So I was talking to Apsi this morning and I thought, what would I say when our kids ask me, "How did you two meet?" And I decided that this is how it would go....

"I once went on a hiking expedition in the Ranthambore jungle. It had been a long and difficult day, and all of my friends and I decided to camp down for the night. For whatever reason, I was having trouble sleeping in my tent, and I heard some faint rustling near our campsite. I took a flashlight outside and began searching. I went deeper and deeper into the jungle, and further and further away from the safety of our campsite. There seemed to be nothing. I turned back, thinking how silly I was in the first place to have to come out here. I felt something move near my back, and I whipped around to see two piercing eyes staring back at me-- two exotic, piercing eyes. After that, it was all a blur, the strange creature jumped on me and began hitting me and scratching and biting. I fought the best I could, and I was bloodied from the surprise attack. I looked around to see if there was anything I could use to protect myself-- when I spied a tree branch on the dense jungle floor. Somehow I grabbed a hold of it, and THUD! Hit the creature over the head. It collapsed onto the ground beside me. I grabbed it by the hair, and brought it back to camp because it was like nothing I'd ever seen before. It was important others knew about this as well and I take it to a zoo or something.

[Insert kid's name here], that creature... that crazy jungle creature... is your mother. That's why she still has the long hair and her hugs are very tight. In fact, if you get her too angry-- and this has happened to me-- she will attack, just like the crazy jungle woman that she was when I first met her. So be careful. Although it took me a while to tame her, it was only a little before you were born that the zookeepers allowed me to take her out of the cage and into this house. And I've been keeping an eye on her ever since."

So yeah, that's what I came up with. It'll keep them guessing for a little while. Or at least annoyed.

Quote of the Day
"Die. With rabies. Alone. In a ditch."
-Sharanya (my director), after I joked that I won't be at rehearsal tomorrow