Life Lessons

Over dinner last night a good friend and I were swapping “Life Lessons” with much hilarity. One of her top ones: If you are walking across a sewer grate, be sure you have a good hold on your keys!

For me: Never read and walk at the same time. You think I would learn after once, twice, god knows how many times. When I first started working at the credit union (I don’t work there anymore) I was busy reading the internal memos I had just retrieved from my mail box at the same time that I was walking down the line of glass fronted offices. All I can say is “Danger Will Robinson!” Anyhow I managed to misjudge where the door was and when I tried to enter the office, I ran full force into the huge pane of glass. CLANG!!! Reverb… Of course due to my luck, all of the other member service representatives were loitering in that office, and looked up in time to see my startled face firmly connecting to the glass. So much for first impressions, they all dissolved into pools of laughter. Believe me, by the time I left three years later I hadn’t done much to improve my reputation. My manager used to beg me to please take the elevator…

So, back to the present, in the restaurant parking lot we have just finished explaining how we have both managed to fall over absolutely nothing. I turn and start walking away while looking back at her saying goodbye. When I finally get back to looking where I’m going, I’m surprised to realize that the corner of the Jeep is only about 3 inches from my nose. Hit the Brakes!!! How apropos. You can dress me up but you can’t take me out and expect that I won’t run into stuff!! We were both laughing so hard we were crying and could barely get in our cars.