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Treasured Moments....eek. 4:05 p.m. 2005-04-13 I shouldn’t have had worn a skirt today because I’ve been freezing! The only time I’ve felt warm is when I go inside my car. You know how you are driving along, and you think of someone, and suddenly, there they are passing in the car in front of you. Strange. This time I was thinking of something funny about this person; and suddenly; there they appear out of nowhere! Strange but funny—I almost spit my Diet Coke all over myself. Ever go to the grocery store and find yourself being shocked each time you touch a canned good? There is nothing worse! I don’t know what I’m doing wrong; perhaps the soles of my shoes are just rubbing against the floor too much, or maybe it’s the way I’m walking, but it can be really embarrassing-especially when you find yourself reaching out for that can of peaches with a little too much apprehension, as though it’s going to bite you on the hand. You think to yourself: “Maybe if I reach for the can in slow motion, I won’t get shocked…” I can just see the grocery store cameras zoom in as I slowly go for the can of corn… “Hey Bob, tell the store manager to keep a close look on this one. She is looks a little too suspicious there in the canned goods isle. Did she just scream when she picked up that can?” There is one grocery store incident that I used to constantly worry that a store surveillance video would make its way to America’s Most Funniest Videos. As I was waiting in line at this very small neighborhood market, the slip I was wearing underneath my dress fell to my feet. I was so embarrassed! I felt everyone was looking at me! Luckily, there was no one behind me in line, and I managed to quickly step over my slip and cram it inside of my purse. I looked up, and there was the camera right on me. Note to the wise: Never wear a maternity wear slip under your dress (when you AREN’T pregnant)—no matter what the circumstances may be. Last night I was cruising the streets of downtown San Jose to pick up my daughter and her boyfriend. They had theatre tickets to see a Chinese musical, and I was more than happy to take them and pick them up, but of course we did not anticipate the play would be more than 2.5 hours long. There I am going down the one way street of downtown more than a half a dozen times; then retreating to the parking lot of McDonalds so not to look “suspicious”. I swear there was a cop with his eye on me. “I’ve got a woman driving a white van driving south on Second Street. She is driving a little too slow, and this is her 6th drive by. She is now on her way to the McDonald’s parking lot for the 5th time. This could be a drug pick up. Keep your eye on this one.” Of course, I didn’t have my cell phone with me, and I ended up walking across the street to use a public phone. “I’ve got a visual of the strange woman from the white van. She is wearing a very dated 1980’s sweatshirt, black pants, and black ankle boots. It appears she is making a call on the south corner of Second Street. Let her go, no drug dealer who be caught looking like that without a cell phone.” Hey, “car clothes” are comfortable and effortless! Give me a break! Coelha@aol.com |