Dont you love it when you have laughed so hard and long that your stomach hurts? And then later, when you get a twinge in those muscles, you are reminded of that fun? That is one of my favorite things, and I didnt learn to appreciate it until I've been older. It happened today - while having lunch with one of my best friends, Cindy. She shared funny stories of her Grand Canyon vacation. Wild donkeys, hot bus rides with chatty foreigners, in a 2 mile pitch black rock tunnel, and the photo of a twisted unhappy smile. But the best was a story of a june bug flying into her husband's ear! First-aid notation: if you shine a flashlight into the affected ear, the bug will back itself out. Then, after all the giddy laughter, I enjoyed my afternoon having a coffee with my mom, and some of her homemade chocolate chip cookies.
**It has taken me over two hrs to get that first paragraph done, because of Olympics watching. USA is playing for beach volleyball. Caution: results spoiler may follow later in post **
I was glad to laugh today, since I was out-of-sorts yesterday. Driving home, on my residential street, there were two teens who saw me coming and decided to walk into the street. Not at the curb, but square in the middle of my lane. Yes, I could have taken the high road (no pun intended), but wasnt in a high-road mood. So as I tailgated up on them, they disgustedly worked their way towards the curb, so I would pass. Ya know, sometimes I just cant help myself, and have to let someone know they are being a huge a$ !!! Since they didnt look like they would have a gun and shoot me, I rolled up along side them, rolled down my window and ask them "Is it really your intention to get hit by a car today? 'cause your doing a great job". So, I didnt get shot, or cursed at - that's a good thing. My number one pet-peeve this summer is pedestrian traffic "doing it wrong". Didnt we all learn the same thing in grade school that if you have to walk IN the street, you walk against traffic!!! Dont walk in the dark, wearing all black (with absolutely no reflectors), with head phones on, so that you cant hear any kind of traffic or warning! Sorry, should have put a "rant warning" up there. Sometimes I make myself laugh, because the voices in my head scream the Barney Fife line: "Citizens' Arrest, Citizens' Arrest". Steve thinks we could solve most of the traffic problems by installing cow-catchers on the front of cars. He would use his at least once on every car ride.
Well, I have finally got this done, and very happy that the USA won the gold medal in ladies beach volleyball.....better yet, they beat China to do it!
Daily shout-outs: Cindy, Daisy's Diner, flashlights, mom's cookies
prayers for: Audrey's 18 yr old son, Eddie, who left Tues for Basic Training - God Speed!
2 comments:
I had to laugh at the "cow catchers" thing! Steve sounds so much like my dh Paul, it's not even funny! Hmmm...maybe they actually know each other from high school or something, lol! But I don't think the pedestrian problem would last long if Paul were to practice that theory...he drives a towtruck! Anyway, have a wonderful day!
Thank you for your prayers, they really mean a great deal to me. AND, must be working! BECAUSE~ Eddie is FINALLY starting to like BT much better and I am coping much better with the fact of him being a soldier during these times!! :o) It was very hard at first when Eddie left, but after the letters started coming, and getting hooked up to a web site that had photos of my "baby of a man" (kids are always a Mother's baby) on there, made it MUCH easier to deal with! I found three photos of Eddie, and I look at them OFTEN!!! Two more days, this is Oct 27 and I will see Eddie on the 29!!! YIPPPEEEEEEEEE!!!!! :o) The card you made for me was BEAUTIFUL!! I kept in on my desk so I could look at it everyday and think of Eddie. All of you military Mom's and Dad's, my prayers to you!!
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