Gizzmos

"Well, it will be about two hours," my husband says.

I groan inwardly, and maybe even slightly outwardly. We are waiting for our tires to be rotated and balanced, and that means we get to wander around the store...for much longer than we had anticipated.

We do have some shopping to do, of course, but it goes into slow motion. We stop at the little places to sample different items, the Sunburt Wows, the Whoopti Woos, the shrimps that sing and dance (well, almost). Some of the things don't taste too bad at that, not too sure about the Zigger Zag Zoos--but we continue to wander.

We've been by this spot several times, the spot with the batter dipped something or other--"baked...doesn't have all that oil," the woman with a slight nasal twang repeats her speel as new consumers pick up their goodie on a tooth pick.

"But," the man says as he eyes the treat, "it's the oil that makes it good."

The huckster blinks rapidly like someone waking from a dream. "Well, I suppose so," she looks confused.

Everyone knows we aren't supposed to argue with, or contradict common knowledge, and the common knowledge is that you HAVE to get rid of the OIL!

Later, as we have been around the ring again (and perhaps again) we see the same couple looking at cereals, cream filled doughnuts, cookies, and whatever is behind the glass covered doors.

"That looks like a very good diet item," the man is saying with a sarcastic pucker on his face.

I snicker and elbow my son. We both laugh. Having caught the earlier exchange, I had thought they were people with a different eye for adventure.

Anne of Green Gables always calls them 'kindred spirits'.

My daughter says that I'm a pessimist. My son says that all realists are pessimists. I try to explain that a realist just happens to see the things the way they are and...

It is as if you go through life and see what life is, how people are, and how things happen. Like the show says, 'the good, the bad, and the ugly'. You know how things are, and even though you know how you would like them to be, you prepare for the jolt that comes when it doesn't happen the way you wish it would because the good doesn't come very often. And of course if good things do happen to occur...well, that is just lovely.

Rejoice in the Lord always:
again I will say, Rejoice.
Let your forbearance be known unto all men.
The Lord is at hand.
In nothing be anxious;
but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
(Philippians 4:4-7)