My goodness, this is a busy summer.
We’ve had the Olympics and the Mars landing. Campaign season
is in full swing. And now Shark Week is almost upon us.
It’s enough to make your head spin.
Something that I have found to be helpful in dealing with
times of overload such as this, is having your priorities straight.
Take this time last year. Shark Week was a’comin’ and I was,
quite naturally, thrilled beyond belief. You know...because of the
sharks. But sadly, life’s little details don’t always treat Shark Week with the
proper amount of respect and continue to badger at you. In this instance, the
little detail that wouldn’t leave me alone was that we had run out of toilet
paper in my apartment. Generally, no biggie. This time, though, running out to
pick some up was taking precious moments away from shark watching.
Still, I soldiered on.
Out I went to the grocery store across the street. It was
going to be a quick trip, I was sure. Once in the story, I quickly made my way
back toward the toilet paper aisle. On my way, a colorful box caught my eye.
Shark Bites! (shark shaped fruit snacks*)
I was beside myself with excitement. What could make this
evening better than shark themed snackage? Needless to say, I quickly picked up
a box and skipped merrily to the register, giving passer-bys enthusiastic high
fives.
It wasn’t until about two hours later, when I was happily
chomping on my fruit snacks, that I realized I’d forgotten the toilet paper.
So, you see….priorities.
Now, as you get ready for whatever epic lengths you go to
for your own Shark Week celebrations, I leave you with this video (sure to
chill you right down to the marrow):
*Side note: I never called them fruit snacks growing up.
Still don’t. Bothers Roomie to no end. They were always fruity bootys. Not sure
why, but I’m guessing it had something to do with my lifelong desire to be a
pirate.
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