I'm on Spring Break this week, so I thought I would write about a few of my highlights. This is only Wednesday, so I'm sure I will have more to share.
I started my Spring Break off with dinner with some cute friends! We went to Cheddar's in Clearwater. They have good food at a reasonable price.
On Monday, I had to go to the doctor for my once a month blood work. I haven't heard about my numbers yet, so "no news is good news". I did some spring cleaning around the house that way the rest of the week I could enjoy myself!
Tuesday and Wednesday morning I have walked on the beach. I have been amazed at what I have seen. I didn't take my camera on Tuesday, but wished I would have. So when I walked on Wednesday I wasn't going to forget to bring my camera. The only thing that I couldn't capture was the dolphins that were swimming. I would look out and the fins would pop up, walk some more and then look and the fins would pop up. It's almost like I had company on my walk. I was reminded of how God cares for the birds and he cares for me. Then I saw these sand sculptures and thought about the many talents God has given each of us. Finally, I saw this group of birds. I was in shock that I not only passed them once, but twice. This group of birds were all the same, but I was in awe of the orange beaks. They reminded me of penguins and I wondered if there were still there because they couldn't fly. (I know they aren't penguins, but they made me go, "hmmm".) I know these thoughts aren't much, but what do you expect from someone on vacation.
Happy April Fool's Day! I do have one funny memory from this day. When I was in high school, I had a close friend who loved to play soccer. Him and his buddy thought it would be great to play an April Fools joke on me. His buddy called my house in the evening and told me that my friend had broken his leg playing soccer and was in the hospital and wanted me to come visit him. I went and asked my parents and they said it was too late and that I could go visit him tomorrow. I told the buddy this, but that didn't end the conversation. So my dad agreed to take me to the hospital. This threw my friend and his buddy for a loop, because they wanted to come to my house and the joke would come out. They ended up telling me on the phone, because they didn't want my dad to drive me to the hospital to find out it was a joke! Just wondering if anyone else has a April Fools memory?!?!?
I will be writing more, but that's it for now. Watch out--it's Fool's Day!
Don't play any jokes on the Coop dog! ;-)...Mike
ReplyDeleteYea, but the main culprit was my twin brother and not me. (Doesn't everyone have an evil twin they blame things on?) Well, we both worked for a printing company just out of high school that did all the printing for the courthouse. We had access to official court documents, and HE (key word) thought it would be a good April Fool's joke to send a subpoena to a friend saying she had a court date where she was being charged by the Census Bureau for not returning her census.
ReplyDeleteLong story short, she received it, and knowing it was an official document, she called the number on the letter, which was supposed to be a law office, but was actually our house. My older brother was home from college, you might have thought an older, wiser brother at Indiana University would have discouraged his younger, obviously dumber brother from doing this, instead he played along by saying he was new in the office and the lawyer wasn't in. (Way to go IU!!) Therefore, she called the courthouse to inquire about her apparent court date. They checked the court records and told her she did not have a court date, but would be glad to have someone pick up the subpoena.
Meanwhile, Larry (my twin), started to be concerned when she didn't immediately recognize it as a joke, and call him to share the laughter of such a great prank. So, he called her husband, expecting a big belly laugh and praise from everyone involved. Not so much! He did however get to them in time before the document was actually picked up by the courthouse. No charges were filed against Larry and our employer wasn't notified of the document theft.
~Jerry