May 15, 2007

• I have come to the conclusion that whenever I stay with Beth....things happen. And coincidentally, every incident has involved something locked, needing to be entered...but no key with which to make entering possible.

  It was 9:55, and it takes 3 minutes to get from our house to the church, so we were doing good, since call-time was 10:00.  We went out to the car, and within Beth's volumous purse, the key was nowhere to be found. After several minutes of frantic searching, our eyes beheld a disheartening sight, putting an end to our frantic scramble. The desirable car keys, perched smugly within the cup-holder -- inside the car. So, two young women, both dressed femininely in skirts, begin searching the underside for a possible spare key, but with no luck. Next option was to ask the policeman down the street if he could help. Summoning up all our courage, we walked down to where he was, and with much reverence, asked if he could possibly help us. No again. Well, the keys are still in the car, and the owner has yet to be called, but it'll all get worked out!

  But as we sat there like two hobo's (I was even completing the picture by sitting atop my guitar case!), the whole situation brought to mind the last time me and Beth stayed together. We had spent the day shopping, and had come back to our host-home, exhausted, hungry, and thirsty. The above scenario began to unfold before our eyes, only this time, the key to the HOUSE was in another vehicle, with another driver, at the zoo, on the other side of town. They say that women wear many different types of "hats" to depict the jobs they do...so Beth and I took off our "shopping" hats...and put on our black burglar beanies.  Borrowing a ladder from a very trusting neighbor, we propped it up against the house, and Beth shimmied up the wall to the second story window, perching herself on a two inch ledge above the front door. Thankfully, the window was unlocked, and after some minor trouble, the window was breached and the house was all ours.

  Well, we'll just add these stories to the all the other ones created amidst the months of travelling. So, Beth...what's gonna happen next?

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