Jun 24, 2008 14:13
1. I saw a license plate this morning that said "HRNT MOM." Everyone take a second and think about that. What does that mean? Hmmm? Have you got it yet? Hornet Mom. That's right. But that's not what I saw first. I was driving along, saw that, and said to myself, "Hairnet mom? Why would you want to mark yourself as a hairnet-wearing mother?"
2. I was looking up the definition of ennui on merriam-webster.com, and I spelled it e-n-u-i-i, which is wrong, clearly. They gave me a list of twenty suggestions for what I could've meant, and none of them made any sense at all. I encourage you to go look, but it's only really worth it for the last suggestion, which was anus. Ennui. Anus. Ennui. Anus. Hm.
3. I babysat today for a little girl named Ellie, and she was a total sweetheart. Also, there were two dachshunds, and while Ellie and I were running around the house goofing off, one of the dogs jumped up on the kitchen table and ate Ellie's Subway sandwich. Wicked dog! We were so confused when we got back to the kitchen and couldn't find her sandwich. It's not like the dog even left a huge mess, which is the weird part. I had to look around for a while before I discovered the wrapper from it.
4. The other day, I dropped Robbie (the little boy I babysit regularly) off at a birthday party. That is, I TRIED to drop him off. He and the other children would not let me leave. I had been there about an hour and a half before it looked like they might not miss me if I left. So I tried to say goodbye to Robbie again, and he clung to me and refused to let me go -- kept telling me he NEEEEEDED me, and that he was TOO SCAAAARED for me to leave him, and that I simply couldn't go! And so I said to him, "Robbie, you've gone practically your whole life without me and you've been just fine!"
"That's because I didn't know you yet," he said, "and now that I know you, I can't live without you!"
He won't have any problems getting girls when he's older.
5. So besides all the house finches, God has also given me a deer. When I'm driving home late, she waits for me right before the Longhill exit. I don't know why. I've seen her several times, though. I don't know WHO the wise guy was that left me a giant slug and a massive spider right in front of the house, though.