Life is certainly Lively !
Do you believe in Ghosts !?…. You would if you are frantically woken up at 3.30 am in the morning by your Wife frantically whispering that our Entrance Door was ajar and kept gently banging !
This happened to me a few hours ago….. and this is how it went….. Red denotes Fear and Blue stands for Calmness and it’s just a coincidence that Wife is in Red and Me in Blue… often the colour codes are reversed !
Wife at 3.30 am pulling my Legs frantically while I was just about to conquer Mount Everest : “Wake up ! Wake Up !”
Me murmuring :”Uhh!….!?”
Wife whispering frantically and agitatedly: “Our Front Door is slightly ajar and gently keeps banging”
Yesterday was Friday the 13th… many carry a Fear of this Day…the phobhia is called ‘PARASKAVEDEKATRIAPHOBIA’…. that’s Greek..’ Paraskave’ denoting ‘Friday’ and ‘Dekatria’ meaning denoting ‘Thirteen’ and ‘Phobia’ standing for ‘Fear’….. Interestingly the Fear for the Number 13 is called ‘TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA’…… somewhere back of mind this thought lingers…. I had blogged on Feb 14, 2009 too on this Fear… check it out here Darr kay baad hee Jeet hai !.. Yesterday was ‘Fear’ful Friday the 13th.. today it’s ‘Love’ly Valentine Day!
Me jumped straight out of Bed to check : “But it’s Shut”
Wife : “I just Shut it…. but it was open like this”…. she then opens the Door to demonstrate
Me : “I came in last at 10.30 pm…. and you saw me close the door… so how could it be Open ? “
Wife : “Just Check the Living Room…is everything in place?”
Me :”TV is there… Music System is there…. Medals Showcase is intact… nothing seems to have been touched”
Me (in lighter vein): “And even you’re there…. must be a Ghost !”
Wife mumbles something inaudible under her breath
Me : “Go to Sleep”…. 3.30 am may be an ideal hour to relate and share true Ghost Stories…. but…….
Wife visibly less frantic, but yet deeply concerned goes off to Bed reluctantly… but lies awake
And I return to the Living Room and keep my gaze fixed at the Door…. I had seen ‘Ghost Hunters’ on TV and one scene, similar to our Door situation, keeps flickering in my mind
Suddenly I hear a Key Opening the Door !…. Ghosts don’t need keys I thought excitedly !
And in walks my 20 (soon to be 21) year old Son after a long Friday night out with friends ! and the first thing he exclaims when he sees me standing looking at him “WHY DID YOU SHUT THE DOOR ! ?”…..”I had walked in a few minutes earlier and gone back down again to give my friend his House keys that were in my pocket and I left the door slightly ajar so I need not have used the Keys to Open again”
“Huh….. How did I know you had kept it open ?”
As the Movie ‘Three Idiots’ has made popular this exclamation “Aaall is Well” in the End….
But One thing I keep rediscovering even after 22 years of marriage and feel rather warm and kicked about…. is that My Wife, despite all her bravado, yet needs me to be there for her !…. and don’t anyone of you daresay it’s only because there was no one else she could turn to at 3.30 am !
Cheers… and have a Great Weekend !