7 Quick Takes Friday

Here are my Quick Takes for this week, since technically, it is still Friday.

1.

I apologize for weird spacing issues in my posts.  I've discovered that I can get online using my dad's (PC) laptop, and I swore I would not write another blog post from this @#$%* Mac, but alas, I got in late tonight, and the laptop has been shut down already.  And, if you know me at all, you know I'm pretty easily deterred . . . if something seems like a lot of trouble, I  usually don't bother.  

2.

I know what you're thinking.  "You got in late? From whence?" (You're welcome.  I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt that you are quite an eloquent thinker.)

So, yeah, I went on a double date of sorts.  Joshua and I went with my brother and his daughter (and a girl he's dating) to see Big River at the Springer.  It was excellent.   It ended way past my bedtime.

3.

I decided that I didn't feel like getting really dressed up for it (shaving my legs seemed like a lot of trouble . . . see #1), so I just wore my nicest pair of skinny jeans and a dressy black shirt.

The outfit would have been a lot less trouble if I wasn't deodorantly challenged.  I spent at least as long getting deodorant spots off my black shirt as I would have shaving my legs.  Seriously, if there's a "Dressing for Dummies" course out there somewhere, let me know.  I think I dress without getting deodorant on my shirt about twice a month.  (And, no, putting the shirt on first won't help . . . it's a lot of trouble to lift up the shirt carefully and put the deodorant on afterward . . . again, see #1.)

4.

I got hit by a deer Wednesday night.  Yes, that's right.  I got hit BY a deer.  

I was driving home from small group - in quite a bit of an anxious funk, though I'm pretty sure that had nothing to do with it - when suddenly there was a deer what seemed like 3 inches in front of my at-the-time-being-driven-60 mph van.  I slammed on my breaks and missed him by about  a millimeter then suddenly felt this huge thud against the rear side of the van.  Apparently, Bambi had a friend.  Or an offspring.  Or, as Joshua is convinced, there was something chasing it to eat it . . . most likely a cheetah.

Since I was less than a mile from home, am a huge coward, and was on a dark and desolate road, I decided not to get out and survey the damage at the scene.  Even when I got home, I couldn't tell much in the dark.  Yesterday morning, however, I discovered a giant deer-head shaped dent right above the rear wheel-well.  Or maybe it was shoulder shaped, I don't know.  I'll have to study some deer (and possibly cheetah) anatomy and get back to you.

I'm just glad no one was hurt as I had all three kids in the van with me.  Josh screamed, "Mom, watch out!" at the precise moment I saw deer #1, and tonight as we were driving down the same road, he reminded me to watch out for deer.  Trust me, the reminder was unnecessary; I was going about 35.

5.

It bugs me that when I was creating labels for my post, I used the phrase "spiritual insight."  EVERY time I use that label, I wish that I could change it to "spiritual reflections."  I don't mean be so presumptuous as to think that anyone would find my ramblings "insightful," but it's not possible (as far as I can tell) to change a label without going in and re-labeling each post.

And, again . . . see #1.

6.

Lauren's newest phrase: "Whatever."  She loves it.

She said it the other day when she lost her train of thought, and my parents and I cracked up.  It was hilarious.  Now she knows people find it hilarious, so she says it to get a laugh.  She actually told me that she kept saying it at small group the other night "so Sarah and Laura would laugh again." 

I foresee a class clown.

7.

You should know that it took quite a bit of dedication for me to get this post in tonight.  I had to pry myself away from "I Was Bitten" on the  Discovery Channel.  Or maybe it's Animal Planet.  I don't know; I'm new to this whole cable thing.  All I know is I am addicted to this show.

It's about people who've been bitten by various deadly animals.  Tonight's episode included a grizzly bear attack and an attack by a great white shark.  (Lucky for you, I've seen a shark one before.)  Other episodes have featured attacks by various types of rattlesnakes, cobras, alligators, mountain lions, venomous spiders . . . all the things I'm sure you want to be thinking about if you read this right before you go to bed.

I seriously love this show, though.  If someone created a channel that was nothing but infomercials and near-fatal animal attacks, I'd watch it almost exclusively.