jibbah jabbah

it's so hot today! i'm really sticky. elly said that the temp outside was close to 90 degrees, but joel checked his g1 and said it's 84 degrees. well, i'm right. i just stepped outside and my body guaged the heat to round up somewhere close to 100.9.

momma d and i are about to go shopping for burgers and brats and hot dog buns for a cookout. she asked poppa d if he could grill tonight, but he just said no. then joel said no. and then when she asked kyle, i'm not sure what he said, although it could have been yes, since he got really excited about brats.

i'm talking about stuff that doesn't really matter because i have a feeling that at any moment, momma d might be done puttering in the kitchen and doing the dishes and leave for the grocery store without me! type faster! let's see....

this morning, as i was driving down the damon's street, i was speeding. going about 35 in a 25 mph zone...i've gotten a ticket down this street before - and let me just say that it was a better cop experience than the last one i had in oregon! (the one where i wasn't doing anything wrong and the cop pulled me over for no apparent reason! then he found out i didn't have my license with me...and then he yelled at me and said he would take my car away if i tried to drive it again without a license with me). anyway, down this street, there usually are cops, but they pick on you only on certain times of the day, and i didn't suppose this was one of them. i wasn't paying attention.

suddenly, i noticed two cars chugging along slowly on the opposite lane, floating by me bumper to bumper. the second car was a clunky old lincoln. i peered through the front windshield, trying to catch a glimpse of the driver, who seemed to be motioning something at me. i could barely see a white, fuzzy little head perched over the steering wheel. two knobby old hands were waving in a semi-frantic warning to slow down. a little old man was telling me to pay attention to the cop sidled up along the road behind them! he was parked, lying in wait for drivers like me - but a tiny, wrinkled stranger saved my life! i didn't get a ticket!

ah, i have to go!

love.