Jan Landers

Remember the post I had that said that people tell me I talk a lot, but whenever I've met someone I always come away from the conversation knowing much more about them then they ever will about me? Well, it happened again today.

So, I'm on my morning walk, and I cross paths with a woman as she's coming down the hill. I always go up the hill, touch my secret base (I'd like to tell you what it is, but then I'd have to kill you), and come back down. As I was coming back down the hill, I did a little 'beep beep' to let her know I wanted to get by. She said something to me, but because I had my earplugs in listening to a sermon, I did not hear her clearly. (Note to self, next time just put up an arm, and with a friendly wave and smile -KEEP ON WALKING just keep swimming, just keep swimming) So I turn and pull out my ear plug, and she says 'well, you didn't go very far'. There's that pride thing again, I should have kept walking while I said, 'you're right', but noooooooooooooooooooooo, I had to tell her how I walked 3 1/2 miles every day. Way to open up the flood gate Renée. Now I'm stuck listening to her tell me how she retired after 25 years of teaching to care for her mother. She moved to Florida, only to find that her mother was beyond her care..blah blah blah my kids (not children) work for Ponderosa blah blah blah can't afford the apartment blah blah blah need income blah blah need to fill my time blah blah blah. Oh look....an opening....so I say, 'you should get a plot at the community garden, and start to learn how to grow your own food. The bible is agrarian based, and you could learn many lessons from it, and tilling the ground, and bonus, you can havest good wholesome food."

Buckle up... here we go again. Oh, well I have a friend who's a Jehovah's witness blah blah blah went to church with my ex mother in law, then to my own Baptist church blah blah blah, I'm very open minded.

So, fool that I am, I try again, and tell her how the current system will shortly be kaput, and again, she could learn gardening, and I have issues with Jehovah's witness', and the RCC is the antichrist system, and you can't be 'instead of' or 'against Christ' unless you actually name Him.

ooooooh That's quite the blank stare there lady. Hellooooooooooo?

That's when I realize, once again, that I am Jan Landers, distant relative of Ann Landers, and Abigail Van Buren, except that no one really wants my advice, they just want me to listen to them ramble on. Kind of like you're doing with me right now.

Never mind.