As my Virginia and North Carolina trip winds down, and we start thinking about heading back home, I sit here laughing just remembering all the reasons we laughed these last few days.
As we traveled to explore retirement possibilities for Dee, we experienced things you don’t want to hear on a road trip, like, when we got out of the car we heard someone say in another part of the parking lot, “Ya know…some people just need killin!”
That is one way to make a person perk up!
Out of my mouth, as we were shuffling things around the car in the parking lot, I shouted out “So how many drugs did you bring?” Laughing Lucyann, John and Dee began to watch over their shoulder to see if anyone heard us!
I mix up the words vibrator and massager. To me they both vibrate so I don’t understand all the fuss…So while sitting in the dining area of the hotel in Asheville, rubbing a sore area between my shoulders, I say to my sister-in-law, “Sure wish I had a vibrator!” A man at another table started for a long time at me as I finished my breakfast. And I thought he was flirting!
Going to the farmer’s market is John and Lucyann’s past time. I know why. Not only can you get a bounty of wonderful food, but there is entertainment too. It makes for a great way to start the day. But I also discovered another reason. The friendliness of the people in the south is a great experience. Here is why I say that: I am wearing what I fondly refer to as “my people attracter” pendant that my friend Flo made. It is a beautiful piece of agate created into a necklace. No matter how many times I wear it, someone comes out of the crowd and let’s me know how beautiful it is. A nice way to start a conversation with a stranger.
So here I am at the bread maker’s stand when the young lady starts her flattering comments about my pendant. Then her male partner starts in. As we were chatting I catch out of the corner of my eye a man standing there staring at me, quietly mouthing the word beautiful…beautiful…over and over again. Getting all flush I thank them all and let them know I may just never leave this place because they have made me feel so good! And they did. Once again I thank Flo for her creative conversation piece!
Another moment that put a smile on my face happened last night. John and Lucyann went out to the back yard for their evening ritual, while I finished up some emails in their family room. I suddenly heard two young men chatting outside and realized they were on the property. Soon they came walking across the front of the two windows in the room. I called out, “Can I help you?”
The one young man took off running across the street. I went to the door, opened it and asked what they wanted.
“I can’t find my cat,” he said.
“What does your cat look like?”
“It has spots,” he replied all the while fidgeting. (I’m thinking, spots? I never knew a cat to have spots.)
“So why did your friend run?” I asked.
“I don’t know, maybe he is scared.”
“Why would your friend be scared of looking for a cat?”
“I dunno,” he replied.
“So what is your name?”
“Billie Bob,” he answered.
“What is your last name?” I asked.
“Billie Jones.”
“Can I bet on that?” I asked.
“No ma’am,” he said as he took off down the road.
I don’t know what they were up to, but I loved his honesty!
Another lesson learned this week is that you can’t be too literal with some people. A young mother, with her four year old son showed up at her sister’s house only to discover that her son forgot to put underwear on. So she told him to grab a pair of his cousin’s underwear as they both were the same age and near the same size. Dutifully he did, not seeming to be bothered that his cousin was a girl. As the visit was coming to an end, she called him back into the house. He came running, with his cousin beside him.
“Take Annie’s underwear off. We are leaving now,” she said.
“No, I don’t want to.”
“I said, take Annie’s underwear off now! We are leaving.”
Whining now, he says, “but I don’t want to.”
“Look,” the mother begins to shout, “take off Annie’s underwear right now or I’ll spank your butt.”
With that he runs over to his cousin Annie, knocks her down and pulls off her underwear!
Yes, as this week comes to an end and I find myself back home again, I will miss the side splitting laughter that was experienced over and over during this trip. But boy do I have a million reasons to smile!!!
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