As I was driving home this evening, seething with irritation of how the day had turned out, my dashboard so kindly enlightened me that I indeed needed gas. I whipped into the local Chevron and started filling my tank, I knew I needed to change my attitude but was having a hard time shaking off my funk. I ran into the convenience store and was looking for something fun to drink and found my answer in a bottle of yoohoo. Its amazing what a bottle of yoohoo and a prayer can do for a girl, by the time I finished pumping my gas and was started on the drive home I felt like a whole new person. The chocolate milk reminded me of summers growing up with my two brothers, we used to play outside and rush inside for a quick drink just to charge right back out again. Its funny how we remember things and they create links to memories for us. When I got home I knew there was only one thing I wanted to go with this little treat and that was a grilled cheese sandwich. So thats what I did, I made myself a grilled cheese drank my yoohoo and popped Little women into the vhs player. Yes we still have one of them and it works just fine and dandy. Little women is one of those movies that just puts my world into perspective for me. It reminds me of how close my cousins and I are. We used to play in the attic with old prom dresses, acting out stories and coming up with commentary. I see them as some of the brightest memories in my childhood, I feel the bond to my cousins is more of the sisterly nature then that of distant relatives. We would spend every other weekend together filled with sleepovers and Shirley Temple. (our favorite movies as kids.) Its so amazing how a bad day can be changed into such a wonderful evening in one trip to a gas station.
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