do you remember when

do you remember when you learnt how to drive, and i explained some important rules of using the car? and not that my thoughts came from experience, but mere sensibilities. that particularly in the winter, think twice about just wearing sandals and throwing a jacket over your jammies to run a quick errand. ‘cause if the car ever failed, and you had to get out of the car and flagging for help ... strangers tend to look at you funny and friends seem to have a good laugh.

so what does this have to do with anything? well this morning i went for a quick errand, and stopped at the convenience store. there was this woman there, who picked up a stratch lottery ticket. she won $50.00. happy was she. almost just as happy when this noticeably good looking man congratulated her, and then suggested that she buy him breakfast. she was very much tempted. and almost even more so, when he said, because she hesitated, maybe it was more appropriate for him to buy her breakfast. she turned him down. odd i thought. but as it turns out, under her jacket she was still in her jammies, and didn't think it would make a very good first impression. how sad is that.

moral of the story, say yes to breakfast and tell him you will meet him there in half an hour. should give you enough time to run home and change.


i’m going to add to this ... another thing to remember later in life ... is check your shoes before you go out.


i remember, this woman telling me about her two darling children. ... she was in a rush to take them to an out of town bowling tournament. in the panic to get ready, she asked the children to find her shoes. how nice, they found her shoes, she put them on and ran out the door.

day went on. she was so proud of those two, on how well they played. then, in-between games, she went outside for a breath of fresh air. she was chatting with other mom’s and couldn’t figure out why there was the odd suppressed giggle or look. and dunno what made her look down at her feet. runners all right. two different colours. about all she could do is point down to her feet and explain that she had an mirrored pair at home.

oh ya, those two darling children thought it was funny.