Latha - Kodi idayaal

I guess my Mom was wishing that when I grew up I would be one of those slim and trim ones and named me Latha (which means a vine - dont like the word creeper :) ). Any Tamil poet would use the phrase Kodi idayaal , a lady with waist as thin as a creeper, to describe the beauty of a woman’s waist. I donno what is the equivalent for barrel waist... thatz where I am today. My son made me feel my barrel waist all the more last evening.

With his Karate master asking him to do some Yago posture it was time for me to show off how good I was in yoga...With padmasana still possible I thought I can try the tougher one which my son wanted a demo...I had to lift my legs, hips and touch the ground using my toes (I don’t remember the asana name). Well I was cool till I lifted my legs...then came the qn...where is my waist? how do I lift the mootai (the bundle)... all the tyres were popping out...so was my ego...

trial 1 - failure...but various parts of my muscle ( fat ??) started pulling...then started trail 2...this time I figured out were was my erstwhile kodi idai...and started to lift....I started hearing some strange sound...My son was trying to pull my legs over my head...poor guy trying to help mamma w/o realising what was running in my head and what was refusing to even move ....trial 3 all thoughts got cleared...

Trail 4....mustered all strength and bingo my big toe from my rt leg touched the ground...I guess I technically succeeded for a fraction of a second...I guess this shows I can be determined and do enuf to keep my ego from hurting....

But, this morning I realised what all I had hurt...I have decided no walking for next one week...guess time to visit Talwalkars..need some company though...

Su will you?