Jan 16 2009
Sunny and Careless
It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood yet again. It’s beginning to make me a little nervous, frankly, as if I’m somehow going to get punished for wearing short sleeves and sandals in what should be the coldest and rainiest month in the year. When we get unusually nice weather, sooner or later people start shaking their heads and saying, “It’s earthquake weather”, even though as far as I know there has never been a correlation between nice weather and temblors. If there were, we wouldn’t still be here.
I also feel guilty thinking of my friends in the deep freeze lately, especially those without power on some of the coldest days (and nights!) of the year. Here’s hoping you see light and heat soon, and for the rest of the winter.
Possibly I was too caught up in the lovely weather to pay attention to what I was doing.
I strolled to the ATM to deposit my paycheck and then do some shopping. The ATM is oddly located in a laundromat. A casino I can see, but a laundromat? I took my card and had walked a few feet when a guy came after me with money in one hand and a German Shepherd in the other. This hardly ever happens to me, or you, either. Turns out I had put my card away, but left my money in the slot of the ATM. This guy, who could so easily have kept it until it was too late, chased after me to give it back. Remarkable, especially in these times, and I thanked him profusely. He said he hoped someone would do the same for him. He let me pet his dog, too.
It was a beautiful day.