Mondays.....

It seems like on Mondays everyone's intelligence is lower than normal.... maybe too much TV over the weekend? And I feel so lucky that this universal daze falls on the day that I drive the most. On Mondays I take Joel and David to basketball (and attempt to finish my math book from last year to the sound of dribbling balls and hoarse shouts), then we come home, grab something to eat and I take Joel to baseball practice, drop him off early, and rush to Wake Forest to pick Sarah up from band... always arriving a few minutes late. Then we run errands and go back to pick Joel up from baseball. Today I encountered at least 5 people who didn't know how to drive, and 7 people who couldn't read speed limit signs. Nothing is more frustrating when you're late than to be stuck behind a car that's just coasting around. Hello... the speed limit's 45! Whyyyyyyyy are you going 30?

When Sarah and I got to baseball, Sean was pitching and Mark was batting. Sean threw a ball, and Mark teased, "Air ball, Sean! If it'd dropped down about 20 feet it would have been a good pitch!" A little later, they switched; Mark pitched and Sean hit. Sean hit a foul and Mark taunted, "Is that where you wanted it?" It really cracks me up how the guys are all friends but they still tease each other like that.

Joel's started taking strange drinks to baseball. On the way home he announced that no one has yet managed to guess correctly. "Christian guessed orange juice... and Sean guessed apple juice."
"Well, how are they supposed to know to guess pomegranate and mango juice?" I asked, incredulously.
We're probably the only people in the world who drink mango juice instead of orange juice. Actually, our usual stock of juice includes cranberry, pomegranate, mango and occasionally apple.

Then my day of driving was topped off with a two-mile long line of cars backed up over the 540 overpass, which we cross over on our way home from baseball. We probably sat there in that line of cars for 10 minutes.

I'm looking forward to the release of two movies.... "Eagle Eye" coming out on the 26th and "An American Carol" coming out October 3rd. I don't know if they're going to be any good or not, but the trailers look pretty interesting to me.

Beach vacation 5

I thought about putting these two quotes on the quotes blog... but I decided that it was a more fitting vacation post.

We went to see Fort Fisher. Sarah climbed up on a cannon and shouted, "Fire at will!" Pretending to be an officer. Then she switched characters. "Who's Will?" The soldier asked.

We went swimming (yep, even with the dangerous rip-tides.... don't worry, a surfer-dude commanded us out of the water - only surfers and lifeguards are allowed in "dangerous waters" - and we obediently didn't swim any more) and David was behind Sarah and I as we tried to get past the breakers. David squawked and we turned around. He had a shocked and terrified expression on his face and he stumbled and almost fell. We got worried. "What???" We asked, as he righted himself. His face contorted. "I stepped on a fish!" He wailed. Sarah and I doubled over laughing. It was soooo funny. But you really had to be there.

~Lizzie

Random funny quotes. Ha. Ha.

A few of my random favorite quotes, which I find hilarious simply because I was there when they were spoken. In a attempt to make them even slightly funny for you, (our numerous loyal readers) I've tried to explain them to some extent.

Home-made quotes:

(Dad's searching for mustard)
Joel: any luck?
Dad: [holds up a jar of spicy, brown mustard]
Joel: Darn. It's like finding your phaser, only the battery's dead.

(To Lizzie when her plans weren't being well received by Mom and Dad)
Joel: Bitten by your own pet snake!

(At swim practice with a group of noisy swimmers)
Coach:...... does everyone understand that set?
Swimmer: What?
Coach: "What?" means "What is the number of butterfly laps I'm swimming next?" and "Pardon me?" means "Could you repeat that please?" Now... which did you mean to say?

Favorite TV show quotes.

Shawn Spencer: "If I had to guess -- which I don't -- yes, I can mess with your mind... and I can put an entire sandwich in your hair."
-Psych

Shawn Spencer: "I'm looking for a Jon Doe..... actually, check all the Doe's. Tai Kwan, Cookie, Dosy...."
-Psych

Randy: *standing in model position*
Natalie: What are you doing?
Randy: Standing. This is... how I stand. What are you wearing??
Natalie: Clothes. This is how I dress.
Randy: This is how I stand!
Natalie: This is how I dress.
-Monk

Shawn Spencer: "Oh, you mean my pilot's license? That's out back in the Cessna. Or perhaps you're referring to my license to kill. Revoked. Trouble at the Kazakhstan border. I could give you the details but then I'd have to kill you, which I can't do because my license to kill has been revoked. "
-Psych

--Sarah