SOL Tuesday -- My New Car

Slice of Life Tuesday -- May 28, 2019
"My New Car"
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I recently purchased a used car (I think it's amusing how people call used cars "pre-owned" cars these days!) to replace the 29-year-old Chevy I've been driving for the past few years. It's a 2003 Mazda 6. I wanted to post a picture of it here, but I'm having trouble sending a picture to this blog, so... no picture. But I did write a poem about it, which I'll share here --

My New Car

My new car!

(Wellllll... it's new

to ME anyway!)

It's not perfect,

BUT I'm extraordinarily

happy to be...

driving a car

that was built

in THIS century!

😁

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JudyK :-)  May 28, 2019

SOL Tuesday -- Roses Are Red

Slice of Life Tuesday -- May 21, 2019
"Roses Are Red"
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Late this afternoon, as I was pulling into a gas station to refuel my car, something reminded me of a sort of a poem that I wrote long ago. I don't know what made the memory pop into my head, but there I was, thinking about it. 

It was a poem in a Mother's Day card that I made for my mom. I was maybe 10 or 12 years old, and I wanted to write a nice poem for Mom, but all I could come up with was a version of the old "Roses are red, violets are blue" ditty. Even though I thought my poem was extremely corny, I couldn't come up with anything else, so I decided to go with it. I wrote the poem in the card, and decorated the card with colorful drawings. When I gave it to Mom, she seemed to appreciate it, so I was satisfied. Mission accomplished.

The poem went something like this:

Roses are red,

Leaves are green.

You are so pretty,

You look like a queen!

👑

(I think it's safe to say that I'll never be confused with Elizabeth Barrett Browning.)

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JudyK  :-)  May 21, 2019

SOL Tuesday -- Gone Fishin

Slice of Life Tuesday -- May 7, 2019
" Gone Fishin' "
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"We could put signs on our doors that say 'Gone fishing'..and they'd be true!" laughed my colleague Debbie as we locked our classroom doors and made our way out of the school building this morning.

I smiled at the thought. Yes, that would indeed be true. We were headed outside -- in mid-morning on this beautifully sunny school day -- to go fishing for a few hours. But we weren't playing hooky.... We were doing this with full permission of our employer!

It sounds crazy, doesn't it?

This was just another interesting experience to add to the long list of interesting experiences I've had in the past few months, since I've started my new job. The fishing activity was one of the fun activities planned for this week, "Employee Week," at the correctional facility where I work. (Other activities include card games, basketball, volleyball, a golf driving contest, and special meals.) During Employee Week, employees are able to take part in some of the activities as their schedules allow, during their work day. Wow. Isn't that amazing?

Soooo.... Never mind that I know next to nothing about fishing. Never mind that I have never fished before. I was being given the opportunity to do something out of the ordinary while at work... and you'd better believe that I was going to take advantage of the opportunity! I was going fishing.

And I did. 

And I caught nine fish.  🐟

And I had a BLAST.  😊


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JudyK  May 7, 2019