Today is so darn cold that I swear someone out there is mad at us. Well I cannot complain too much... the groundhog did say that we are expecting 6 more weeks of winter. But this cold is uncomprehendable. The weather is so flip floppy its worse than a woman with an hormonal inbalance.
But what would we do without complaining about the weather? How would we spark up conversations with random people standing at the bus stop or traffic light? Sometimes I wonder how else would I meet or attract "wholesome bunch" of individuals?
Last week when the weather was nice and comfortable I decided to walk to work instead of hopping on the streetcar. At the traffic light this random woman comments on how wonderful the weather is; I agreed and smiled and kept on moving when the light changed. As I was making myself across the street I notice that the woman was trying to catch up to me. It wasn't until I heard "Winners and found a great coat" did I notice that she was talking to me.
I slowed down, and asked her to repeat herself. Next thing I know, I am walking blocks with this woman who has divulged all of her activities in the last couple of days and what she had planned for the weekend. We finally parted ways as I told her that I had to make a stop in the opposite direction. So after 20 minutes of listening to jabber I walked away from her.
Fast forward to today. Cold as heck outside! There was no way I was going to walk so I made my way to the store to purchase some tokens. As I was leaving the store, I jail-walk to the other side of the street to the stop, and noticed a lone woman standing there. I didn't look up at her until I heard "It's real cold out today" As I look up to reply, did I then notice it was homegirl from the other day. GREAT!
"Yeah it's cold" Hoping that she wouldn't remember me from the other day. But she did.
What was even more wonderful is that she was getting on the same streetcar! I waited for her to hop on first, but she was fiddling with some change and it was too cute to be standing out in the cold. I got on and she followed.... right beside me! There were sooo many seats, but she choose to sit right next to me! Imagine that.
She talked my damn ear off! And she didn't even pause to take a breath. She asked me what direction I was going in and I told her "I don't know" just so I wouldn't have her tagging along. I asked her where she was going and she told me the subway. So took that opportunity to say that I was not going that way. You think that would have shaked her off? No... she followed me off the streetcar and onto the bus... I decided to get off a couple of stops early and told her that I had to walk a couple of blocks to my run a couple of errands. I was so upset because I knew it was too cold to be frolicking.... but I needed to escape.
She finally wished me a good day and said "well next time, when the weather is nice"
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