If it weren’t for our beloved vets, I would not be able to share today with you, as it unfolded…unbridled, unfettered and unedited.
A mish-mash of things from home and work that I found coming out of my mouth today:
“Please, don’t saw up our back deck.”
“Thank you for finding the diamond solitaire…and for being so honest! I am so relieved…”
“Do you mind taking this pair of underwear?” (said to a stranger)
“So, now we’re up to a 53-minute hour from the age-old 50-minute hour? What would Bob Newhart do?”
“Where can I get a jumpsuit like that, and how much do they cost?”
“Now, then…how do you plan to do serious harm to yourself if you can’t order in pizza?”
“Whose idea was it to pile everything from the computer hutch in my bedroom until we’re ready to sell?”
“No Netflix on your DS. Period.”
“Tell me again…why did you wine me and dine me all weekend?”
“Why is your driver’s permit at home while I am in the passenger’s seat???!!!”
“What was it like to have your mother blame you for her selling you for drugs when you were 4?”
“The bug is not waving at us, sweetie…he’s trying to get right-side up. I have to step on him, first.”
“No, you are NOT going fishing today with a C in history. I don’t care what the fish promised you last weekend.”
“Honey, Sleestaks are not real. I promise they won’t get you in your dreams.”
“Did any of my staff get injured during that incident?”
And, my favorite, after the requisite ‘how was your day, dear?”
“After four months to the week today, I actually RAN up the hill, did my 2.5 and ran back down!!! Yeah!!!!!”
But above all, a big salute to all the veterans today who serve (and have served) our country with selfless courage, pride and patriotism – all in the name of our freedom and ALL those things our country stands for.
Special thanks to God for the generations of veterans of the CV-63, the souls responsible for the American flag from the Kitty Hawk on my mantle, for the nearby sunken Oriskany, for my son of a son of a sailor, and heroes like Buddy and brainrants.
Refractions from the high-speed commute home today: