Just one week from today, and my little angel will be a 5th grader. It’s hard to believe sometimes how big she’s gotten. I can remember how sweet she was at 18 months old, when we were at the photographers, and she put her in a wash basin, naked(because it was cute and not weird at that age) …so adorable with her hair in pig tails, the cutest look on her face. 🙂 So sweet…It’s still my favorite picture of her. Say it with me, “AHHHHHH”.
Don’t be fooled, the nostalgia wears off quickly. This weekend, she spent most of it with her father. The following was our conversation when he arrived to drop her off: (and the satisfaction of his comments almost overwhelmed me).
“She got in trouble a bit this weekend,” he said.
“Really? What happened?” I asked.
“She was a little too sassy… She answered everything with ‘Why’ and ‘Uumphhh,” he replied.
“Ooohhh,” I said. (with a tiny smirk-I’m sure he didn’t notice) ______________________________________________________
I am very lucky. I have many friends, many good friends, that I have had for a very long time that I regularly talk to-some for almost 20 years. I really am blessed to have them in my life.
Every once in a while, one of them shares a story with me that sends me to the floor laughing. This is one of those stories. We’ll call her “Susie”.
So, Susie lives pretty far out of town, and makes an hour drive everyday to and from work. One evening, as she made her way back home, she noticed an older man in a car next to her. Assuming he was an “out-of-town-er” because of his Mississippi plates, she looked in to see what he was doing because he was swerving in his lane. Now, “Susie” drives a larger SUV-so she could easily look into his vehicle.
Mr. Mississippi kept taking his right had off the wheel, and holding it up to his mouth, as if he was shushing someone. “Susie” was perplexed. “What was he doing?” she thought, and ” who was he shushing”? Because she’s a super experienced driver, (I know this because we text and Facebook each other sometimes while driving, and I’m an experienced driver too), She leaned in a little more to see what he was doing with his left hand that was not allowing him to drive safely. And as he turned to look at her with a creepy smile on his face, and proceeded to shush her, she saw it!
And she had wished she wasn’t so nosey.
Mr. Mississippi was pleasuring himself while driving on the busiest, most traffic-ridden, construction everywhere, part of Interstate-10! Seriously! What in the world? She was so disgusted and angry! “Susie” was not going to take this!
Especially since he shushed her-and no one does that to her!
So, she did what every person should do when someone is driving recklessly-called 9-1-1. She embellished a bit-telling the dispatcher Mr. Mississippi was swirving dangerously into her lane. She told the dispatcher what she saw. “Excuse me, Maam, uh, what is he doing”? the dispatcher said, uncomfortably. “Susie” repeated herself again-very clearly so she wouldn’t be misunderstood. The police promised to send someone out right away.
So, because she is a super-citizen, “Susie” followed Mr. Mississippi-of course. Police finally caught up withhim and pulled him over-but not before “Susie” and Mr. Mississippi almost made it an hour past her destination. Mr. Mississippi’s excuse was that he was protected with the privacy act, and whatever he does in his vehicle is ok. But-one thing he wasn’t prepared for was “Susie” seeing his little party, making it a public display, and therefore not private.
So boys and girls, next time you feel the need to release stress-or whatever-in the privacy of your own car-make sure your windows are tinted…please! For the love of God!
And what was “Susie’s” husband’s response, when she told him what she saw and that she was going to call the cops? “Oh, leave him alone. He’s probably got a date waitin’ for him in Louisiana and he’s getting ready”.
Men.
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