Oh boy.
I went garage selling with nana and papa today.
Sounds innocent enough...like a nice leisurely kinda way to spend a Saturday morning....right?
But they wanted to take their car...and papa wanted to drive. They have a PT cruiser...cool little car if you are driving or in the front co-pilot seat...but in the back, it is near impossible to see anything up ahead because of the way the car is designed...
So, off we go. I gave papa strict instuctions to keep the air on (nana, gets chilled easily, even on these super hot days...but c'mon, the air has to flow past to get to the poor pssengers in the back...ie, me!)
So, air on and we are off...but neither nana nor papa can see the garage sale signs unless we are either 1. stopped- which is no good on a busy street, or 2. Right on top of the sign forcing a turn at the last second, and often over a couple lanes of traffic to head the right direction...and I am telling you this from experience...
Egads.... we had folks honking, people passing us with that look- you know the "what r u stupid or something!" look...papa was stoping on major hwys to read the signs...he sat through a green light trying to determine which way an arrow was pointing...
sigh...Papa, should I drive? No, no, Im fine...
And nana, bless her heart, spotted a PENNY lying in the street while walking to one of the sales and stopped to pick it up...ok, exept this was a busy street and there was a car coming pretty fast....
We wrapped up the shopping pretty early. My parents are thinking Im am a wuss for not having more stamina than I did...lol...(its got nothing to do with stamina, but much to do with SANITY)
and then Papa insisted on buying the girls lunch...so we stopped at a little burger joint and had a really nice lunch and then headed for home.
The only bargain I found was one of those rocking gaming chairs that you can use for x-box gaming...My SIL was wanting one and I found an almost new one for $40- new they are almost $100---so I called SIL and he went and picked it up....otherwise, no deals for me today.
Glad to be home...no, make that VERY GALD to be home.
Garage sales with nana and papa...
July 1st, 2006 at 09:22 pm
July 1st, 2006 at 09:41 pm 1151790062
glad you made it home safely!!
July 1st, 2006 at 10:25 pm 1151792750
Though it sounds like it may be time to talk to him about no longer driving. My father is 72. He grounded himself from driving at 67 and it was a good thing, too. We always thought it would be a struggle when the time came for him to stop, but he stopped himself. Unfortunately, too many people go beyond their limits.
July 1st, 2006 at 11:16 pm 1151795776
Ima Saver...I am too...even if I am now labled 'no stamina wuss'...lol
July 2nd, 2006 at 03:36 am 1151811365