I Think I Ate A Spider Last Night......

Friday, December 11, 2009

GULP!.......I received an email several years ago that said the average person consumes 20 spiders over their life time while they are sleeping.......That little email fact (or fiction??) has taken up space in my brain all these years and refused to be removed every time I hit the "delete" key.  Why am I creeping you out with that piece of information?  I think I may have eaten one of my 20 spiders last night!  I woke up this morning with what felt like a spider in my throat......actually, its quite possible it was just flem, but what if it was one of my 20 spiders?????  I think I can actually feel it moving in my stomach after I washed it down with very strong coffee........

Today we head to Wichita Falls for my nephew Lance's college graduation tomorrow at Midwestern State University.  Wow.......Little Lance graduating........it seems largely impossible.  He is my brother, James' son (some of you know him as "Eddie"......he's going to KILL me for putting that in here....) and my only nephew on the Calloway side of the family.  Why, it seems like just yesterday he and I were driving down the road singing, "The Wheels On The Bus" and making up new verses to it.   Here's a sampling of a few verses we came up with...."The Gunman on the Bus goes Boom, Boom, Boom" and "The Robber On The Bus Goes Stick Em Up, Stick Em Up, Stick Em Up".......maybe this is a good time to remind you that I was the "crazy" aunt.........

Anyway, I will be picking up "The Parents" aka, Jim and Dorothy, in Garland and heading northwest today.  I know I rarely Blog about my parents (thats because Chuck offers so much material), but today, you need to know what this trip to Wichita Falls is going to look like.  First off, the trip is about a 4 hour drive from our home in East Texas and about 2 1/2 hours from Garland (where we add Jim and Dorothy as passengers).  My mom, Dorothy, suffers from Parkinsons and is confined to a wheelchair.   She took a bad fall on Wednesday which left her sweet face bruised and one eye almost swollen shut.  I haven't seen her yet, but Dad (Jim) says she looks like she lost a round to Sugar Ray Leonard.  She and her dog Missy will be sitting in the front seat with me as she gets car sick sitting in the back.  Now, lets move to the back seat.  Dad (Jim) and my sweet man Chuck.  We'll start with Dad.  My Dad is a conversationalist.  He has a wonderful ability to keep a conversation going......usually about things like, "So why do you think they make curbs 18" high as opposed to 12" high?" or "What would you say are your top 5 reasons for shopping at Wal-Mart?".....well, you get the picture.  I get my ability to talk about "anything" from him.  Now, let's move to Chuck sitting next to Jim in the backseat.   Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ......Yep, my hard-of-hearing husband, Chuck, who is going to be hearing "BlizZARD" when Dad mentions "CURB" is most likely going to be asleep most of the trip when he's not thinking about Dairy Queen Ice Cream Blizzards.   

So, there you have it!   Family Road Trip..........it should prove to be entertaining......But I still think I may have eaten a spider last night........