The other day at Superstore they had boxes of bananas that had not been unpacked yet. The bananas that were peeking through the cardboard were bright and fresh and firm looking... unlike the ones on display which were looking pathetically limp and showing some signs of wear and tear.
- and on a side note I was there at 10 am and the fruit was already picked over. Good grief...Anyway, all the other customers were sticking their hands into the half-opened boxes to grab the fresh, plump new fruit and I was halfway there, too. When all of a sudden I thought,
"Black Widow Spider."Perhaps I am an ignorant Northerner. You know - that one that goes to Arizona or Texas and expects rattlesnakes to be in the toilet? That's me.
I try to not be controlled by these expectations that the locals would label as totally irrational... but geez... don't some Americans come to Canada and expect to see Polar Bears on the lawn?
Ha! You see? I
am justified!
I think I've watched one too many episodes of '
Rescue NINE-
One-
One'. (Remember the way William Shatner used to say it??? Spooky...)
You know: it's
that episode. When they zoom in on the little spider that has been uprooted from it's South American home and slowly
craawwwlllssss onto the fresh banana and
BITES with lighting-fast accuracy the unsuspecting Canadian's hand. And the Canadian woman says, "
ouch!" then rubs her hand all puzzled-like and goes on with her business until the coma sets in and the local doctors don't know what to do because it isn't like there are a lot of Black Widow bites in Saskatoon, right?
Well, I all but
heard William Shatner narrating as my hand drew near to the banana box
.
Suffice to say that semi-bruised bananas graced my fruit bowl this week. Which leads to another issue.
Fruit flies. Fruit flies make me say, "
AAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!" There is actually one flying around my head as I type so that above exclamation really just happened. It's like blogging in Real Time! Don't you feel connected?
While
within the top 5 of things I hate with a passion that could lead to irrationality - they are not deadly. To my knowledge, there have been no fruit fly stories on '
Rescue NINE-
One-
One' .
Remind me of that as I teeter on the edge of sanity dealing with the little suckers... 'cause I'm wondering if mine could be the first case for mister Shatner.
By comparison, my 28th was so full of relief and restoration... it truly is like night and day for me. Look at the difference a year can make...
I feel no less loved by God because of my 27th - in fact, the remembrance of my 27th is what gives me security and assurance for my 29th. I have no doubt He will hold me through whatever my future holds - because He already has proven Himself so strong.
