Hoppin' On Board The Kind Of Girl Train...

I am the kind of girl who...

- joins a link up two days after the rest of the world did #YOLO

- hates the phrase YOLO

- really thought it was cool that The Flying Tomato, Shaun White, had a trick in the Olympics called a YOLO with some numbers after it.

- was once eating dinner in a park and a gang fight broke out and as she was running to her car looked at her friend and said YOLO

- will stop coming up with YOLO facts

- wears a Great Gatsby t-shirt with pride even though she isn't teaching American Lit this year.

- is going to stop making this list and is going to tell you about about her day yesterday.

Yesterday, I took Penny to Doggie Day Camp at Pet Smart while I was at work. Yes, I know that it is a little silly, but Penny is spoiled and I don't care, she is the happiest little girl ever.  I took her to Day Camp because she was attacked at the dog park the day before and I didn't want her to be traumatized for too long.  She needed good socialization with dogs that don't bite and I knew PetSmart was a good, safe place for her to be.

The day went great and according to the fine people at Day Camp she made lots of friends and now has a best friend named Jasmine, how cute is that.

I came home and she was pretty tired from all the playing so I took her on a short little walk around the neighborhood to get out of the house for a few minutes.

Thus begins the narrative portion of this blog post.  The names of the people have been changed, but the story is 100% true.

We were about halfway through our walk when a little dude passed us on his evening run.  Which is totally normal the street is quiet and lots of people walk their dogs, run, or take evening walks on that street.  He passed by and yelled "HI!" and kept running.

I said hi back to be nice and thought nothing else of it.  Then a minute later he turned around and ran back towards us.

"Hey, I have to ask you, where did you get your sunglasses?  Are they vintage?" - Running Man

"Um... What?  No.  They are just from Target." - A confused Erica

"Oh really?  They look like they are vintage. Are you sure you didn't buy them from like a vintage store?  They look like old cop glasses, like from that show CHiPS." - Running Man who watches shows from the 80s.

"Nope, they are just $12 sunglasses from Target." - Erica who is over this conversation

"OK cool, well I should keep running, but first I have to ask you another question.  What is the difference between being in love and just loving someone?"  -Running Man that suddenly fell in love with Penny, or maybe Erica.

"I don't know." - Erica who is so tired of men falling in love with her all the time.

"Well you see I had a friend who broke up with his girlfriend and he told her that.  Then another friend was dumped by his girlfriend and she told him the same thing and I am trying figure out what they mean. It is really important to me." - Running Man who can not handle the complexities of love.

"I think they just mean they like, or love, the person, but they do not want to commit to them for the rest of their lives." - Erica who "gets love."

"Wow! You are right. I can tell you are perceptive and wise." - Running Man speaking words of truth.

"Hey I can see you are wearing a ring. Do you wear a lot of rings?" - Running Man who is now Walking Man.

"Yes all the time I never stop wearing rings." - Erica who knows her turn is coming up and just wants to make this conversation as ridiculous as possible.

"Cool.  Like on all your fingers. Do you wear rings on all your fingers? Even your middle and index finger?" - Running Man who was going to buy Erica an engagement ring for her thumb.

"If the ring fits." - Erica who has become feisty as her turn is fast approaching.

Walking Man and Erica now come to the point in the road where Erica was to turn left and Walking Man was to continue running straight.  The air was full of sadness.

However, a Jeep pulled up with two guys and a puppy.

"Hey do either of you know who this dog belongs to." - Jeep man with a dog in his car.

Erica checks to make sure Penny is still attached to her leash. "No I have never seen her." - Relieved Erica who still has her dog

"We found her running in the street and we didn't want her to get hit by a car or eaten by a coyote tonight.  Here is my contact information in case you hear of a family missing their dog." - Jeep man gives out business cards.

"OK will do.  Good bye." - Erica who contemplates going another way for her evening walks with Penny from now on.

This concludes the narrative portion of the story.

- I am the kind of girl that wears a Gatsby shirt which causes men to fall in love with her and buy her thumb engagement rings and rescue dogs while walking around her neighborhood.