November 26, 2013
Today I'm thankful for downtime, books, helpful children, and scenic drives!
We're running close to the end of November and thus, the end of the 30 days of giving thanks, so I had to double...or quadruple... up today. We're doing some traveling with Beth's family and this morning while they went traipsing across the Sahara on camels, I sat in the hotel room and read a book. I know, I sound like such a dud, but to be honest...I had a really great day.
Well, until I thought I'd clean out the car and throw away all the trash before I went to pick Beth and her family up...that's when things got interesting because I accidentally threw the car keys away with all the other trash. And not just into any trash can, but into a chest high trash can with several clusters of men, teenagers, and children watching me. I should have added being a woman to my list of thankfulness today, because I doubt I would have gotten any sympathy as a grown man...I would've had to climb into that dumpster myself. Instead, I pulled the "I'm a helpless woman" card with some young teenagers standing nearby. They came over to help by stirring the trash like an old witch's kettle, which wasn't really helping. The magic trick was the 10 year old kid that rode up on his bicycle, hopped right into the trash bin and pulled the keys straight up. I was so relieved that I had the keys back...and that I don't live in that city and will hopefully never have to show my flustered face there again. ;)
After "the incident" I did manage to enjoy the scenic drive to pick up everybody from their exciting camel ride.
The video's a little blurry and shaky, mostly just from the whole changing gears thing and unfortunately a little overcast, but hopefully you still can get an idea of what it looked like.
Inquiring minds want to know what book you read. I'm deciding on my next read. Hope y'all are having an AMAZING week!
ReplyDeleteMust have been a really good book!
ReplyDeleteI wish I could have heard your Arabic as you tried to explain that one!