Anyone who knows me well knows I fall asleep at the wheel. Not a fact I am proud of, but one that makes going places rather scary when I am the driver. My sister in law Shelley drove with me last year. Her job was to keep me awake. Mind you I can carry on a conversation, my eyes are open and yet I am fast asleep. Weird huh?
Sure enough during the drive, I fell asleep. (One has to ask, "Why wasn’t Shelley driving in the first place? Better yet, why do I drive period?" Good question.) Anyway I was driving and fell asleep. Shelley who is calm, cool and collective, at all times, (how else could she be married to my dear Brother Mathew?) decided to do me a favor by throwing a cup of ice at me. Woke me up real fast. Stupefied I looked at my sister in law, who politely responded, "That sure did the trick didn’t it?" We burst out laughing. It was the best remedy to date.
Today is Shell-Bell’s birthday, I would tell you how old she is but heck she is my lucky charm!
Happy Birthday Shelley!
When is your birthday? I am going to be fifty…in February.
photo: Vintage porcelain charms from Limoges.
Leave a Reply