It's AWESOME outside today! So warm! and the next couple of days it's supposed to be ...brace yourself... SIXTY! And who says wishes never come true?
So needless to say, my walk was amazing. But it ~is~ Friday and people are nuts on Fridays. Within an hour's time, I heard nine people honk their horn angrily, three people screech their car, and four people accelerate and zoom around other cars. One woman honked, yelled, screeched, and zoomed from within a parking lot as another car pulled in from the busy street all because she was trying to pull out and turn around to go back into the very same parking lot and the car pulling in delayed her from doing so for...oh...10 seconds at the most.
I saw an older woman that I haven't seen since the nice days of Fall walking around. She has to use a walker and it usually takes her a good bit of time to get around. We stopped and chatted awhile about the nice weather and how we definately weren't going to complain at all if it stayed this warm till Spring. At the end of our chat, she thanked me. Thank me? Thank me for a friendly conversation? That's silly. It makes me sad sometimes when older people think you're doing them a favor by giving them your time. While some older people are cranky and obnoxious, so many older people are full of great stories. She certainly didn't need to thank me for our chat.
On a really exciting note, my daughter has figured out how to give kisses and hugs!
And tonight...I'm hitting the pub!
2 comments:
Ha! I always stop and talk with the ~older~ people who I see out on walks, too. Maybe she thanked you because you brightened her day. :D
And I so know what you are talking about with the kisses and hugs. My littlest guy started resting his head on my shoulder just yesterday and I could not.get.enough.
He is so sweet I could eat him up.
~L.
Older people in my line of work will talk to you all day if you let them. They're full of stories and they'll lay them on you for a long time if you let them. I was on the phone with a guy for an hour that just talked because someone was listening. I didn't hang up, but I should have. I guess it made him feel better.
Have fun at the pub tonight. Throw down a few for me!
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