Work and Home:Parallel Tracks

Knock Knock!!
Mom opens the door and smiles at me..
I just walk past her preoccupied with my own thoughts without noticing her smile.
Mom: What happened?U look dull?
Me: Nothing
Mom: No!! Something is wrong. Are u not feeling well?
Me: No Mom, I am fine
Mom(softly):C'mmon tell me what happened?
Me: Its just that there are some unresolved issues in the code I developed. As it was late I left it unresolved. I am just preoccupied with that.
Saying this I went off to change my clothes,wash my hands and was ready to have my dinner.While laying down the table..
Mom:Will ur boss scold u?
Me:Mom, he is not a school teacher!!
Mom:But u haven't completed ur work right?Won't he get angry?
Me:I have lot of time to finish the work assignmed to me. I can resolve the issues tommorrow also.
Mom:Then why were u so preoccupied that u didn't even smile back in response to my smile?
Me(Smile at my mom): Happy?
Mom:No.U are trying to convince me but I know that something wrong has happened at the office and u are not telling me. Otherwise u wouldn't have been so preoccupied enough not to have noticed my smile.
Me:Mom, there is nothing wrong with me. I am perfectly fine.I am not holding anything from u.I was just trying to resolve an issue that was constantly running at the back of my mind even after I started from the office.That's why I didn't notice anything.
Mom:Is it so difficult?
Me:Yep, a bit.
Mom:Can't u take the help of other staffs working with u to resolve the issue?
Me:I will try first and then ask them if I cannot solve it.
Mom:Don't waste much time thinking about it. You will spoil ur health. Today in Sun T.V news they showed the ill-effects of working in a software concern. Continuous strain to eyes lead to poor eyesight or even blindness,
Continuous strain to ur brain will lead to mental illness or brain damage
Wrong posture will cause crack in spinal cord...
She went on and on while I yawned as I was so tired..I looked at her skeptically..
Me:Mom, u know about Sun News, how they blow up things. Why do u believe in these things?
Mom:If u had been in a normal govt job I wouldn't be this worried. Why don't u apply for the JAO post in BSNL?
Me(Bewildered!!!):NO WAY!! I hate the normal 10-5 kind of routine jobs.It is damn boring.
Mom(Disappointed!!):U will spoil ur health if it goes on like this.
Me:Don't worry mom. I like this job and I will be fine.
Saying this I went off to wash my hands after eating. Mom wasn't convinced but I couldn't let her go on like this.
Me: Mom, please do not worry about me.Don't believe whatever sun t.v "sirappu paarvai" says.They exaggerate everything.I love the work that I am doing and so there will be no such problems that u are fearing.
Saying this I went off to sleep.Next day morning I went to brush my teeth.
Mom:Are u sure that u are fine in the current job?
Me:Mommmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That day I decided that I will neither bring office work to my home nor will I discuss any issues I face at office with my parents!!! I don't blame them for worrying but it is not a healthy practice to carry over office problems to our home as it will spoil the happy atmosphere at our home.