Scotts On The Rocks Blog

this week was my birthday (thanks for all the well wishes)… one of my friend’s kids came up to me and said “You know, if you keep having birthdays, someday you might get REALLY old.” I’m not exactly sure how to take that.

i’m thinking whomever invented breakfast in bed was a genius… or NOT! breakfast in bed brought to you by a child is awesome… unless you were asleep, that might bring it down just a little 😉 then when you realize the dish is covered in syrup (on the bottom???) and now so is your blanket (that brings it down another notch… maybe even two). then you attempt to sit up in bed without spilling and still wondering what exactly has been handed to you (because you are still asleep). i was actually impressed with my breakfast in bed but then i needed a place to put the sticky plate. the whole point of breakfast in bed is to not leave the bed, right? of course, i’m done so i guess i “could” leave the bed… technically. but i’m sure the inventor of breakfast in bed intended for the recipient to stay in bed, i should accommodate that intent. a scrap piece of paper works! but then, now i’m still sleepy, still comfy in my bed… no way i’m staying awake. ugh, but if i were to bump that plate i’d either be covered in syrup or get it all over the bed or floor. now i can’t sleep! i decide to get up, avoiding the syrup on the blanket… i go wash the plate and then all the sheets & blankets on my bed (covered in syrup & crumbs now). evil breakfast in bed! hey kids, feel free to do that every weekend… it’s worth it!

Last Thursday I was driving back home in traffic when all of a sudden just over a hill a car bumper was laying across my lane. Please keep in mind the freeway here is 75mph! There was a car directly next to me and one right behind me. My only option was to “not quite” slam on my brakes and I nudged it with the suburban so that it would “spin” lengthwise and it moved over to the edge my lane. That was my intention so that hopefully no other cars would run over it.

I immediately pulled over to inspect if there was any damage. The car that had been next to me on the freeway turned out to be a K-9 police car! He pulled over with me. He had is “partner” with him so he could not do traffic duty but called in the bumper as a hazard. I got back on the freeway and just over the next hill, there was a semi-truck pulled over. YUP, it was one of those ones that hauls cars in multi-levels. This was full of wrecked cars and the driver was out on the load checking things over. I felt like pulling over and having a discussion with him!

SOOO, all this does is confirm my paranoia about driving behind those duplex trucks with vehicles on them!!!