yes, that is me.
i remember growing up and plotting with my mom & sisters of ways to fool people, (ok usually just my dad) on april fools day. i wish i could say we came up with some hilarious and creative pranks, but the only ones i remember ever doing or suggesting, over and over and over again, was a piece of fake bologna from our kitchen set in dad's sandwich and hiding the car around the corner and telling dad that it got stolen. poor dad. but kind of poor us, too, for being so entertained.
please read about
other booth family ridiculousness related to april fools day.
there will be a picture of the law & order inspired prank. just wait.
anyways, this year, april fools day for me was the first day back to school after spring break. i slept late, again, and as im sweating bullets on 880, i think, hmmm...this would not be a funny joke if i, the teacher, was late. i made it to school, before the bell, and the day began. not one of my kids played a single prank on me. thank goodness.
however, one of my darling little sisters texts me the following, "i just crashed dads truck. again." now, for the record, my sisters and driving do not typically mix easily or naturally. 2 of our 3 cars have been crashed by 2 of the 4 booth girls who actually drive. one involved a foggy windshield and the saturn coming to a halt against the side of the neighbors parked car, which provided an attractive and portly hole in the dear silver bullet. it gives it personality, i guess. that and a place for other davis high students to stash their fast food trash before making a beeline to class. the other incident involved texting whilst driving my dad's truck. so, upon recieving this text, ill admit my first thoughts were somewhat scattered and panicky. then i remembered.
"april fools, duh." was my text back. go me, for not being fooled.
but then, about an hour later my mom sends me the following text,
"i hate to have to tell you this but Louie (my beloved feline) got out and we can't find him anywhere. we put posters all around and ive checked up at the animal shelter."
no panic. "april fools, right?"
"i wish honey"
the "honey" was the clincher. so i called her and when she picked up i just said, "you're joking, right?" and she was dead silent. (sidenote: i'm pretty sure each of my sisters and my dad have suggested to A. let louie play in traffic B. let louie meet ozzie (our equally disturbed corgie or C. drive somewhere far away....) so, naturally my little louie loving heart skipped a beat. until she burst out laughing. i was not amused. but relieved.
i finished in my classroom, and then i had to do some grocery shopping for school. so i headed toward smart and final, and traffic was particularly bad. i got to my usual turn and then light turned yellow. no biggie, i was catching up with sheila, and not in any huge rush, and not in any mood to tempt the HPD to run me down. as im enjoying our conversation, i look up and notice the light changing from yellow to red. hmmmm. strange. i dont remember a green... totally confused, i realized that i had just sat through the green light. oops. now, i know that i can be a space cadet, but that is a little much even for me. (not that it hasn't happened before.) anyways, my first thought is, "oh well, at least there's no one one behind me..." and then i look in my rearview mirror, where i see a visibly distressed young man with his arms up in the air begin to shake his head. eek. he is not happy. i look again and realize that i KNOW this visibly distressed man. he is my favorite cashier at smart and final. oh no. he is late for work, and the idiot girl in the car in front of him is yakking on her phone and just sat through a green light. go me. a few more minutes passed and the green arrow finally appeared. only the cars to my left had run the red light before and were now blocking the intersection. uhhhhhh....so i slowly step on the gas and i think my cashier friend was afraid i was going to sit through ANOTHER green light and he was going to be REALLY late for work. so he laid on his horn and hit his steering wheel mouthing things like "COME ONNNNNNNNNNN." the cars scooted up and i proceeded with my left turn into the parking lot and into my spot, he following close behind. i think it was at that point he realized he knew me as well. still a little sheepish about my most recent careless phone plus car incident, i finished my phone call and about 15 minutes later went inside. i guess i could have said APRIL FOOLS and told him i did it on purpose, but i don't think he would have been amused. as soon as i got in there we made eye contact. he apologized and said, "i didn't mean to honk at YOU," and i apologized for being such a space case. we are still friends.
today was fun, and it just happened to be april fools day. its funny though, because stuff like this happens to me all the time. =)
