AuburnChick's Adventures

It’s time for the Wednesday Hodgepodge!  I have found this weekly meme to be extremely addicting.  Actually, reading everyone’s responses to the questions is addicting.  It’s fun to discover others who answer in the same weird way as me.  I’ve actually made a few good friends!!  Thanks, Joyce, for hosting.  Go on over and make a connection…link up…so you can have lots of friends like me.  LOL

1.  Have you ever been served breakfast in bed?  Do you enjoy that?  If someone were serving you breakfast in bed this coming weekend, what would you hope to see on the tray?

I honestly cannot remember being served breakfast in bed.  Perhaps the kids did it once many years ago.  If someone were to serve me breakfast this weekend, I would hope to see a big bowl of fruit on the tray.  I’ve been eating a vegan diet since December, so I don’t eat sugared pastries or other regular breakfast foods.

2.  What is one piece of advice you would give to a new mother?

One piece of advice I would give to a new mother is to stay involved in your children’s lives, even when they get older and tell you they don’t need or want you.  I will never regret the hours upon hours upon hours I spent taking my daughter to/from soccer practices and traveling back and forth to tournaments across the state and country.  I will never regret attending nearly every single football and soccer game just to take thousands (I do not exaggerate) pictures of Rooster playing in the band and Chicky motoring across the soccer field to catch opponents (she nearly always caught them too).

Chicky is playing soccer in college now, and she doesn’t even argue when we tell her that we’ll be there on such-and-such a weekend to watch her play.  Rooster obligingly poses for pictures at academic awards.

Time goes by too quickly NOT to be involved.

3.  When was the last time you wanted to scream?

I last wanted to scream during one of my classes yesterday.  When children refuse to do what you tell them…over and over…well, it’s enough to make you want to pull out your hair and scream in a hissy fit.

4.  Can you hula hoop?

I have no idea if I’ve still got swing in my hips.  But, my church has been celebrating its 100-year anniversary, and every month, it’s celebrating one decade.  This month, we’ll be remembering the 50’s, and hula hoop contests will be in order.  I’ll find out if I can still hula hoop then.

5.  What is something that people do in traffic that really bothers you?

People who weave in and out of traffic just to save a few seconds really irk me.  Seriously, will it kill you to stay behind one car for longer than one traffic light?  Chances are great that I’m gonna beat you in the long run.  Murphy’s Law.

6.  What do you do when people don’t admit they’re wrong?

I’ve found that saying, ever so sweetly, “If you say so” lets people know that I don’t believe them, but I’m allowing them to think I do.  It’s Southern sarcasm at its finest.

7.  What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word “fun”?

The first thing that comes to mind is bar hopping on a Friday night after a grueling week of classes.

If you believe that, then I have some land to sell you.

😉

Seriously…I live in a beach town, so I automatically think of the beach.  Now, does that mean that I go to the beach regularly?  Nope.  But, we have a very nice outdoor mall on the beach, and I love the breeze and salty air.  I love sitting on a bench outside of Borders, reading a knitting magazine, and enjoying the beach air.  That is my idea of fun.

8.  My Random Thought

How weird is this.  Chicky called me yesterday to tell me that she wasn’t sure she was going to get a lifeguarding job she had applied for.  Why?  Well, here’s where things get strange.  Apparently, there was another applicant with Chicky’s name. 

Can you believe it?  Two Chicky’s in Podunk, USA?

But nobody knew this…at first.

Somehow, some of her paperwork was lost, so when the person who is screening applicants presented her application to the review board, her information was incomplete, making her look bad.  So, the screener sent the other Chicky an email letting her knew she was tentatively being offered the job.  The only problem was that he sent the email to MY Chicky, who was thrilled and proceeded to jump through all of the hoops…scheduling a physical and drug test.  She couldn’t access a certain website that the person had given her the link for, and that’s when the screener started putting two and two together.

So, at this point, she doesn’t think she’ll get the job.  The screener is trying to go back through the gagillion emails to find the one she sent with her original documents as proof that she did, in fact, submit everything in a timely manner.  If he can find it, he’s going to recommend her for the job.

To make matters worse, this is a government agency.

If you read yesterday’s post, you know that I am not exactly pleased with governmental agencies right now.

Would you mind saying a prayer for MY Chicky?  She desperately needs to earn money for college as I am too broke paying back that stupid overpayment (see yesterday’s post) to help her out financially.

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