Lost in Translation

Asian countries try hard to translate their signage, labels, instructions, etc. into English. Apparently they aren't very good at it. Check out www.engrish.com and try not to laugh too hard. Definitely put your drink down first.

I admit it, I'm laughing at the carpool lady

I don't normally laugh at the misfortune of others. Honestly. Today was a different story. OK remember when I mentioned people who park in the carpool lane and then leave their car to get their kids? Well, at my daughter's school, there is a repeat offender. She is either completely oblivious to the fact that she's inconveniencing the entire carpool lane (I'm not buying it, even with someone else's money), or she's as arrogant as the rain is wet. Today she pulled the same thing as usual, parked and got out to get her kid. The bell rang, kids are coming out, cars need to get by her, etc. Well she comes out with her kid and then proceeds to talk with someone for awhile (standing outside the car while everyone is pulling around her). You can't tell me she's oblivious. When she finally gets in her car to drive away, it won't start. *tee hee* I know I'm terrible, but honestly, wouldn't you be giggling, too? As I drove by I could hear her on her cell phone telling someone to come help her. I wonder how long she sat there. I wonder if I'll see her green minivan on Tuesday. I bet I'll still be giggling. *tee hee*

On a different topic, I have a few more things to add to my bucket list.
- drive on the Golden Gate Bridge
- bowl a 300 game
- fly first class
- experience Mardi Gras

Ever ponder your mortality?

Sure you have. When we hear that someone has died, we all wonder about when we'll die, under what circumstances, what would happen to the people we leave behind, etc. We also tend to think about all the things in life we haven't done yet, don't we. Our 'bucket list'. Do you have one? I don't, but I figure tonight is as good a night as any to start one.

So in no particular order, here's a few items to start my bucket list:
- places to visit: Hawaii, Europe, Alaska
- see my girls grow up
- become a grandmother (I realize this is completely out of my control)
- eat a chocolate croissant in a Paris cafe
- take a Panama Canal cruise
- learn to scuba dive
- swim with dolphins
- learn to knit/crochet
- learn how to fix my computer when it doesn't work

I'll add more items as they come to me. I have to be honest, a lot of the things I wanted to accomplish in life, I already have. I'm married, have kids, have my college degrees, done some traveling. I don't pine for bigger things, I tend to relish the smaller ones. But a bucket list is for dreams, too, right? I'll keep trying to dream bigger (like the computer fixing, I know it'll never happen, which is why hubby isn't allowed to die first).