Shout out to the teeny yoginis
Posted in moment on 03/04/2009 06:54 pm by karenOkay, so yes, I was emotionally tenuous going back into the office on Monday. I had to respond to condolences from my colleagues without bursting into tears, try to think straight in meetings, etc., etc.
The day started off with two colleagues who were chatting in the hall looking up, spotting me, and saying, simultaneously, “Awwww….” with sympathetic faces. Oh crap, I thought, this is going to be hard. I kept my head down, mumbled “Thanks,” and kept on walking.
And what I heard behind me was one of them say, “She’s getting SO skinny.”
Sigh.
The upside was that I had on high heels and an elegant, close-fitting pencil skirt, so I felt a little like Angelina Jolie when the press went after her for being too thin after her Mom passed.
Fine. I loved her in “Wanted.”
The downside? Well, really, there is no downside. These ideas about body size are all relative — I’m fine with my physical being, much as I’m fine with the red peep-toe shoes. Sure, some people hate ‘em, but my pleasure in wearing them outweighs those opinions. Same dealio with the bod.