It's finally fall. It happened today.
2 days ago, it was 90 degrees.
Today it is a lovely, sunny 60 degrees. It makes me giddy. Low 70's all week. Air conditioning off, doors open, and fresh air!
This is my kind of weather!!
Here are some things that have taken place in my deaf home since I've been away from the blog
Rick and I were watching a TV program when I laughed.
Rick knew why I laughed because he knew what I heard could not be what was said. Rick paused the TV and said, "You didn't hear him correctly, did you?"
"Well, if he said 'Hiney Hole' to get away from his wife, I heard him"
Needless to say, that made Rick laugh. It was a hiding hole to hide from his wife. Weird way to say Man Cave. Oops.
Then once again, my hearing told me Rick was asking for his slippers. So I got up and got them. When I came back, he was laughing too hard and said,
"Margaret, I wanted the nippers in front of you on the table. I will take my slippers, though, since you fetched them."
I see the ear dr again this week. But boy, if I get a solution, what fun will that be in our home? Rick walks around saying hiney hole all day now.
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As you all know ad nauseam, I bleed pinstripes. I love my Yankees. But they suck. And have for a few years now. We need new management big time.
So in the meantime, I prayed for the Dodgers to lose. And they did, and they got swept by the Milwaukee Brewers. So that made all things right with the world for me.
I have never rooted for National Leaque Team before, but they play such good ball that I think they deserved the World Series, and I'm rooting for them!
When I was at my former corp gig my boss asked me to go to Milwaukee for a week. He said the rep there was on maternity leave and her customers needed some help. He said he was going to ask Joan as well. Joan and I were friends. We talked, and I said I'd go; I'd never been there. She said, " Okay, then I'll go. I said," Joan,they make beer there how bad can it be.?"
So we told our boss that they make beer there, and so we said yes. We knew Bill would laugh.
We were each given half her territory and maps. Can you believe no GPS. I did this with maps in a city I'd never been to before. She had the east side, and I had the west. We met up at the hotel after our day was done and grabbed beers and food. We both said the same thing. It was a nice town.
We met some fabulous people, and we both told Bill if he had to send someone back there again, we'd both be happy to go.
One of my account owners that I had visited was a huge Brewers fan. He had pennants on his wall and baseballs, etc. He asked me what team I rooted for, being from DC (before we had the Nationals). I hesitated.
He jumped on that and said, "Don't say the NY Yankees."
All I said was, "Okay," and smiled.
Before I left, he shook my hand and said, "You're okay for a Yankee lover"
I responded with, "And you are pretty great too for being a Yankee hater"
We both laughed and said our goodbyes.
He told my boss he liked me, and if he had to send outsiders again, he would love it if he sent me. I heard this and thought, if I go, I am buying a NY Yankee pennant and telling him he could put it on his wall. He would howl!
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Weird things go through my mind.
Well, I guess y'all know that now, don'tcha?
For some reason I heard the name Winston-Salem on TV. For some reason, my former life/mindset went to what is their airport code? That was in my head as I made soup from scratch. Then, as I did the dishes. Why does it matter? I don't work in the airline industry any longer. I know it was something that you wouldn't think it'd be. You know, like Raleigh-Durham is RDU. Makes sense. But this was not what you'd think and it was driving me crazy that I couldn't remember this.
When in travel school (and as kids), we girls did things to remember these for tests. We made up little clues. Charlotte was CLT. For the love of all things good, this young lady couldn't remember this. There were 5 of us in a circle testing one another with flashcards. She was about to cry.
Then this girl told her to remember it like this:
CLT - clit - Charlotte has one.
OMG we all laughed like crazy. She never forgot that one again.
Neither has Rick. :-)
And just in case you were interested, Winston-Salem is INT. I googled it.
Go Figure. I'm sure it means something, but since I no longer work in travel, I don't need to know.
Now tell the truth, you'll never forget the airport code for Charlotte now, will you?
