Giggles and geese

I am experiencing my first episode of writer’s block since having started my blog. Now, it’s only been just over two weeks since I started, so I’m not sure if that’s cause for real concern or not. I’ll go with ‘not’ since I am adopting an optimistic outlook on everything lately.

But having said all that, I feel the need to warn you that this blog will likely be different from my others in two key respects… It is definitely going to be less focused (since I am as well) and it’s probably going to be a lot shorter. You can let me know what you think on both counts.

So, a few disjointed, unrelated things that have caught my attention today as I have gone about my business…

A friend of mine has an internet television program at BrantNOW... so far he’s eaten a newspaper – well, an article at least, and his co-host drank a shot of hot sauce... mmmm..... (sound like fun??? you better believe it is!! Watch here on Wednesday nights at 8:00 pm http://brantnow.com/live ). This week, he is promising to drink a gallon of milk live on the air… whole milk no less! I guess I’m hoping that my amusement with the idea of watching this isn’t clouding the fact that it might actually be an unhealthy endeavor. But it's milk, right? How bad could it be? Having said that, I am the person who is laughing with ridiculous glee at anything remotely resembling slapstick… I think because I so closely identify with the whole idea behind the humour, being a total klutz myself. But really, I want him to be fine… but I’ll laugh… but I want him to be ok… giggle giggle.

I was driving from my office, which is actually located in a very busy commercial/industrial area but with a small pond situated right beside an on-ramp to a major six-lane highway. When I was driving by today a couple of Canadian geese were meandering around the on-ramp completely unafraid of the masses of steel and rubber hurtling by them… in fact, they seemed quite annoyed at our presence and made no effort to disguise their discontent. So as I carefully maneuvered around them I had a great smile when I saw them in the rear view mirror honking brazenly at us all. I sure hope they’re ok… and that they made it back to the pond.

It is on days like this that I love my job… I am in sales and my territory stretches (also in a very disjointed way) all around the Burlington, Hamilton, Brantford Ontario area. This allows me a great amount of discretion when deciding how to occupy my day… In the past week or so, as the sun has been shining through my open sunroof, I have been happily cruising the countryside with windows down, breezes blowing and an enormous smile on my face. My only barrier to a summer filled with days like this is the rising price of gasoline… but that’s another topic entirely.

So that’s it for me on this beautiful spring day. I think I’ll grab a drink and enjoy some time on the balcony… and ponder postings.