"No - there's nothing on the radar."
"But, the lady with the annoying accent on the weather channel just said the weekend's going to be ice, snow, rain, ice, and - tonight, snow," I insist.
"Nope, I just looked at the radar. Nothing." says Adventure Boy, sure of his position in all things meteorological.
(Alarm Rings)
I wake up to new snow on the road outside my window.
"Just a dusting," says Adventure Boy.
"But snow, nonetheless," I chide, sure of my position in all things, period.
"Not snow of any consequence," he assures me.
"Ah, but still, there is powdery white stuff on the car, that is most definitely snow, which I did indicate would be falling."
"Will you be making coffee anytime soon or should I?" he asks, attempting to divert me from verification of my rightness.
"Well, I'd be happy to make the coffee after I go brush the snow off the windshield."
"There's no need," he states, assuredly.
"Oh no, I'd be happy to brush the snow off the windshield. I'd hate for it to become a hard layer once the ice starts falling."
"No ice is going to fall. There's nothing on the radar," he says, as he fills the coffee carafe with water.
So I smile, in victory, knowing full well that ice will fall sometime today or tonight, whilst getting my coat and boots on to go brush the snow off the windshield - where he'll be able to see me, clearly, through the kitchen window. Brushing snow off the car, that is. Though, admittedly, once I get out there, it's cold and I've forgotten to put on gloves, and Adventure Boy is in the warm house, reading email, but I've won, you see, because, AH-HA! there is TOO snow on the windshield, and I know this because my fingers are blue-ish. But I win! Because I was right! And at this point he may be inside drinking a warm cup of coffee and probably he's reading the NY Times on-line while I brush the snow off the car and the dog - and now I can't feel the tip of my nose - but you know what, I was RIGHT! And there WILL be ice, mark my words!
Would you rather be right, or be happy?, my mother asked me once.
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Ha! I win.
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My uncle Bill used to take me fishing on Buffalo Pound Lake. I learned more from him in the summertimes than I learned all year round in school. He was a lay philosopher, a commentator on the times, and never hesitated to teach me about words and their wonder. One day we were talking about a local church leader who'd just been arrested for sexually abusing a young boy, and the subject turned to righteousness. In that boat that day my uncle told me, "The people you need to be most careful around are those who are convinced, beyond a shadow a doubt, that they are right." That said, a hot cup of coffee in blue fingers is a good thing. DL
ReplyDeleteheh... yep. Happiness is a much better pursuit than frostbite! xx
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