Friday, April 20, 2012

Tissues Riding Shotgun

I realized this morning that I am one 6-month old cherry sucret in my pocket away from being an old person, and that it is just a matter of time before the odor of Ben Gay will be permeating the nest and I will be complaining of joint pain while trying to find my trifocals.


As Hawkeye's little red car is somewhat sickly these days, I got to play taxi driver and chauffeur the older hatchlings to school this morning. Easing on down the road, he keenly observed I have a box of tissues on standby riding shotgun just within arms reach, FOR MY ALLERGIES.


His exact words, "You have Kleenex in your car?!"  I knew precisely what he was getting at.  I did not like what he was getting at.  Questions such as this make me want to be a drinker.


My exact words in reply, "Why yes, yes I do, FOR MY ALLERGIES."


His exact words in reply to my reply, "Yeah, uhh huh..."


I thought about pushing him out of the moving car right then, but that is something a crotchety little old lady would do.  I may be crotchety, but I am not little and I refuse to be old.  Not today anyway.


I have to go color my gray now.

6 comments:

  1. I don't know you much but somehow I don't picture you as a little old lady. Only as a Lady though :)

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  2. Awww...you're too sweet! Thank you.

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  3. Werther's originals also fit nicely in old people's pockets, if you get tired of the cherry sucrets. What? I'm just trying to be helpful.

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    1. Hey - I need all the help I can get!

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  4. Well I've been riding with tissues for so long that I have no idea what he was getting at. Having no tissues in the car is like riding on E. So tell me so I can be miffed with him too. ;-)

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    1. I couldn't figure out what the big deal was either, until the air in the car took an ugly turn with his insinuation that maybe I was getting on up there in years; guess in his mind, doing things like that make me an old person. Like you, thought everyone did it.

      Darn teenagers!

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