Day 73 ~ I’m Hooked

Day 73 ~ I’m Hooked

Mar 14, 2014

My first: I went to a local parish fish fry to dine with my mom and two of her friends.

It was a Friday morning in Lent and I was on my way to work thinking of what my “first” could be today! I’m not sure what the thought process was that led to my choice, but I quickly decided to ask my mom if I could join her and her friends/cousins, Theresa and Agnes, to go out and eat fish that evening. I right away called Mom and “invited myself” to join her at the fish fry that evening.

We arrived at Cathedral Grade School and had to stand in line to order for about 20 minutes. The place was packed! Then we waited for our food for over an hour! Needless to say, we four girls had plenty of time to socialize.

Now remember one thing…all these gals have over 20 years on me. Oh, and remember one more thing…their lives have been very conservative and conventional.  My life, on the other hand, has been a little off course from most expectations…including my own! Consequently, our conversations were not what I have become used to for the past 25 years. My one goal was to keep it positive. I did kind of screw that up by sharing a “fact” (I heard it on Y98 radio station) that our government still makes pennies at a cost of 1.8 cents each and nickels at a cost of over 9 cents each. What is up with that! It bowled me over. Anyway, I had to share this newfound knowledge with them. Well, Ag immediately started with political negativity about our president. Oh my gosh, what have I started! Frantically, I searched for any tool in my humble brain to shut this “can of worms”. Success! From that moment on, I kept it light and positive.

All in all, I believe that they were glad that I joined them. My presence undoubtedly changed the dynamics of their little group. My only hope is that I left them with a little good stuff about the “now” in their life and that it wasn’t just all in the “good ol’ days”.