Trash Can Lids, the Knight Bus, and Weird Reading Habits
Topic: This and That
I had a kind of surreal moment this afternoon. Ever since we moved in to this house, we've been missing a lid from one of our trash cans. Sometime last week, I asked our land lady about getting a replacement. She said she'd bring one by.
Today the doorbell rang. It was our land lord. He was dressed in a nice suit, and was holding a new trash can lid. He smiled and asked if I'd like a new rubbish bin lid. There was a slight beat where we both just smiled and enjoyed the slight absurdity of the moment. I laughed and said yes, and that I'd been wondering if we were going to get a new one. He laughed and said it had been in the back of the car for a while. It's funny because our trash cans are plastic and the lid is metal. It fits though, so I'm happy.
Earlier today, Ryan and I had a mini-adventure. I needed to get on post and decided to take the MHS shuttle bus. I'm not really one for buses. Never have been. Not sure why. With the schedule and map of stops in my hot little hands, I took Ryan and set off to catch the bus. It was extremely windy today. Actually, it's been windy here a lot lately. Don't like it. We found the stop just fine, but got there a bit early. The bus was fifteen minutes late. I was just about to give up and go home, when it pulled up. (While waiting, I had almost boarded the wrong bus, and made a call to the contact number on the bus schedule just to be sure the buses were running.) During the first part of the ride, I was pretty sure I'd accidentally gotten on the Knight Bus from the movie, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire." All that was missing was the shrunken head. There were seat belts in the bus, and they were definitely necessary! (I suppose I can't complain. The bus ride is free.) Thankfully, things calmed down after a few minutes, and I was actually able to enjoy the scenery while Ryan took a cat nap in my arms.
Please read the following sentence (a reader quote from a magazine): "Our kids love peeking under stones to find wiggly worms and splashing in puddles." You know what the first thing I thought was? That's a poorly constructed sentence and would sound much better if it were written, "Our kids love splashing in puddles and peeking under stones to find wiggly worms." Anyone else do that? I do realize that I send plenty of grammatically questionable sentences out there into cyber space on a fairly regularly basis. However, I just can't help but constantly edit things as I read them. (I'm also aware the occasional typo sneaks in here now and then. I do proof read this blog, but it's a blog, not a submission to a literary agency.) Anyhow, no one is perfect (especially moi), but I just can't stand to see a badly written sentence.