Random Thoughts

Saturday had some interesting moments.

The scout argued with me about going to his Den Chief training because it was four hours long. "That's almost a whole day of school for me" - he says.

When I went to pick him up, he got a "trained" patch to put on his uniform, he will be getting a Den Chief patch from his scout master as well; and he says to me, thanks for signing me up - "I had a great time and I'm sorry about this morning." hummmm

We left, went to lunch, and then shopped. It was a great afternoon.

About 7, the scout went over to babysit across the street, so my friend and I could go out for a coffee. We were able to sit outside and have a nice chat for 45 minutes. We arrived home, and walked across the street to her house. One of the neighbors was having a party and their guest had brought their Doberman Pincher. It had already charged a dog walker earlier that evening, and as I walked onto my neighbors lawn, it charged me. I calmly stood my ground, didn't move or flinch and if I had taken one giant step, we would have met. Because I didn't move, scream or run - the dog stopped. I guess that's my point. I looked it straight in the face. While it was running towards me, I was thinking I was going to get bit - I'm totally serious. In these two instances, the owner never apologized for his dog. That bothers me more, than the dog's behaviour.

I always get a venti hot coffee at Starbucks. I didn't finish on our "coffee outing" and brought it home. The scout went to a different neighbors house to play with a friend after my outing. I stopped by to talk to the dad. He noticed my Starbucks cup was now printed in one color - brown. Before it was two colors - brown and green. I know, from being a printer, that this saves money and find it interesting, as they have announced closures of 600 stores.

Well, those are my thoughts of the day.