter on the phone I heard a
soft snore – sounded like that of a child’s. I smiled to myself and thought
lovingly of a child who would have fallen asleep in their parent’s lap, parent being
one of the participants on the call. With all these thoughts going on in my
mind I tenderly turned my view to watch Ira fast asleep in my own lap and lo behold
SNORING softly and in sync with the one on the call !!!!
The moment
the call ended, I dialed in to check with one with of my colleagues if she had
noticed the snore on the call – and she said, as a matter of fact she did, but
apparently there was also some other baby noises in the background before I
joined the call. I heaved a sigh of relief for not being the only one in the
circle of suspicion!
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