Random thoughts
Random thoughts from your A-Z Swagman
All this week yours truly has been taking on home responsibilities normally shared with my loving wife. She had the opportunity to enjoy a Caribbean cruise for a week with some friends, so the Swagman has taken on the additional title of chief cook (already mine), and bottle-washer (or more accurately, offspring taxi driver!) This last title meant I wasn't able to leave for work as early as normal - something I normally do to avoid rush hour around Nashville!
I quickly found that driving in almost two hours later than normal has an insane affect on my commute. Normally 45 minutes, I found myself on the road for upwards of an hour and a half! (BTW, for those of you from places like Los Angeles or Boston who pish at my commutes - it's all relative!)
Arriving at work on Tuesday, I did fall into old-joke mode (probably part of being a dad). You've all heard it . . . heck, I bet many of you have used it:
An hour and a half on the road and not a single dead body to see!!
At some point I thought about that joke - it's very dark, isn't it? In an effort to lighten the conversation in general, I started thinking about some alternatives. Feel free to use these when you have to complain about a long drive:
An hour and a half on the road and no sign of J.J. Abrams making a movie!!
An hour and a half on the road and no supermodels having a photo shoot on parked sports cars!!
Well, you get the idea.
Happy Thursday everyone!!