Aug 04 2009
Gum, How Dare You Taunt Me!
This morning I went into town to be sort of a back up driver. We have this old Mercury Tracer that we are trying to fix up (I’m not sure if we are selling it or not) and it stays with my sister. The thing is that my sister is always busy in some way or another, which means we have to figure out where she is, get the car key from her, and then go back to her place to get the car to where it needs to be fixed. We meet up with my sister, who is babysitting two of my cousins at the time. The cousins of mine sadly are very young and have no manners. They don’t say hello or good bye to anyone, they only give attention to people when the person shuts off their video game or swears (because swearing means money in the swear jar). Normally I’m good with kids, but I told them that they were very rude brats.
We took care of the car, met up with some people, had a nice lunch. All in all I did quite well today with my mind not focused on gum…and then it happened. On the way home we made a stop at Wal-Mart to get a get-well-soon card for one of my mom’s friends. Of all the gums, one is my weakness: Juicy Fruit. The only problem with Juicy Fruit is that the flavor runs out quickly and it leads to burning through packs quicker (luckily it lasts longer than the Zebra Stripe gum). Normally I steer clear of Juicy Fruit because I end up wasting money on it. While I was in the check out line I was being taunted by the many varieties of gum, but one of all of them taunted me the most. There was one of those large canisters of gum that hold 60 pieces worth of gum, but it was a canister of Juicy Fruit. I ignored it until I got home when someone sent me this funny video and then I really needed gum.
Tonight, actually as I was typing the first paragraph of this entry, an old friend of mine started chatting me up on facebook. She usually tells me about her relationship troubles and how she hates romantic relationships, which is why I was surprised when she came to me today saying that she was engaged. Since she moved back home from Minnesota, she is dying to get back, but can’t for a while. Apparently one of her friends asked her to marry him a few months back, whether he was joking or not, she never said. She told him that she would think about it. While telling me the story she is rationalizing why she should do it, but it sounds more like a business contract than anything. I put out there the question that would really get her thinking, “Would you honestly go to bed with this guy?” That made her think. Such is another odd day in the life of me.
