Recently my folks won a raffle at some sort of social gathering (awkward small talk ensued I presume (apologies for the pretentiousness (and for the making up of words)). When they told me, I didn’t pay much attention because I was in the middle of a Doctor Who episode and also……well, no that’s it. I was attempting to make it sound like I had a life, but I really, really don’t. So anyway, I thought it would be expensive wine or fancy cheeses, or……silk top hats? (In my mind all adults are the monopoly guy. I feel like i would look forward to growing up if this were so). I should probably get on with the story…..rereading this, I had an urge to punch me in the face. So, turns out, they won an extremely high-powered telescope. Like, I’m talking can read license plates of cars across town from my window strong. So, since I’m in Africa, I probably took advantage of this, and observed the constellations in the nearly cloudless night sky, right? Well, imaginary question asker, that would be true, but not all of us are huge nerds like you. Jeez.
Right then, one of my friends called me to ask if I was going to the carnival going on in our town (about a twenty-minute walk from my house) because he was there. My devious brain wheels turning, I asked him where he was. I then found him in the telescope. Now, this was pretty cool, but I decided to have some fun.
“Hey, that lady in the pink is looking at you funny.” I said.
“What?!? Are you here?!?” He replied, whirling around.
“Don’t be crazy. I just told you, I’m at home. Also, if you keep whirling around like that, she’ll stare at you more.”
I then hung up, but kept following him with the telescope. Around 10 minutes later, he sneezed, and I texted him, “Bless you.”
I feel like he spent the rest of the night looking for me, and being nervous I was watching him. This is more fun than television.
PS: I didn’t want to interrupt the story again, but while typing the title, I realized that abundance is spelled “a bun dance” and this makes me think of waltzing Cinnabons. And that kind of made my night….
