I can’t believe it’s been two weeks since I’ve been here. I didn’t realize it had been that long. I do hope you’re all doing well. Things here are as okay as they can be right now. I’m looking for work but not getting any responses to my resumes, even though it’s been recently updated with the help of a Career Specialist at Kaplan University
The kids are doing well in school; Zach just signed up for the chorus and practices start the beginning of March. They’re out of school for the next week for winter break so I’ve got to think of some fun things to do with them. The weather at the end of last week was really nice but it’s only supposed to be between 30 and 40 degrees all this coming week. I won’t let them be on the computer or play video games constantly so we’ll have to find something else to do where we use our own brains instead of technological brains. We’ll do it, too; rest assured.
Anyway, the reason I signed on tonight was because of a conversation I had with a friend last night. He’s a great guy and we laugh constantly. The reason the conversation started was because, on Friday, he said he’d be here ‘tomorrow’ to visit the kids and me. ‘Tomorrow’ being Saturday, of course. We made our arrangements via text so I texted him that tomorrow would never get here so his visit might not come to pass. He said tomorrow would get here; that I needn’t worry. Was he missing something, or was I? I repeated that ‘tomorrow’ never gets here and told him to think about it.
When he arrived yesterday he brought up the subject again and asked what I meant. I told him that ‘tomorrow’ will never get here regardless of what he thinks. He laughed and said that if ‘tomorrow’ didn’t get here we’d always be stuck in Saturday. I said, “No, we’ll always be stuck in today.” He stared at me like I grew a second head. DUH!! I actually had to explain it to him. “Dude, think of it this way. What is ‘tomorrow’?” “Sunday.” “Right. And when Sunday gets here, what will it be?” “I’m not following you.” Of course he wasn’t. “Okay, let me make this really simple. When you wake up on Sunday, will you say it’s tomorrow?” “No, I’ll say it’s today.” BINGO!!! “See, tomorrow never gets here.” Then he understood but decided to keep arguing anyway. We couldn’t stop laughing.
He’s one of those same people who asks me, via text or IM, “You there?” My response: “No, I’m here.” If I was ‘there’ I’d be where he is, right? Think about it before you answer; it’s all a matter of semantics. It’s like that question most people ask when speaking to a stranger on the phone. Most people, at the end of a conversation, will usually ask the other person, “And what was your name?” What WAS your name? “Well, when we started talking it was Mary; now, though, it’s Agatha.” Dude, just ask the person what his or her name IS; it hasn’t changed.
Yes, I’ve probably done it myself but I make a conscious effort not to do that. And I love catching others doing it. I get Kara on that one all the time. When I do, though, she calls me out on a couple of things I say. For instance, I ask if I can borrow a scissors. Yes, a scissors, or a tweezers. The package says scissors or tweezers. I don’t need a pair of either, I only need one item. It’s the same with pants. I buy and wear a pants. I don’t buy or wear a pair of shirt or a pair of bra, so why would I buy a pair of pants when it’s only one article? I wear a pair of socks and a pair of shoes. How many are there? Two of each. Am I right? I believe I am. You can disagree, I don’t mind.
I know I’ve probably discussed this before but it was a while ago if I did so it was time for a reminder. Only because it was on my mind tonight, that’s all. The “today/tomorrow” thing tends to get me thinking about other things that don’t make a lot of sense. So that’s it; I hope my return made you smile, even for a second. I’m going to try to be back here on a regular basis; I think I need it. Too much going on that needs to come out. In the meantime, keep smiling and thinking about tomorrow.
Until next time…peace to all.
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