Sunday, August 17, 2008

Some random guy

I was walking alone alongside the Sevier river the other day. This part of the river was wide and slow, perfect for floating and swimming. Behind me a small way was a truck carrying a half a dozen teenagers and floating tubes. Due to some trick of the acoustics in the area, I could hear one person whistling Come Thou Fount as clearly as if he were standing behind my right ear.

Do you remember when, as a teenager, some things were just funny for no reason whatsoever? I hear one of the young ladies in the truck giggle: "Look! Some random guy! hahahaha!" The "random guy" was me. I turned and waved, and a boy said, "Dude, he can hear you! hahahaha!" They pass me by giggling like they had found the richest joke ever.

 

From Dave Kennedy: That's awesome. :-) So how're things?

Monday, August 4, 2008

The fun never ends

Delores picked me up from school on the south side of town one evening, with Abigail in the back cooing as she so often does. Because she was somewhat agitated, we gave her the a box of tissues to play with as we drove home. We should have known how much fun was going on in the back seat by how quiet it was. When we came home, this is how we found our little angel: