I just have to write (been
writing a bazillion words in the last two days for me, just not here).
And sometimes I just have to
share…when things strike me but especially my funny bone and this had us rolling on the floor, literally, at the end of the night when discovered.
A lovely friend invited me to
dinner last night knowing I was alone. She thoroughly tempted me with her
delicious fish tacos (fresh lake bass). I know she thought I’d say “no”, which
I actually considered doing for sure, but knew she could hook me with a favorite
meal. Dangling good food is a sure fire why to get me to do something.
As a guest, I refuse to just
sit tight when someone is working so hard in the kitchen, especially for me, so
I insisted that I help because if someone ever asks me while I’m preparing a
meal, I always find something to delegate. Tonight, I got to heat up rice and
beans (Woo Hoo!).
It was during last minute
preparations that my phone “quacked” (and I’d like to know who set it’s tone to
do that…not me!). The text was from my darling 21 year old daughter
who I hadn’t seen in a week.
Being busy in the kitchen, I
asked her best friend, daughter of the lovely dinner lady,
to answer on behalf of me. As me!
This is the conversation my
daughter thought she was having WITH ME
while out for dinner with her father…
(That's a martini glass, a swami, and two money bags)
I suppose, if it were truly true, he should be concerned. He knows me inside and out and the possibility of such cavalier and spontaneous behavior really makes his very practical head spin.
Have you ever seen the movie “Lost
In America” with Albert Brooks and Julie Hagerty (a movie that makes us laugh
every time)? Here’s a small snippet of the plot!
“David
and Linda Howard are typical 1980s
yuppies in Los Angeles who are fed up
with their lifestyle. He works in an advertising agency and she for a
department store. But after he fails to receive a promotion he was counting on
and is asked to transfer to the firm's New York office instead, David angrily
insults his boss and is fired. He coaxes his wife to quit her job as well and
seek a new adventure.
The
Howards decide to liquidate their assets and drop out, "like in Easy Rider",
heading out to see the country in a Winnebago
recreational
vehicle. They leave L.A. with "nest egg", but don't get
very far. The plan goes awry when Linda loses nearly all their cash playing roulette at the Desert Inn Casino in Las Vegas.
I
think MY guy was thinking this. He should know better, however,
because I’m not a gambler…with money, that is!!!
