Aug 04 2006
Friday
Looking forward to the weekend!
It’s Friday!
It’s amazing how listening to good music can pass the time and effectively prevent outbreaks of road rage. Josh Groban, thank you for keeping me sane during my 15.75 mile, 90-minute drive home tonight.
I always feel guilty when I am tempted to grumble about a traffic pile-up like the one we experienced this afternoon. Truly bad traffic normally happens when there’s a fatality, critical injury, or some other tragic accident and police officers must close off a section of the road. I remind myself that although I am inconvenienced by the sluggish drive home, at least I’m going to make it home safely. Someone out there wasn’t quite so lucky. That puts everything in perspective.
With this in mind, despite the horrendous traffic, I managed to keep my blood pressure in check. In addition to an attitude alignment and some Josh-therapy, I believe my state of calm was attributed to the wonderful realization that it’s Friday and I didn’t have anything specific planned for the evening. It’s a rare occasion to be in the midst of the summer and not have a bon dance that I felt compelled to attend. I had nowhere to rush off to — and no work tomorrow. How glorious!
I picked up Waldo’s vegetarian pizza and salads along the way home and spent the evening watching DVR recorded episodes of “What Not To Wear” with Hubby. It doesn’t get much better than that. Sometimes it’s the most simple of pleasures that I am most thankful for. What are you thankful for tonight?
A 30-something Christian girl, blissfully wedded to her perfect match (the yang to her yin) of 14 years. Living life in Hawaii, less than 5 miles from her hometown, a slave to her mortgage payment, but seeking balance in her pursuit of family, faith, recreation, and rest.
Last night my hubs and I sat on the couch watching The Andromeda Strain (a Netflix treasure)…we goofed out making up lines for the movie and adding sound effects. We ate popcorn while the dog gnawed on a bone at our feet.
I have to say that my gratitude is pretty much in the same place as yours.
OOOOHHHHHHHH Waldo’s, its been a while since i had one, think I’ll be making a special trip today
have a good weekend buddy
not where but who’s waldo?
Waldo’s is a “quaint” little pizza place in Mililani that’s been around for decades. In fact, Hubby used to go to Waldo’s when he was in high school — and he said that nothing has changed!
I just LOVE the food there!
It took me 90 minutes to get home from downtown too. >_
Sorry, the rest of my comment got truncated. Made me look like an insensitive buffoon. I was going to say, you’re absolutely right about being thankful that we were not in those 2 pile-ups. Saw the headlines this morning about the 4 hurt. Take it easy out there everyone; drive with Aloha.
@April: Sounds like a wonderful Friday evening for you and the Hubby!
Those times are to be treasured, indeed.
@Mark from Hawaii: Thanks for the comment! Who knows, maybe you were in the car behind mine!