Silly things

I haven't posted here in a while but that doesn't mean I have forgotten about Dad. It still comes and goes but is getting a little easier, I guess. Still, every now and then a whole bunch of things will remind me of him and make me either laugh or cry, or both. This was one of those weeks.

1. We have XM radio in our new truck so we've been listening to the Kids Choice Live channel on the way to and from school. Twice this week I've heard a song "Eat a Bowl of Cherries", which is just "Pick a Bale of Cotten" with a few words changed. "Oh, Lord I can eat a bowl of cherries, oh Lord I can eat a bowl a day. Me and my sister gonna eat a bowl of cherries" etc. Seriously? Then I wonder what percentage of kids has heard of or will ever hear of Leadbelly (mine have!), and then I wish I had Dad's machine.

2. I was driving through my neighborhood on the way home from work, and I saw a fithy car on which someone had inscribed "Do not wash. Test dirt." That one made me laugh!

3. Yesterday I was walking to the coffee pot at work and a man was walking toward me wearing the infamous blue Hawaiian shirt, I mean the exact one. Really, what are the odds? That one made me laugh and almost cry - I'm sure he thinks I'm a weirdo.