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Three 2's and a 5

We live on a cul-de-sac which means we don't have a lot of strangers passing by. We do, however, have a few "regulars" who come thru on their evening walks. One is a woman we've seen for years now who comes by with her dog. She appears to be in her mid 60's but we discovered this past weekend that she's actually 83.
So Rocket Man and I were standing in our yard, admiring his handiwork after a long weekend of replacing windows and rebuilding walls when this woman came walking by only she didn't have her dog with her. She struck up a friendly conversation about the windows and we were happy to get a chance to talk to her as she is always quick to wave and say a friendly hello.
We asked where her dog was and she sadly reported that he had been put down as he was very old. We then enquired as to whether she would be getting a new dog soon. Hehe...BIG MISTAKE. Dear lovely woman informed us that she would be waiting for the fall to get a dog. I figured she had her personal reasons for waiting and didn’t feel inclined to pry. There was no need, she was all too happy to share her reasons.

"We're waiting til fall because he'll be born under a sign that's compatible with humans. If you get a dog born in the summer, his star alignment will make him very uncontrollable and difficult to manage."

Rocket Man's eyes said "Oooooookaaaaay" but his mouth just curved up in a pleasant grin.

She continued in her very clipped and confident manner:

"Ya know...there's alot to those stars. I started learning about them when I was very young. I figured there had to be a reason my father was such a lousy person. Come to find out, he was a Sagittarius. And a LATE one at that! He had all 4's and a 1. No wonder he was so lazy! He couldn't help himself! And did you knows that Ronald Reagan was a Libra? What's so interesting is the man who tried to kill him was a Libra too! But of course, he was crazy, he had three 2's and a 5! MY GOD! If you had three 2's and a 5 you would be crazy, too!!!

The conversation ended very shortly, as pleasantly as it had begun, but as soon as she had left the neighborhood and our eyes locked, Rocket Man looked at me and said with all sincerity, "Ya know...I think she just might be three 2's and a 5."

I suspect a new phrase has been added to the family repertoire...

Posted by PamCHBF at July 8, 2005 04:22 PM | TrackBack