The High-Mileage Groceries, Duck Calling
So last Thursday night I took Jewel to class (in her car) and then I went to Big Lots in Mishawaka. I got a few bags of groceries and then I went back and hung out in the library, connected to the wireless network of course.
So then we go home and I forget my groceries in her trunk. The next day she went to school way down in Warsaw with my groceries.
That night the whole family goes to a fundraising fish supper at Bethany Christian School here in Goshen. [interrupt] Just got off the phone with my blogger buddy Vern! [/interrupt] Did some other stuff, long night, details I won’t go into here.
Saturday we’re all over the country. Jewel had to go up and take care of a friend’s dogs, so we were up there a while. We were sitting by the lake, and there’s these ducks out there. I start calling them with my own natural God-given duck calling ability, and I called in 3 ducks! It was astounding, at least if you didn’t believe I could call in ducks. Then the dogs chased them away.
So I finally get home Saturday night, but I forget to bring in the neglected groceries. I’m away all day Sunday, taking the groceries with me again of course. Finally tonight after three full days and hundreds of miles I bring in the neglected and forgotten foodstuffs. Lucky there was no ice cream, huh.
6 Responses
April 19th, 2005 at 9:58 am
Sounds like a hard life… Hang in there. From what they tell me, life really changes after getting married. ;)
Remember “Sing and be Happy” Tom? I’m Dave. I found your blog a few weeks ago. I owe you an email or two about quartets and recording, but your swamped inbox makes me hesitate, lest I be a victim of mass-deletion… Enjoy your blog.
Dave
April 19th, 2005 at 11:05 am
Were there any other cold things that spoiled or do you just by non – perishable stuff?
April 19th, 2005 at 1:25 pm
Dave, great to hear from you again! I’ve thought about you every so often, but I figured that as long as I took to reply to your last email you were just dishing out some payback!
You know what, I’ve conquered the inbox! I’m down to around 40 messages, so it’s just wonderful now.
And Susie, fortunately it was mostly canned goods and stuff like that. I’m slightly carefuller when I get the cold stuff. Like meat, I need some more meat.
April 19th, 2005 at 6:04 pm
You must be a tenor-only a tenor could call a duck with only his voice. Or maybe you flapped your arms and waddled around too.
April 20th, 2005 at 9:01 pm
Ha ha! Well Paul, I’m not a tenor and don’t make the claim to be. BUT I claim that I can sing tenor! There is a difference, you know. So there you go.
April 22nd, 2005 at 9:38 am
Is there supposed to be something great about being able to sing tenor?