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My 'Jhingalala' Parents

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Enthusiastic parents. Need I say more?  It seems to me at times that my lot is just like Maria from The Sound Of Music exhibiting the enthusiasm of " 50 going on 20" while I slouch in a corner with an expression of a 100 year old Captain Von Trapp.  The combined energy that my parents have will surely be enough to fuel an entire city for weeks on end. I will personally write to the Municipal Corporation telling them to cut back on energy consumption and that rest assured, this unstoppable force that I was gifting them would definitely help them in the forthcoming election. It would be like a real life marvel movie.  I would probably take over the role of the Grinch ( not from Marvel, of course) as I am 'the glass is half-empty' kind of a person. Not to worry though , any realistic emotion that I would try to express will fall deaf to my parents' ears with the saying that, 'You have already become a grandma at this age. Try to live a bit. '  The word 'j...