Big Ass Glasses

Sometimes, you just have to wear your big ass glasses……

Sitting in a little café, eating breakfast, we looked out the window and saw three women walking to their car. They were all wearing big ass glasses; my friend looked at me and said: “After breakfast, we’re going to the Dollar Store.”

And we did.

Hats, water bottles and big ass glasses: all carefully chosen to NOT coordinate with our clothes. My friend got a “wig” and lei, too. I got a scarf.

We looked “cute” for a couple of old folks….

We decided to go back to the local lighthouse. After all, we paid $7.00 for a three-day pass; might as well use it, huh?

Our big ass glasses got one of two responses: either people smiled at us and laughed, or they looked away as quickly as they could. I didn’t care! Every time I looked at my friend, I HAD to smile and I HAD to laugh! We acted as normal as we are capable of acting but, we looked so damn silly it just felt good!

He did better than I did: he smoked a cigarette and was just “all cool” but, me? I couldn’t quit giggling! I have never done anything quite that stupid before and I hope I get to do it again!

I think some of the visitors at the lighthouse Visitors’ Center thought we were “part of the show” and expected us to make animals out of those big long balloons, or something. The lady who was in the bathroom when I went in was mortified. Good thing I’m a nurse, I could do CPR if it was just too much for her, huh?

After wandering around and taking about a zillion pictures, we left. We drove back into town and cruised the main drag. There seemed to be a lot going on, including a Farmer’s Market. We rolled the windows down, opened the moon roof, and cranked up the stereo. Got a lot of smiles and waves, and a honk or two…….

Funny, little kids know instinctively when something is funny. Adults? Sometimes. Old people? Well, they’ve all forgotten how to laugh! Oh wait! My friend and I are “old people” and we laughed so hard that we cried!

Life gets so complicated and serious. Problems arise and attack us when we least expect it. We can’t watch the news without hearing about another tragedy. The stock market crashes. The politics gets more and more complex. Healthcare costs are rising. Life is not much fun, at times.

Sometimes, you just have to wear your big ass glasses……