Although I saw that I was competing with Madonna, I didn’t actually see her half-time performance so Ice Cream Man showed it to me, Sleepless and his coworker. “She looks old,” his coworker replied. “Old? Really?” both Sleepless and I asked. “What I mean is she moves slow,” she told us. Being old and moving slow are not necessarily the same. Neither Sleepless or I could not wait to react, so we both started laughing.
A little while later One And Done joined us. She had been out and about doing service projects with her beau and was ready for a drink. Her beau, however, was not drinking and instead of immediately joining us went to a local eatery with some of his friends. While One And Done sipped on wine and taped extensions in Sleepless’ hair, her phone rang. “Who is that?” Sleepless asked when she saw the caller ID that read, ‘Wait to react.’
Turns out ‘Wait to react’ is One And Done’s beau. She often responds too quickly to him and gives him too much credit than he deserves, so she logged him in her phone as ‘Wait to react.’ We all agreed that was a good idea.
Pretty soon, he showed up and mentioned he was hungry. Sleepless and Ice Cream Man reheated some food for them and he preceded to feed One And Done bites – of green beans only. No shrimp, no rice. Just green beans. Instead of saying something, I opted to be like One And Done and waited to react. In some people’s opinion, this behavior may make me look old. To that I say, “Hogwash.”