DO THEY KNOW?

Deep in thought...

This caption reminds me, and I'm sure it reminds many of you too of that song, "Do they know it's Christmas?" Very deep song about the less privileged and how they are having their sad little times while you all are overspending and overwasting and overeating at Christmas time. But this blog is not about that or even about them... It's about the "they" that we find ourselves caring what they know, about us.

I was at the dentist last week and she extracted my top, right molar. She promised that it was the right decision because, "It has grown badly and is making you pack food in between teeth. Your toothbrush will never be able to reach them. Neither will your toothpick or even floss." She then proceeded to clean out the "pack" left by months of eating between the molar and the premolar. That was when I started daydreaming, well, wondering...

What are my teeth telling her? What telltale signs have been left behind? Can she see and recognize the small chops I had last week? Or the dodo I had on Tuesday? Perhaps she knows I had fried chicken again last night? Or that my Coke Zero was still a part of my life? Did she know that I had a bar of ToffeeCrisp in my bag even as we were undergoing the procedure? Saved for later celebrations? No, she wouldn't know that, unless she is a witch. And my darling Remi isn't. 

I wonder this way when I'm with doctors. Used to when I was younger, about teachers. Was I the only one that felt that all secondary school teachers were clairvoyant? They knew our every next move! They would tell you what you were thinking before you even thought it! And preempt your move before you consider making it! Growing up has taught me that they were just creatures of studied patterns. Majority of 15 year old girls, regardless of kith or clime tend to have the same impulses, urges and behaviors. Well, I didn't know it then so they were awesome... In a scary bad way!

I would visit my Gynae and wonder if the glint in his eye is saying, "I know what you did last night". Does he? Can he tell? I guess they can by examining us and fetching out some glaring pointers? Hmm. Not the pondering "hmm" but the disgusted, Igbo "hmm"! 

Sometimes it is your pastor or church brethren. Have you had instances when meeting their eye was a bit difficult because you were not sure what the Holy Spirit may have divulged to them before the meeting! Do they know?

My diet coach once said of one of my friends that she is in acute denial. She could tell that my friend never kept to her diets. She would sometimes even guess,rightly too, on what exactly this friend ate. LOL! 

Maybe they do!