December 17, 2005

  • Does the LORD work in mysterious ways or what?  While out at the mall.....a big, crowded mall....Don ran into his brother and SIL, Joe and Helen.  They live in Haslet, so Ridgmar is not a place they normally shop, but Helen had wanted to go to the Toys R Us nearby, and they went ahead and stopped in, seeing as how they were already there.

    Anyway, they told Don the adoption is done, and now they're waiting for visas (or something like that) to be able to go get Katie Elena.  Supposed to be Jan. 3, but they're hoping to move it up to Dec. 28th. 

    He says they're quite excited, as you may imagine.

    Isn't it a weird thought, however, that the adoption is done already?  Without their being there?  They gave Gladney power of attorney, so that's how it worked.  Still, obviously Guatemala is quite different from Russia in the area of adoption law.

    Men just slay me, they really do. 

    Don decided he needs a plane to be able to take off the bit from the bottom of the cabinet facing over the fridge, so it can be set back where it belongs.  He said he was off to Sears at the mall. 

    The mall!?!  Today?  Why not go to Home Depot to get the plane?

    He says he did.  They don't have any.  He walked all over the store and looked everywhere.....no planes, incredible though it may seem.

    Did you ask someone, I inquired.

    He stopped and gave me an incredulous stare, then assured me no, he didn't ask anyone, with the unspoken rider of "are you nuts?"

    Foolish me.  Of course he didn't ask anyone.  He's a guy, and guys don't do that. 

    Whaddaya wanna bet there were some planes tucked away somewhere in that big store? 

Comments (8)

  • LOLOLOL....when you wrote this:

    "Don decided he needs a plane to be able to take off"

    I'll bet it didn't occur to you that people (at least people like me, of whom there are blessedly few) would get that far and think, "HUH? Where IS this going?"

  • LOL! No, I didn't catch that possible interpretation at all. Went right past me.

  • Yep, I thought that, too.

  • Me three.  And I was just at Lowe's this week and they have planes, so I'm sure Home Depot does too.

  • Me four.  Course most people DO need a plane to take off.

    Sam will ask for directions anywhere, anytime, any place way sooner than I will.  I'm the one who'll wander around endlessly and fruitlessly.  I'd be the one to say, "Nope, no planes at Home Depot."

  • Me five!

    Chris will ask for directions if he is 1. hopelessly lost (and I mean hopelessly) or 2. late for something important. But he will (surprisingly) ask clerks in stores where things are.

  • 6

  • Now, y'all cut that out. >:^<

    Pesky people. ;^)

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