Father’s Day 2019.

Overhead in movie theater concession line.

“No, can you believe they don’t have no Coca Cola? All they have are a bunch of waters and energy drinks. Ridiculous.”

a cranky woman in her 70s speaking to her companion, a male in his 70s leaning heavily against his walker.

Meanwhile...

When you get in a heated argument with your two-year old son because he wants to eat more carrots.

And they’re gone.

Yes, this happened.

”If you do not obey right now,”

I said.

”I will not let you help unload the dishwasher.”

Sometimes you gotta go nuclear.

Also.

Had a super great FaceTime call with Jonny and Meilani at 7.52am.

Waiting.

Waiting gets such a bad rap. What are we in such a hurry for most of the time? So you go out to eat on a holiday and you expect to just cruise through line, get your food, cram it down, and…do what?

That’s why I like places that make waiting decent. I don’t mind, most of the time, waiting with other people who are in decent spirits, and I especially don’t mind waiting with people who are interesting conversationalists when there’s coffee on tap and the aromas of cuisine coming soon are drifting out to the sidewalk.

I don’t have time to not wait. Far as I know, I got this life on this earth, and then we’ll see what happens next. So while I’m here, I’m gonna make waiting count.

And I’m gonna try and wait well with interesting people.

Which I did. So happy day to me, and to many.

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