To See Unexpected Sights

Card Captors was one of those anime wonders that helped to raise my generation. From this short lived show I take the wise words of the living beanie baby use it in all aspects of my life, "Expect the Unexpected." Of coarse he was referring to the monsters that would regularly attack and confuse the thirteen year old in a mini skirt, but when I was in middle school I applied it to whomever would show up to my after school club. Strangely enough no one ever showed up in the same order, some even came in pairs! I was never caught off guard in those days.

But the days where my maturity was at its true peak are long passed and I have forgotten many of the lessons TV has taught me. So in recent days I have been falling pray to being knocked on my backside by the lightest of unexpected breezes.

For example, yesterday I passed the boys apartment not expecting to see any lights on. But Lo they were and I found myself inside chatting while I truly had other things I could (and should have) been doing. Laughing and having a wonderful time some words popped out of my mouth. I had been pondering this for a long time so all that was strange was the timing. I asked David to be my best friend.

Such a proposal to someone so much older than I (and well a boy) I expected to be shot down. Card Captors could have saved me from making such a hasty judgement. As you may now expect as the learned reader, he said yes. We laid out the rues and regulations and sealed the responsibilities of each other in this lofty position. Now I see with the up most clarity the face of my reason to be a good little girl. As you may expect part of the rules include punishment for my excessive flirtation. I just won't be looked at sideways with the eyebrows up again! I can't stand such torture!

So I glided to work this morning not expecting anything. Such a mistake, such a mistake. I walked in to open the kiosk and saw a single cherry red rose sitting on my seat. I know who it is from, and no he has never been mentioned in this blog, and no, I am not interested. Another instance where Card Captors could have saved me, my heart stopped by the act of affection. My mind now has the lonely mall chair and Kiosk enhanced by the loveliest blooming bud, almost filling the great hall with a presence of peace. Most unexpected.

So what have I learned from this? That firstly, I must go back and watch Pokemon and Yu Gi Oh so that I may be the knower of all things. Secondly, that sometimes not expecting the worst can be a pleasant surprise.