It's Wednesday! and ...My Mind is Wandering...

Hi there...Well, I haven't done this in a while...well, I mean my mind has wandered...just not on a Wednesday...Well, probably it has wandered on a Wednesday, just not here in this format...sigh...already I am off track...What track? you ask?

Hmmm, Good question...

Well, I know that I was thinking about the time earlier in the week when my daughter told me that they were talking at work and she told them that if she ever got a tattoo that she would get a meaningful one...Note: I am not particularly worried here...she had to give up pierced ears in middle school because I flat out refused to change the earrings for her anymore and she was afraid to push them through the little holes herself...So anyway where was I? Oh yes...She said that she would get the tattoo somewhere where no one could see it maybe on her hip bone a pink ribbon on one and an xoxo on the other...for me....I was so touched...even knowing that she will never be able to bring herself to do this...I am touched at the thought...

There is something else that I am very touched by this week...Our 35th high School reunion is coming up...Out of the blue I got an email from one of the members of the planning committee explaining to me that anyone who knows me knows how hard I work to raise money for Susan G Komen for the Cure and so they have an anonymous donor that has offered to donate $5.00 for every person and guest that will attend the reunion up to $250.00! They would like me to spearhead the effort by being the cheerleader of sorts...Of course I am happy to! He called me today to work out the detail...That was a fun call. A blast from the past...

But really! What a fantastic idea! A class reunion that is raising money for a wonderful cause also, and not just any cause, one that has effected members of our own class. Breast cancer isn't the only one either. I am told the there is a similar offer on the table for another that does similar work for an AIDS organization...So we will be raising money for two worthy organizations that weekend just by attending our reunion and having fun! 

What an idea!

I always knew the class of 1976 was a special one.

We Rock!

A very big Thank You to our Anonymous Donor!

My mind is also wandering around about another subject...Clive Cussler has a new book out...I started it last night...I am about to get back to it...Here is a picture of it...

I love the Isaac Bell books he is a true gentleman...sigh...

So....I am off to read...

It's Wednesday! and ...My Mind is Wandering...

Have you ever considered that perhaps it is the car that one drives that dictates the personality of the driver of said car? Or, let me put it this way...perhaps it is the car that is being driven that drives the driver to drive in the manner that he or she does...

This profound thought occurred to me today as I drove home from running an errand...an errand that I should not have had to run, mind you, but that might be a post for another day...we will see how much typing I feel like doing...I had to go to the pharmacy for a prescription that I was out of, one that I tried to pick up yesterday...one that they did not have for me yesterday...because they had to order the medication...did I mention that the pharmacy that I use is located at my place of employment? Did I mention that I was off today...and so had to drive in on my day off?...Nuff said about that...


OK, so back to my profound thought about driving...apparently I felt like typing...anyway...I am a rather defensive and patient driver...I am not usually known for weaving in and out or passing very much...I am usually content to ride along in my lovely vehicle, which I enjoy driving very much, listening to my wonderful stereo system to which I have hooked up my blackberry...that way I have my own music playing...usually jazz...and I can also answer the phone if need be...peachy...unfortunately all of that changed very recently...said lovely vehicle became, in the blink of an eye, not so lovely! The climate control stopped working! Yes, that's right, I said climate control. No regular old heat or AC for my vehicle, oh no...nuh uh...I have the fancy smancy climate control. Set it to a specific temperature and the system maintains that temp all by itself. Beautiful! Just Beautiful! It was simply a simple pleasure to be in that car and so I was a great driver...


Well a couple of weeks ago that all changed...I am simply not going to pay $2000.00 for a simple pleasure...OK I would but I can't afford to. Not if we want to eat also...So I no longer have climate control...who knew that something such as that could have me feeling so differently about my Tilde...her name...Today, while running my errand,  the temperature read out was telling me it was 103 on the Beltway...Oh yes...that still works...I ended up behind a rather slow driver...they were not even going the speed limit...there was plenty of open road ahead of them...so I hit the blinker and whipped into the other lane, passed, hit the blinker again and whipped back in...this happened several times as I headed down the road...It occurred to me that this was not usual behavior for me. It also occurred to me that there was absolutely no way in hell that I was going to mosey along in that car with the windows open and all of that wind and road noise and the 103 degree heat and not being able to hear any of my music...Oh, Hell No!! I hit the blinker and hit the gas... several times... It also occurred to me that had I had my climate control in working order, I would have sat back and waited behind that car and enjoyed the music and gotten home when I got there...It dawned on me then that because of the broken climate control and the God awful heat and the less than efficient pharmacy...all things beyond my control...I was being forced to become, out of necessity, a type of driver I never thought I was...
I truthfully really miss the simple pleasure of enjoying my lovely vehicle with the cool air and awesome smooth jazz coming out of the speakers...Now I have to wait for cooler weather for that...and I don't like cooler weather...

Oh, and those phone calls? Don't even go there...sigh...I sometimes have to take a conference call while on the way to a meeting...bluetooth of course...well now that will happen only if I want to sweat!

PS...

Now I have to wonder how many of those drivers I have shaken my head at over the years used to mild mannered drivers like me... but were forced to be the way they are now by circumstances beyond their control...food for thought...

Welcome to a Wandering Wednesday...

Well Hi there...I'm just sitting here waiting for my hair to dry and thought...uh oh...it's Wednesday and I haven't wandered in a while...so...here goes...I have to hurry though, it is late and I have to get up for work...We had our first Race Executive meeting tonight and as usual we went to Bahama Breeze afterward. Great time with Great company! Things are changing...they always do...more on that at another time...some new members, some not returning...some phasing out...I will lead my first survivor committee meeting of the year next Monday...how to top last year...and what will this year's theme be??? Any ideas would be appreciated!

Found a new show last night...I think it is called Body of Truth with Dana Delaney... excellent show! Found an old one too...Castle...watched it for the first time...another excellent show!

My trip went very well...Very inspiring...Very pink...Pictures will be posted at another time...there will be a pink Elvis!

I'd love to wander around my mind some more but I really have to get to bed... So Until next time...

Stay Pink!