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05.13.2008 :: 133. Wee bits of random
Randomly:
~Behind me in line at AC Moore (Where I was buying embroidery floss, I'm hooked) (I need another past time like I need less time) was a woman who was so impatient. She kept clucking and dramatically sighing while waiting her turn. This makes me boil. People polluting my waiting time with their impatience, you know? I could have stomped her toes (she was wearing ugly sandals. And her boobs were hanging out. She thought she was all that, I guess. She wasn't. But who am I to say?)
~ As I left the grocery store I realized that I was hungry and the package of deli Virginia ham looked awfully tasty. All of a sudden needing ham very much, I put the ham in my purse to munch a couple of slices on the ride home. I reasoned that it was better than a candy bar or chips. Right? Okay, not as good as an apple but it certainly is protein and that was good. Can we just agree on that? :) So, I stuffed the ham package in my purse so I would not be self consciously carrying a, well, package of ham. And then as I drove away I thought that if I now got in a car accident all the EMT's and ER workers would be wondering WHY I had ham in my purse. It would be the mystery of the day, wouldn't it? I'd be known as the ham lady! There was no car accident by the way and I am safe from another embarrassing nickname.
~ On the drive home (Same drive) I saw a homeless man pushing a shopping cart full of possesions. Sad. Mostly clothes, I'm hoping some food in there but who knows. But on the top was a floor lamp. Huge with the cord hanging down off his carriage. Is it just me wondering if that will come in handy for him? Seems like it's bulky and heavy for not much use. But then again, I'm not a homeless man.
Thank god.
~Today was a glorious day. After the gale winds stopped blowing this afternoon it was a pleasant spring day. Just right for my wool sweater, window down (eating ham, of course) and I see a teen girl wearing short shorts and a halter top. It wasn't THAT nice. What is it with some kids? Is she an eternal optimist? Is she listening to some freak meteorologist? Is she just plain stupid? I wonder.
~That was on the same ride home just so you know.
~ I wrote a blog entry in my head while driving home, stir fry fixings in a bag and munching ham.
It was a good day. How was yours?
Posted by Sandy on 05.13.2008 AT 06:25 PM
Comments
Ummm....did you pay for the ham? Because you didn't mention that part, just that on your way out of the grocery store the ham looked tasty and you stuffed it in your purse.
J/K. I bet you paid for it. Because THAT would be quite the blog entry otherwise.
Posted by: Becca on 05.14.2008 AT 12:52 PM
All the teenagers here in the Pacific Northwest wear flip flops all year round and many wear shorts! They are nuts.
Posted by: LeAnne on 05.14.2008 AT 12:09 PM
Oh good, I am not the only one who composes blog entries in my head on the way home. On the way to work, I seem to be the only person who is in any hurry. But that's another story
Posted by: Paula on 05.14.2008 AT 11:15 AM
you make me laugh. I hate when ppl are impatient. My favorite is this guy who insists on taking the escalator down to the T everyday, but if ppl don't get out of his way he steps down to right behind them and huff/sighs as hard as he can. One day i was behind him and I waited until someone wouldn't get out of his way and then I said it, yes I did "You are welcome to take the stairs" :-D
Posted by: britt on 05.14.2008 AT 09:14 AM
God, Sandy you crack me up. Will you be my neighbor? I have ham!
Posted by: Nora on 05.14.2008 AT 06:43 AM
I think kids are eternal optimists - my wee one insisted on wearing a sundress today, and while she agreed to bring a sweater with her, just in case, she wouldn't put it on all day.
Posted by: Jenn C. on 05.14.2008 AT 12:17 AM
You are a funny girl.
Posted by: claudia on 05.13.2008 AT 11:22 PM
Well, I have an almost-teen (she's pretty cute, but don't tell her). (On second thought, you don't have to, she already knows.) The teenage girl DOES think SHE's all that, and wants to show it off at the least excuse. And start working on her tan.
I heard a talk once that explained so much to me. It was about the parts of the brain. The prefrontal lobe is the part of the brain that integrates everything, puts it all together, the 'governor'. Think of it as the 'common sense' part of the brain. Now, let me share with you that that part of the brain does not mature until the late teens in girls.
In men, it does not mature until well into the 20s.
Explains a lot, doesn't it?
(You know, I should blog that some day as a public service.)
Posted by: Cathy-Cate on 05.13.2008 AT 10:45 PM
you crack me up. you and your purse filled with ham.
Posted by: maryse on 05.13.2008 AT 10:07 PM
There are worse things to be known as than The Ham Lady -- I am sure of it. (I think I, in fact, am known as worse things!!!)
I'm glad you wrote a blog entry in your head on the way home.
And about the teen girl? Stupid.
Posted by: norma on 05.13.2008 AT 09:15 PM
I have those fears when I'm driving too. Do you think it might be from being told "make sure you have clean underwear on" one too many times?
Posted by: Stacey aka The Loom Whisperer on 05.13.2008 AT 08:53 PM
It was exhausting, thanks for asking. I love the ham bit. Serioulsy, the "ham lady". And yes, she probably was that stupid!
Posted by: Tracey on 05.13.2008 AT 08:49 PM
It's the best it's been because I'm reading Sandy and listening to country music. ;-)
Posted by: margene on 05.13.2008 AT 07:30 PM
I'm glad you had a great day! It's always better when the sun is shining.
I've occasionally put a package of thinly sliced pepperoni in my purse. MMMMMmmm pepperoni. One often needs sustenance on the drive home, methinks.
Posted by: Mary in Boston on 05.13.2008 AT 07:27 PM
I love you, my Sandy. You are a fabulous one in a lifetime lady.
Ya know, my mother used to get a loaf of french bread on her way home from work and eat the end off on her way home. I used to wonder where she was buying all these loaves of buttless french bread. *L*
Windy here today and hot. Getting hotter as the week continues. I am not happy. At all.
& Now I need ham.
XO
Posted by: Cookie on 05.13.2008 AT 06:59 PM
This is probably TMI, but my day was fine, except for the part where I forgot to pack underwear in my gym bag. And because I was in a rush I couldn't stop back home to get a pair before running to a couple of appts. So I had to go the entire day "commando"-ew-.
The best part- praying that I didn't get into an accident because I'd have a tough time telling my mother (who always told us to put clean underwear on before leaving the house...just in case) why I didn't have undies on.
Posted by: sunflowerfairy on 05.16.2008 AT 08:53 PM