It's nearly 40 degrees here, people. Appropriate sacrifices must have been made to the right deities. The signs of well-pleased idols are everywhere: tractor mud gunking up the county roads, a few new calves at the local feed lot, high numbers of skunk roadkill...we mortal humans are allowed to hope for Spring.
What else is sending the soul soaring this afternoon? Certainly not the morning's soccer game. We lost, and as part of a pushing, shoving, and grabbing match I got into with one of their guys, I managed to cup a handful (tiny though it was) of his family jewels. Perhaps jewel. Not much there. It wasn't a conscious effort on my part; I was trying to yank him back by the side of his shorts. He turned at an inopportune time. I did apologize - I'm not a cretin, but if I could go back in time, I think I should have let him just take the shot on net.
It was impossible to linger on the unpleasant game for long. Once back in my car, I cracked the windows, cranked the CD player, and headed home. I defy you to be in a bad mood when Smetana is guiding you down The Moldau. Best piece of music ever written.
I got back to an empty house. The VP took the boys swimming. Peace and quiet.
I need to go buy enormous amounts of lottery tickets right now.
Posted by Cathy at March 4, 2006 04:12 PMThat sounds like, as a friend of mine would say, "a glorious day!". Ok, except for maybe grabbing a starngers petite diamond or something. I've had what you might say is a "productive day", took 2 pickup loads to Goodwill, donated a lot of stuff that may have left me sniffling (personal meaning more than anything), if of course I wasn't such a manly man.
Posted by: Chris H at March 4, 2006 10:44 PMOK, I may have just topped today by hearing my wife admit that maybe a FULL SIZED VAN is just what we need, (which I call a groovy van) AND hauling 2 truckloads of stuff to Goodwill to downsize even more than we did when we left Minnesocold.
Posted by: Chris H. at March 4, 2006 10:47 PMCruising down 169 to check out Yarnzilla w/the oldest squid, and getting from the Mississippi River to there in only 15 minutes made this pretty close to a perfect day - plus being able to crack the window a bit while blasting Metallica (hey, the kid loves it!)
And I saw actual green grass shoots popping up in a field in Brooklyn Park on the way home from clinicals yesterday! Whooee!!
Posted by: Bunkergurl at March 5, 2006 09:00 AM