Kathleen H. Taylor
fieldaflowas@yahoo.com
Welcome back to Beason. Otherwise known as Snakeville, U.S.A. You can call them just some minor black snakes, but, they are equal to anacondas to me. I saw the first snake of the spring on my way home from work on Tuesday. I had no problem running over it with the car and slamming it into reverse and going over it again. You never know about those things, they might just spring back to life and eat you. I know I am not going to be the one to take that chance.
Baseball season has begun and my car certainly reflects that. My Explorer is loaded to the hilt with bat bags, bottled water, empty McDonald's bags, umbrellas (since God knows we love to watch baseball in the rain) and some miscellaneous items (the F.D.A has not determined if anything began as food) near Avery's seat. I try to avoid Avery's seat if at all possible. It's just too gross for words.
Does anybody want to know what my annoyance of the week was? One of the newer McDonald's in the Parkersburg area. It is bad enough one gets the feeling you should hand them all your money or get vaccinations after leaving there. But, I feel that if I ordered one of the most expensive meals on the menu than why can't they throw in the BBQ sauce for my fries in for free? Why is it necessary to charge me for a tablespoon of sauce when I just spent nearly seven dollars on the meal? They also charged me the same price for ice water like I had ordered a Coke. I am so not feeling that. I was so annoyed that I nearly went over their heads and contacted Mayor McCheese.
The weather has been awesome, hasn't it? The peepers are out in full force on Beason. I love to sit outside on a nice evening and just listen to them. Just when I start to chill, the dog will show up and jump on me and ruin the whole tranquil scenario I had going. Something about wet, nasty paws just doesn't do a whole lot for me. Somebody once asked me what peepers were. I thought the whole world knew what peepers were. Finally! I knew something that some of those "city folks" didn't. Maybe I am smarter than your average bear.
How about that American Idol these past few weeks? You will be happy to know that Adam can sleep better now that he is back in my good graces. I really wasn't sure what would happen after that bizarre performance last week. How about Matt doing some Marvin Gaye? I love me some Marvin Gaye. He definitely had my vote that evening. So, I was really surprised when he was in the bottom three on the following night. I don't quite get why Megan is still in the running. I think she has some potential beneath all the Blondella, but, picks really bad songs. It's definitely been an interesting season thus far.
I had no idea what a drama it is now to give your kids medicine in school. Remember when we were growing up? If your Mom sent you to school with Tylenol in a sandwich bag (nothing was labeled, or bar coded or whatever) you just took it at lunch like she told you to. Now, it's like you have to have a criminal background check and 3 personal references to send cough drops. Has it really come to this?
My pick of the week is, "You Found Me" by The Fray
After all that being said, I hope everyone survives baseball season and all of life's little trials and tribulations that are thrown your way. My advice is going outside on a nice evening and just take it all in. It's cool how the littlest of peepers can make the biggest of problems not seem so bad.
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