Went to Murrietta today to visit the birthday girl, Sara Wheeler. She goes to the bible college out there and rarely has time for us. She managed to save a block of time for us today between 12:30PM and 5:00PM. Naturally we took advantage of it and headed out there to have lunch with her. We brought along her best friend, Alicia Ortega. Same last name, but no actual relation. Both of these girls were in the high school group we used to help out with at a church in Long Beach quite a few years back. We have watched them grow up and mature, and are now a part of our lives as friends. Maybe it is because we feel they still need some guidance in their life and that is why we stick around. You know they need it sometimes.
We had a great drive up, barely noticed the time tick by. It was great drilling Alicia about all the info of her new boyfriend, whom we barely met today as we dropped her off afterward. I think the actual best part about giving her the fifth degree is the way she gets embarrassed and acts like she doesn't want to talk about it. It naturally became a "pick on Alicia day", to the point that Sara even got in on the action when we met up with her. Not that there wasn't a little to pick on Sara about. Including the fact that as we walked through the mall together today, Sara pointed out how she liked the "fanny packs" that were displayed in the Tilly's we had walked into. Who likes fanny packs? That was amazing. I didn't even know they were making a come back. Literally, designer fanny packs for sale. Not cheap either. I guess everything comes back sooner or later. Now is the time of the fanny pack. Another great story about Sara, who was doing some shopping for some Banquet she is going to, is how clumsy she can be. I turned my head for one second and heard a "whoosh" and crash sound. I turned back and there is Sara standing next to a pile of pants that had fallen to the ground. The interesting thing was, they weren't stacked on one another. They were hanging on hangers. She managed to knock down about ten pairs of pants, right out of their hanger. I don't know how she did it. I did get a picture of it and will share it with you.
Beard update. As we went through the guards entrance to the college to pick up Sara, I did get a beard compliment. Yes, he yelled to me "Great beard" as we drove through the gate. The compliments are starting. Even though I am in that awkward stage where it is not long enough to forgive the fact that it is really shabby right now. A little out of control. A little longer and that just becomes the facade. Like it is supposed to be shabby on purpose. The reality is that it just grows that way and I can't control it. Let the compliments roll in.
This Day In History: 1616
English playwright William Shakespeare shakily signs his will, which turned over his property to the male heirs of his elder daughter and bequeathed to his wife his "second best bed".
Born This Day: 1920
Howerd Cosell - American sports announcer
"A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines."
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Frank Lloyd Wright
Here are the actual fanny packs from the Tilly's. Yes, Tilly's.
Here is Sara, with her pants on the ground. Looking like a fool with her pants on the ground.
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