Had the most bizarre experience today.Among the many bizarre encounters I've ever had in my life, this one ranks right up there in the top 10.
I was taking Mother to the cardiologist this afternoon, and Michael had her in the wheelchair. We were approaching the door in the parking garage, to get to the elevator bank, and I saw this very well-dressed, pretty Asian lady come striding quickly up to the door. I told Mike to hold up and let the lady by so she could get in before us, since she was clearly in a hurry.
Well honey, right next to the door was a clear glass wall and instead of opening the door, the Asian lady just went slap up against it trying to step through! I was standing right there and all I could do was gape. It was like watching some poor bird fly into a window on a clear day. We all got into the elevator alcove and the lady was looking flustered and Mother said "Honey were you hurt?" and the lady frowned and said "Yes!" and jumped on the elevator. I couldn't look at Mike because I knew he wanted to giggle. She might have a headache but she wasn't really seriously hurt.
If she was hurt, it was a professional building next to a hospital so there are plenty of doctors there.
I was so flustered by watching the whole scenario I got up to the floor where Mother's doctor's
office is located and thought I needed to get to a different elevator bank. I hollered at Mike to wheel Mother around the corner and into another elevator, then looked at the floor buttons in horror, realizing we were on the wrong elevators. I hollered at him again to haul Mother out of there, which he did, laughing.
We finally get into the cardiologists office and there was nobody in the waiting area, and Mike and Mother and I just looked at each other and started giggling. I know it sounds mean, but that Asian lady was so bizarre. She looked very professional and fashionable and all. I wonder if she was on some medication or something. Didn't appear to be, until she tried to walk through the glass wall...
Mother told us the story from the days when she and Dad had the house on Melton Hill Lake in Tennessee. Dad had built a big bird feeder and put it on a pole in the back yard. One day Mother was watching out the window and a hawk swooped in and grabbed a bird in its mouth to fly away with it, then turned and flew smack into the window. The stunned hawk dropped the dove and the dove flew off. Mother said after a littlw while, the hawk came to its senses and flew off, too.
I've done some dumb things in my life, and Lord knows I can hardly see anything without glasses, but I've never tried to walk through a glass door.
I hope the Asian lady is OK.
Then when we were waiting in the waiting room this man walked in and he had the most enormous feet I've ever seen. Long skinny feet. Like, size 15?! He was tall, but not freaky tall.
You know what they say about men with long feet like that, right? Long feet mean....
long shoes...