Exploding chestnuts, flowers & cars

October 31, 2007 - Family, Friendship, The Funnies - Tagged: , , , , , - 1 comment

.1. My mouth attracts disaster.

A few evenings ago, I roasted chestnuts. I was so tired and in my own head that I didn’t make the cuts in the chestnuts big enough, and three of them exploded in my little oven. I wish this were a euphemism.

Worse still is that I didn’t think clearly when I went to eat the first one, and so I bit into it and it exploded. In my mouth. It wasn’t exactly the chestnut itself that exploded, but rather the hot air that filled the chestnut.

I was very lucky because half of the chestnut was hanging out of my mouth and so the hot air explosion hit the side of my lip and burned a straight line across my cheek.

It’s still healing and I can’t laugh as easily at the moment.

.2. I received anonymous flowers this morning. I have no idea who they could be from and I’m not much in a playful mood at the moment, so if it’s one of you, then let me know. Otherwise, they’re going in the garbage.

.3. I’ve never really thought of myself as a ‘car girl’, they’ve never impressed me and I’ve never understood the concept of paying a lot of money for something that transports you from A to B when most anything can do the transporting. And then I thought again…

…and admitted defeat, recognising that I’ve always had a very soft spot for the Jaguar E-Type (a.k.a. XK-E) and if I had the money to purchase any car in the world, I would have to narrow it down to the Jag, and the Bugatti Veyron 16.4. Were money a non-option, I’d need my cars to be sleek and fast.

Jag

Bugatti

But this is entry is about neither – because I just took a sweet little drive in the Lexus SC Sport Coupe and OH MY GOD can that thing move.

.4. When I woke up this morning, I found that Homer had slipped a note beneath my room door (I’m staying with mama while the boys are in town). His note reads:

Hey Maha,
It’s Homer…When you wake up, look in the mirror and you will will see how good you truly are. Have a great day at work and we will see you when you get home. Take care and know that I love you oh so much.
Love always,
Omar A
P.S. You are very aesthetically (if that is the right spelling) + personality wise gorgeous. Have a great day!!!

My cousins are gems. (No, they didn’t send the flowers.)

.5. A very honourable mention is an email I received from Sarah that made me laugh every time I thought about it these past 24 hours:

Subject: i love coffee!!!!!!!!

I’ve recently discovered that coffee is the secret to
happiness. I don’t know how I didn’t discover this earlier. Everything is
happy and jittery and I can’t focus on anything long enough to have to think
about life! Work is ruining me already :p

How are you??

…..bla bla bla…….

My aim is to hook her up with one of my cousins this coming Friday. They’re nerds and coffee drinkers and so would get along just perfectly.