The Perfect Sock

This may have been a “vague-half-asleep-midnight” thought, but I haven’t been able to forget it. Is there anything like the perfect sock?

Everything else that we wear from our clothes to our privates, from shoes to jewellery, we always try it on, see it fits well and can compare that there is a difference between the fit of one versus the other. But what of socks?

Think about all the socks you have. Can you pull out a single pair and say that this is the perfect one; and there is no other sock that fits just as right?

I have no foot fetish, but even I know that my toes are of a different size and that I have a heel. It seems that many sock makers don’t seem to agree. They seem to think that all my toes are the same length and that a heel is just an inconvenience. Now that may be so for Achilles but I happen to like my heel and I like my sock to hold it well.

Then there is the fabric. I mean come on, cotton please. I live in a place where many people ask you to remove your shoes at the door. But no one seems to realise that there are those who prefer wearing polyester (ugh) and the experience of sweaty polyester clad bare feet is not something I would wish on my worst enemy. It’s gotten to the extent that the more sensible people now ask people to please leave their shoes on before coming in.

Next is the elasticity of the sock. How can you make a good sock with elastic, I ask you? Lycra is the way to go. It stretches just right so that you don’t have to work up a sweat getting into your socks and then actually comes back to being fitted so it doesn’t sag in and around your shoes. And when you wash them, they actually carry on being the same shape. Nice!

Isn’t it strange, to know these things about socks and to still pick them up as and when they are needed and from the first convenient location. And yet when we want anything else, we will hunt all the stores in town to find the perfect fit, feel and look. If we don’t find what we are looking for, we don’t settle for what we get. We wait and keep looking.

I think for the sheer experiment of it (and the fun it will be), I am going to go sock hunting and shall ask to try on each pair, until I find the perfect one. Will I find my perfect sock?

Happy Happy!

That’s what I am and what I wish for everyone around me!

The past year for me was one of the best of my lives. I got married to the one I love. We made a lovely house together, got a dog and made a life for ourselves. A life that we have been dreaming about for as long as 15 years. A life we have fought all the odds for and come out stronger than we ever were. It’s so amazing that I have to pinch myself to remember that I am awake!

Unfortunately this year also saw me through some really heartbreaking disappointments. I have emotionally lost a lot that I held precious. I don’t know if I will ever get it back again. It just goes to prove there is no such thing as absolute relationships. I am trying not to hold it in my heart, but it is difficult at times. All I can do is concentrate on all the good, and just leave no space for this unhappiness in my life.

Doing this is easy. How can it not be? The sheer love and warmth in my home is enough for me to leave the troubles at the door step. Ours is a happy home. And we do our best to make it happier by the day. It’s also wonderful to know how many people are happy for us and how they seem to be enveloping our lives with their love. It’s so real, you can almost touch it.

And now I enter a new phase! 2009 is going to be an interesting year. I wonder if the problems I face will work themselves out. I wonder how I will ride this global recession and still do well at work. I wonder how to make an even better life for me and my husband. I wonder if I will finally be able to make my self a healthier person. I wonder!!!

I wonder if I will be able to write poetry again or will it only be prose. I wonder if Ferrari will win again. I wonder if I will learn to cook Indian and Chinese food. I wonder if I will do business in Curacao. I wonder if JJ will enjoy yoga with me.I wonder if I will have a dream holiday this year. I wonder how may nieces and nephews will be born. I really wonder!!!

Oh it’s such a great feeling to know that there is so much waiting for me! I am happy it’s 2009.

Here’s wishing all of you the same enthusiasm I feel. Have a wonderful year ahead!