Goof Ball

My thoughtful husband, Brian, offered to babysit last night so my friend Amanda and I could go out to dinner sans toddlers. We jumped at the idea, so Amanda, her husband and kids came to my house and we ladies left. The men made dinner and watched the kids. We even came back to find they had done the dishes as well!

So Amanda and I went to our fave Mexican restaurant and had chicken soup and conversation. It was very enjoyable. Getting the green light from our babysitters we also stopped for coffee at Strange Brew. (You can read about the many activities of this famed coffee shop here.)

Well, we had just ordered our coffee and I was feeling the exhilaration of ordering decaf when I turned around and noticed a girl who had been in there the last time I was out with a friend. I know this because this girl had her laptop open and on the top was an interesting and unique mouse pad-sized sticker with the word, "London" on it. I thought, why not ask if she has been to London. Don't ask me why I felt compelled to strike up a conversation with a perfect stranger when I could have just sat down and talked to Amanda. So, I spoke to London-girl. Didn't notice she was wearing earbuds, so she removed them and I asked the question again, "Have you been to London?" She looked at me, pulled the lid of her computer closed to more clearly see the picture on top, and said, "It's Paris." Gulp. Upon closer inspection I noticed the monument emblazoned on the top of her computer wasn't Big Ben. No, it was the Eiffel Tower, something very obvious when you actually looked at the picture. And the letters I thought spelled the other city were actually what I assume was her name, Lyndsey. Sheesh.

My friend thought it was great, especially when we finally sat down and she reminded me that I had been to Paris. Brian and I even had dinner on the Eiffel Tower.

I think next time I feel like talking to a random person who I know not I will: 1. Not talk, and 2. Look closer.