i twittered this yesterday when it happened, but it is still on my mind and it is just so funny that i must make mention of it here. the story evolves into something a bit more tragic. so it sobered me up in the afternoon, but did put a smile on the family’s faces when i relayed it back to them, which is a good thing.
anyway, yesterday morning i walked my kids to the bus stop and along the way my neighbor’s son comes tearing down his driveway to catch up with everyone. as he passes me he says that his sister is running late and proceeds to give me this gem of a direct quote, “my mom told me she has the flu. i think she got it from drinking too much wine last night.”
boy, that is so funny. some things, you just can’t get past the kids. i was rofl’in in my mind after that one!!
the tragic part of the story is that his dad was hearing rumors of a layoff coming and that he might be in the sights as an overlapping job function. well, sure enough, he came home around noonish yesterday, after 19 or so years with the company. on a positive (??) note, he joked about improving his golf game over the summer, so i can only hope that means he got a decent severance. one can only hope. best of luck to you neighbor! catch a new job that sends the world spinning!
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