Friday, March 16th, 2007
Things change with time, yet they don’t
A couple of weeks ago I was sitting at a red light, watching the cars with the green light pass in front of me. I noticed that over half of the people that passed before me were talking on their cell phones. Why I’ve thought so much about this, I don’t know. What happened to the days where, when we left our homes, we also left the phone at home? I did a lot more thinking about this than I will put into words here and I’ll spare you all the random crap that I considered.
When my DD’s were little, I swore they had internal antennas of some sort. It didn’t matter what they were doing, whether it be playing outside, at the neighbors, napping, anything, if I got on the phone there they were. Mommymommymommy she did this, she did that, I want this, I want that, I’m hungry, look at my doll, etc. Those days are long gone for me, but will soon begin for them.
(I swear I’m going somewhere with this, and it’s almost knitting related. So far we’ve established a)If you’re cell phone is on, people can reach you where ever you happen to be. b)Some people have internal antennas that deal with phone usage. Still with me?)
Are those days of internal antennas really long gone for me? No, and I’ll tell you why. We’ve found that my husband also has an antenna. His is of the different sort. His is the “my wife is about to spend money” sort. I was in the yarn shop today setting my intended purchase on the counter **RING**. This isn’t the first time this has happened. I can call the man 10 times and not get a callback. But let me step one foot in a store with the intent of spending money, especially if it’s a yarn shop, and he calls! I kid you not, there have been very few times that I’ve gone to a yarn shop without him calling. The times he didn’t call were when I wasn’t planning on buying anything. It even happens if I’m seriously thinking about pushing the [Continue to Checkout] button online. He says he feels a little tickle to call me. I’m assuming the tickle is in the buttcheek that his wallet rests on.
I’ve got the 3rd strip of the baby blanket done and have started the 4th. It sounds much closer to being done when I say 3 strips down 2 to go, rather than 21 blocks down 14 to go.
