DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING SHOCKING ABOUT ME?

A bird mistook my car for a porta potty. Actually I think it must have been a flock of seagulls.
I’m going to the drive thru car wash. It makes me think of my sweet Sandra ( my Mending Kid from El Salvador). She thought that was more fun than Space Mountain. I taught her the words to (Workin’ at) The Car Wash. Pretty good for a kid who knew no English. She called me the other day to say she’s learning English in school. She is happy and well and turning 12.

I’m also thinking about…myself. I’m working on a new project. Don’t ask. Can’t tell (yet).

I’m supposed to come up some surprising things about me. What?? That my favorite food is Wasabi Peas? That I’ve been putting fish oil in my son’s smoothies for years and telling him the amber stuff is honey. Fish oil is supposed to make you smart. He should have figured something was fishy.

I asked Nash what is surprising about me. He said “You’d rather go to a Dry Bar then dry your own hair”. I said that would not shock any woman. He said “You’re not a natural blonde”. I said that won’t shock ANYONE.

My husband mentioned that I was a White House Intern. That maybe surprising to some. Then he said a few things I can’t repeat.

I almost killed Ted Danson. Although I’m not sure I should admit it. It was my first trip to LA. A girl’s trip with my roommate from college. We were driving (let me put this on her…she was driving) up PCH. We’re looking at everything but the road. Some guy darts across the street. I screamed. She slammed on the brakes. I said “isn’t that Ted Danson?” It was.

Years later my husband was walking out of the Paramount parking garage. A car almost hit him. The driver was Ted Danson.

So Ted and I are even.

So what else is surprising about me? I can rip on a rip stick. But I’d rather be paddle boarding. I love to write. In fact I’d rather write than be on TV. That’s probably surprising.

A woman just came up to me and said “I watch you every morning”. I said…at car pool? I can be snarky. Not sure that’s a shock.

I’m a good Mom. But a so-so wife. My husband does most of the cooking. Surprised?

If you know anything else surprising about me please tell me.

Enough about me. We went to the Hollywood Bowl Saturday.

The legend that is Stevie Wonder played with John Legend. Patti Austin got all jazzy. Steven Tyler did his screechy sexy Dream On. He shook his butt in the faces of those in the front rows. There were fireworks (that seemed to come from Steven’s butt).

We had the perfect night. And I thought to myself…never before have I taken the time (OK I was forced to take the time off..but still) to contemplate how very blessed I am . Maybe that’s the most surprising thing of all.

I love life. I love God. I fear no man. Or bird.