I'm so sorry...

Some really big things are happening in my life right now. They are good things, but I can't really write about them until they've settled and make sense.

Stay tuned. If you want.

Whoa Canada.

I had a decidedly Canadian morning. It was completely by chance.

A few weeks ago I was on hold with a Canadian company and liked the radio station they used (Mix 96 in Montreal), so I found it online and started listening to it. Today they played "The Way I Am" by Ingrid Michaelson which, at the time, I didn't know the name of so I sent an email to ask.

THE D.J. GAVE ME A SHOUT OUT.

FROM CANADA.

It was AWESOME.

While reeling from this I noticed not only was I wearing the hoodie my friend Jeannie sent me from Canada, but I was snacking on a Dare brand maple cookie (also from Canada).

THEN.

I looked at the paper the maple cookies were resting on and had to take a picture. It was too funny.



(Note: McGill University is in Montreal.)

(WHERE THE RADIO STATION IS LOCATED.)

I mean, REALLY. You can't PLAN this kind of thing if you tried! It's too much of a coincidence. Could this possibly some sort of hidden message? (Eh?)

Probably not but how funny was all that business??

For real.

Here's a video of the song. You may remember this from the Old Navy commercial.

Hm.

I was reading an article about obesity issues. It seems the American Medical Association has determined that you aren't more likely to die early from being overweight as previously thought. They did say, however, that due to natural weight gain with age, you are at risk of becoming obese easier than someone who isn't overweight.

Good to know, but something was a bit off about the ad placement in this article. Can you tell what it is?



Yeah.

Lucky

Lucky was put to sleep today after some medical complications. I am happy that he will no longer be in pain but very sad I won't see his sweet face again.

These are the last pictures I took of him. He was adorable as ever.





Most of all, my heart goes out to Shelley and Rich, Lucky's parents. They loved him very much.

This is a poem I like to share when someone has lost a pet. It's very comforting.

-Rainbow Bridge-

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge.

There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together.

-Unknown

We love and miss you Lucky.

People, people everywhere...

I went out to lunch today at McDonald’s.

Yes, McDonald’s.

Honestly the grilled chicken sandwich with a side salad is pretty tasty. Don’t groan until you’ve tried it. Also it is cheap. Again…don’t groan until you’ve tried it.

ANYWAY that isn’t the point. What happened while I was there is what this post will be about.

I sat down with my tray at a table next to a couple obviously involved in a deep, tense conversation. The woman was facing my table and the man had his back to me. She looked over as I sat down with that “I really wish you weren’t sitting next to us” look on her face.

There wasn’t anywhere else to sit.

The couple had finished eating and sat in silence, staring at each other. The woman was in scrubs and the man was in coveralls and work boots. Occasionally the woman would make a brief comment about her job (like “I miss the day shift nurses. They are nicer during the day shift”) which would be met with stern silence from the man. She would look down at her soda, then off to the side, then back at him. Then she’d make another comment and the cycle would repeat itself.

This occurred about 3 or 4 times until, without any warning, the man got up and walked off with his tray. He dumped it in the garbage and went directly outside to his truck, leaving the woman at the table. She wandered around a bit looking nervous, threw out her trash, got on her cell phone, and then joined him in his truck outside. They drove off together to who knows where.

Think of all the different ways you could interpret that situation. So many ways! I kept wondering what possibly could have happened between them to prompt it. Were they lovers meeting for a lunchtime rendezvous? Were they a married couple on the brink of divorce? Were they total strangers who were about to knock off someone they mutually hate? WHO KNOWS??

People watching is captivating sometimes, isn’t it?