2 posts tagged “golf ball pen”

Yesterday I was in a foul mood.  Nothing major happened to get me there it was a matter of too many people pulling me in too many directions for too long.  By lunch time  I couldn’t take it anymore.  I decided I was due for a little “me” time and it needed to begin immediately.

Within fifteen minutes I was curled up in a booth at my favorite restaurant.  My food was ordered and I was quietly journaling about the insanity going on around me.  I was using my happy little pen, as I like to call it - my Lime Green Golf Ball Pen - I chose it specifically because it always makes me smile and I needed a smile.  I was getting more and more relaxed as I felt the tension flying out of my brain, through my sweet little pen, and onto the paper.  I was oblivious to my surroundings.

Finally, the waitress brought me my lovely Portabella Ravioli and I set pen and paper aside - now feeling quite mellow.  I glanced up and right across from me … was John.  So much for my relaxing lunch - he was with a beautiful woman.  My appetite was gone!  As I sat there choking down my favorite meal, I could see out of the corner of my eye that I was being discussed.  I wanted to crawl under my table.

I gave up on the food and asked for a box - I just wanted to get out of there.  My Fisher Space soulmate  … the dream was shattered.  I hastily scooped my food into the box, paid the bill, and headed for the door.  I just wanted it to be over.  Suddenly, that beautiful woman stepped in front of me and blocked my retreat.  She said, “You forgot your pen.”  Quietly praying for death, I retrieved it from her uttering a barely audible thank you.  I again went for the door and she grabbed my arm … “My brother is going to kill me for this, but he has been going on and on about you and how he’s never met anyone who shares his love for Fisher Space Pens, would you at least come over and talk to him and let him see your Golf Pen?”

Brother????  Things were beginning to look up ….

What is it about boys and flashlights?  Every Christmas I get a couple to stick in their stockings and you’d think it was the latest and greatest video game. “Look, at it when I shine it on the TV!  Look at the ceiling when I do it this way!”  It never ceases to amaze and amuse me.  Of course, within 48 hours my boys have to take them apart to see how they work and if they could reassemble the parts in a different way and make something cooler.

So, I wasn’t surprised when we were browsingCyber Space Pens site for a suitable birthday gift for Grandpa and they zeroed in on the Space Beam.  Oh my goodness, you’d have thought it was the Holy Grail!  A small argument followed as my daughter was not on board with the idea … she was aiming for the Chrome Golf Ball Pen.  We reached a compromise and decided to save the Golf Ball Pen for Christmas.

I knew Grandpa would like it, but I didn’t quite expect the scene that followed …. “Wow, check it out!  Look at it when I shine it out the window!  It’s so sharp!  Let’s go down the basement and test it out!”  I guess boys never outgrow flashlights!  I just hope Grandpa has outgrown the need to take them apart!