Last Friday afternoon I was on my way to Salt Lake listening to Reba McEntire’s Number One’s CD – Disc 2. Reba and Lari White are my two essential travel CD’s, they must accompany me every road trip. For this trip, I traded out Lari so that I could listen to Sugarland. My sister bought me a ticket to the group’s concert on Saturday and I had some cramming to do.
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F L A K… What Was I Doing, Again?
I have become a flake in my older age. This little fact bothers me because I didn’t used to be one. In fact, it was a matter of pride which could lead someone to point out perhaps that’s the reason why I’ve been humbled. But we’ll leave that for a discussion to be filed in the “Never Gonna Happen” file. I never needed to write anything down as long as I was focused on something when it was told to me or shown to me, I remembered it. Darn near forever. Sometimes I wished I could forget. Even though I used to carry a planner around it was empty. I guess I just thought the nerd look worked for me.
Family Prayer
The seven year old youngest sister, JT, said the family prayer the night before her oldest sister, NR, went to youth conference. The older sister, who was 15, was looking forward to asserting her independence from her family. Though not old enough to date, she would have plenty of opportunity to “scope out” the boys. And she wouldn’t have her parents there watching her flirt.
It Ain’t Old Age, It’s Just Me
My eyes are keeping my life interesting. One thing I inherited from my father is a love of crossword puzzles. When I have a moment, I work the newspaper’s daily crossword. Tonight, I had a moment. The puzzle was fairly easy and I moved quickly until I got to 30 across. I needed a five letter word for “Tilted women.” Tilted women? I’ve heard of jilted women but not tilted. An image of a row of women with their right legs much shorter than their left legs causing them to lean to the right popped into my head. That would make a woman tilted alright but what’s a five letter word for it? I skipped it and moved on.
