As I was talking to my little sister, Reshma, yesterday it reminded me of an embarrassing "incident" that happened earlier in the week when I was giving the boys a bath. Speaking to her reminded me of the said incident because she is know among me and my siblings to be the "inappropriate laugher." I wouldn't say she's mean or does it on purpose but she just can't help herself from laughing, for example, if a 70 year old man trips on a step and falls (although if he got hurt she wouldn't be laughing....at least I don't think she would???). In particular it comes out when we are talking to our parents' friends who often say things ever so slightly off...like they'll refer to the thing in the car as the glove "department" instead of glove "compartment" or they'll say "the storm was so bad it knocked out the elecity" instead "elecTRIcity." So the rest of us, me, Bina and Neal will just kind of look down and smile or shoot each other a quick glance to see if the other person caught it or not. Reshma, on the other hand, will try her best to stifle it but that only makes it worse and she finds herself in a fit of giggles at which point Neal will pointedly ask her "What's so funny, Resh?" totally straight-faced in front of everyone.
Here was the scene:
Sahil likes to play with the water before I put him in the tub often leaving big drops of water all over the tile floor. This is exactly what he did that day....yeah, you already know where this is going, right? I had gotten both the boys in the tub when, Joca, our nanny came in (she has a key and lets herself in). We were chit-chatting and I was leaning down to soap Nikhil up and that's when it happened.... one of my feet caught some of the water on the floor and I almost nose-dived straight into the bathtub...it was quick-- there was a lot of noise (mainly from me involuntarily screaming) and in the end my elbows were practically resting on the bottom of the tub, while my bottom was in the air and I'm pretty sure my hair even got wet. Joca didn't even crack a smile-- just immediately asked if I was ok. Yes....the only thing that hurt was my pride
... haha! I don't know how she kept such a straight face as I would have totally laughed at me if I was her!! In that particular moment I think I was too embarrassed to laugh at myself but instead mumbled for her to be careful because Sahil had splashed water all over the floor or something to that effect. But, of course, as I was relaying the story to Resh, both her and I laughed it up at my expense....admittedly, it was quite appropriate :)
