Friday, September 16, 2016

Day 19 - Walking between the raindrops...


Ellie learned another very important lesson today.  I realize that there is a possibility Ellie isn't the one that should be learning these lessons.  It should probably be me learning these lessons given how Ellie is only eleven weeks old but that's beside the point.  To reiterate, Ellie learned another very important lesson today.  That lesson is to have enough sense to come in out of the rain.  At the risk of that sounding like something an old, crotchety person would say, it's true.

Also something an old, crotchety person would say...

Each day before Ellie and I set out on our walk, I check the weather by stepping out on our back porch and staring up at the sky.  It's a very scientific method, I know.  Especially when I think about the fact that I have a weather app always available on my phone.  Anyway, I used all of the scientific methods at my disposal including licking my finger to test the wind and seeing if I could feel a storm coming in my bones.  Nothing seemed out of the ordinary so I loaded Ellie up in her stroller and we headed on out.  

The first half of our walk was pretty uneventful until we reached our turnaround point.  Ellie was even beginning to fall asleep.  As we reached our turnaround mark, I decided to head east so as to see something different on the trip back.  Just about that time, a light sprinkle began falling from the sky.  Not thinking anything of it, I just put up the sunshade on Ellie's stroller and continued on.  Another block went by and the rain continued to pick up steam.  I began to worry a little around this time until we reached the new Casey's General Store.  As Bob Dylan would sing, we went in and gave ourselves shelter from the storm.

Interestingly enough, today was actually the Grand Opening for the store so the place was actually pretty full.  No worries though.  My baby was fast asleep so I took the opportunity to peruse the store and see if they had any Crystal Pepsi.  Alas, they did not so I kept on looking around.  Since the storm was continuing to pick up steam, I went ahead and purchased myself a lunch special of a couple of pieces of pizza and a soda.  Luckily, Ellie's stroller had a cupholder for me to sit my Root Beer since all of the tables were full.  About this time, Ellie started waking up and crying because of all the noise from the people inside so I decide to take her outside and stand under the overhang while eating my pizza.  So in other words, not near as heartwarming as the commercial with the soldier and kid eating pizza.


As I'm enjoying my slice, I hear a loud commotion to my left coming out of the front door.  Then who should appear but a six foot tall slice of Casey's Pizza.  Nothing makes you question the direction of your life more than eating a slice of pizza while moving a stroller back and forth to calm your crying baby while a person in a giant inflatable pizza costume dances right next to you in a rain storm.  Also, assisting with this revelation was the fact that multiple people started coming up to me, asking to see the baby, making conversation, and ultimately offering us a ride home.  I respectfully declined each person saying that weren't very far from home and were just going to wait out the rain.

Once the storm calmed to a sprinkle, Ellie and I proceeded on home as quickly as we could.  Like I said, Ellie learned another important lesson today.  That lesson being to always check the weather before heading on a walk.  And also to not eat pizza while standing next to an anthropomorphic slice of pizza.  #DaddyWrite

Stop ruining my lunch, Pepperoni Pete!

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