Life's stepping stones

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Those scary forwards

I kept getting small messages today that I was not supposed to be productive this afternoon. Soon after returning from lunch, I thought I heard rain but it was perfectly sunny outside. Seconds later there was water dripping, no running from my office ceiling. There is a kitchen directly above me and a sink was leaking prolifically. About a half hour after that, the network went down and I couldn't get to my files. One of my co-workers just decided to leave because she couldn't work on any of her projects.

It's a good thing this happened this week because my hormones and general feelings were reeling last week and an afternoon like that would have sent me over the edge. After a relaxing weekend and a long talk with my hubby, I'm feeling much better

I had a random incident occur yesterday and this is actually the content that this entry was named for. Have you received one of those messages that warns about people in parking lots, or bathroom corners, etc? You know the ones I'm talking about. I had an incident yesterday that immediately took my mind to one of those messages. I was non-chalantly walking in to Hobby Lobby, when I heard a woman yell across the parking, "young lady, can I get a push in?" There was a woman getting out of her car. She had both legs wrapped up and one had a cast on it. She was struggling to get in to a wheel chair from her car. I walked towards her and started to worry this is one of those traps you read about in those e-mail messages. Then, I realized it was complete daylight and people were all around, coming in and out of the store. I walked on over and started pushing her towards the store. The woman told me some story about tripping over her cat and how the bearings in the chair she had are better than the first chair she got. I felt kind of silly thinking that she could have been part of some scheme to trap me. However, I'm still wondering what a woman with two broken/injured legs is doing at Hobby Lobby by herself.

2 Comments:

  • I guess that woman needed some crafts to occupy her time at home...I can't imagine she is doing much laundry or wallpapering in her condition! LOL! Sorry to hear about your office leak, however it must have been a nice break from the ordinary! Hope today is much better for you.

    By Blogger badger girl, At 10:02 AM  

  • Good post. I, too, would have been skeptical and pondering why she was going to Hobby Lobby??? Kind of odd.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, At 3:45 PM  

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