The Day Ginger Snapped part 2

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After that super long post last week I thought I would give you a shorter one this week. Plus, if you're like me, you're too strung out on turkey to concentrate on a longer post. lol!


Encouragement. That's what I need. Encouragement with a little
salt around the rim. Airport bar...here I come!

"Excuse me, could I get a..."

"I believe the lady would like a Margarita and I'll take a Seven &
Seven."

Wow! This guy is good looking. That hair. That smile. That voice.

"My name is Alden Cassidy and it would be an honor if you would let me buy you a drink."

Breathe.....talk.....don't fall off the bar stool

"I'm Ginger. How did you know what I wanted to drink?"

"I was sitting behind you on the plane."

Die...die now

"I'm sorry about that"

Laughter.....nice laughter.....beautiful dancing blue eyes

"Don't be sorry. It was the most entertaining plane ride I've ever
had and since I travel a great deal that's saying a lot."

Embarrassment.....disappointment

"I'm glad I was able to entertain you. Live it up! Enjoy the laugh at
my expense!"

"No, you don't understand. I think what you're doing is very brave. I
like the way you're taking control of your life. I could never do what
you're doing."

He touched my arm...he touched my arm...he touched my arm

"Oh, I'm sorry...I thought..."

"Let me guess. You thought I was just another loser, right?"

"No! You're not a loser. You're beautiful."

Laughter...foot in mouth...die...die again

"Thank you. I would prefer handsome, but beautiful will do."

Change...subject...now

"So, do you make a habit of buying drinks for crazy women or am I
just some kind of experiment?"

"Actually, I wanted to meet you."

Score

"I'm a writer and I was wondering if you would be interested in
letting me do a story about you."

Fumble

"I think a lot of people would get a kick out of your story and what
you're doing."

How many times can a person die in one day?

"No,thank you, but I'm already embarrassed enough."

Standing now...his hand on my arm...beautiful, dancing blue
eyes...can I jump into them and swim a few laps?

"Here, please, at least take my card. If you change your mind...if
you would like to talk...if you would like another Margarita...anything,
Call me."

Take me...take me right here...right now

"Thanks"

Walking away now...walking away from a beautiful, blue eyed
man who is willing to buy me Margaritas and listen to my sad life
stories...I think I love him

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Happy Thanksgiving!

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I hope you have an awesome Thanksgiving Day!

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My kind of day!

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I knew I was going to have a great day when I stopped at the grocery store. I promised my class ice cream and was on my way to Publix to pick it up. There was some kind of filming going on at the top level of the parking garage. There was extra traffic going in, a posted sign that directed the "talent and crew" to the seventh level, and some guy giving parking passes for those going up to the seventh level. Guess you got stopped from heading up that way if you didn't have the pass. I saw a couple of the people he gave passes to and they were "pretty people"!

Now, most days, things like this are a pain! But not today! Today, the nice guy giving out the parking passes tried to give me one. He thought I was one of the pretty people! I wanted to kiss him right on the lips and then I wanted to ditch work and hang out with the pretty people. I decided against that though when I got a mental image of the poor sub after my class learned they wouldn't be getting the ice cream they earned. lol!

While I'm sure I would have totally enjoyed my day with the pretty people, I would have missed out on two really good laughs that my class provided.

The first laugh came when I turned on the music today and accidentally hit the button that slowed it down. The noise that came out was slow and deep and funny sounding. As I was going to turn it off I asked why it sounded like that and half my class answered by saying, "It's angry!"

My second laugh came later in the day when one of the boys bragged that he could spell "car" without looking. I told him to go for it and he spelled "car" ------

B - M - W

I bet the pretty people didn't get those kinds of laughs today!

OK, so.....

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Remember how I thought I left mt phone at school? Yeah, well, I didn't. I actually had it the whole time and just didn't know it.

I made the mistake of throwing some things in a bag to bring home to work on over the weekend. Apparently, my phone was one of the things I threw into the bag. I didn't realize that my phone was in the bag because I didn't touch it until I picked it up to take it back to school this morning.

I get to school with my charger in hand and can't find the phone. That's when it dawned on me that I should check the bag and sure enough that's where my phone was.

The moral of this story is.....NEVER bring work home on the weekend! You're not going to do it anyway. lol!

Why is cooking so hard?

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Pancakes! That's all I wanted---pancakes. Why are they so hard to make? Why can't I make delicious and pretty pancakes like you get in restaurants?

I bought the Bisquick Shake 'n Pour pancake mix. I added water---to the line. I shook and shook the container. I poured the mix into the pan.

It wasn't pretty!

Instead of a beautiful golden brown pancake I got this thing that was full of air holes and every shade of brown except golden. I remember hearing my mom say that the first pancake never turns out right, so I didn't let it bother me too much. I just shook and poured more mix into the pan.

I managed to make two pancakes that weren't pretty, but didn't taste too bad. Of course, if I had ordered them in a restaurant and they came out looking like these I would have refused to eat them sent them back to the kitchen. My house is no restaurant!

I decided to go ahead and use the rest of the mix instead of saving it for another day in the frig like the label says you can, because I wasn't going to be getting the 6 to 8 pancakes they advertised.

I shook the container and poured the mix into the pan. Except, this time, with the last of the batch there was more dry power than mix. How did that happen?

I tried stirring the powder around in the pan to mix it up. It was kind of like a stir-fry pancake. Don't ever try that! It's not good or pretty!

Why is cooking so hard?

Oy vey!

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I think I've once again left my cell phone at school for the weekend. I've tried calling it just in case I laid it down in some weird place, but it's set on vibrate. So even if it is laying around the house somewhere calling myself isn't going to help me find the phone. lol!

The up side of not having the phone is that I'm having a fairly quiet weekend. Most people call the cell phone and I can still use the house phone to order fajitas. lol!

The down side to not having my cell is that I don't know anyone's number. Seriously! I don't even know my own cell number. It's a good thing Orange Croc Guy has my cell number saved in his phone. lol!

The other down side is having to carry my own packages and shopping bags into the house. I was out shopping today and stopped at the grocery store before coming home. I must have gotten to the security gate as the guards were changing shifts cause there were three guys standing there talking. Before swiping my resort pass, I held it up to brag to the guys that I actually had it. At one time or another, all of them have had to let me in because I forgot or lost the stupid thing. They were all proud of me. They even clapped!

I parked the car and wondered how I was going to get everything inside, since I didn't have my phone to call the valet. My original plan was to ask the guys at the gate to call them for me, but I got side tracked and forgot when they started clapping. I thought about walking back to the gate and asking them to call, but decided that only a REALLY, REALLY spoiled person would do that. I'm only a little spoiled, so I ruled that out.

This meant that I had to carry everything in myself. Now, I don't feel guilty about that Ben & Jerry's I bought. I totally earned that ice cream!

Note to self: DO NOT buy heavy things when you have to carry them in yourself!