Saturday, July 11, 2009

I laughted til I cried

So, Hayley and I spent an afternoon running errands. We headed home, Hayley behind the wheel. Riding next to my best pal, knowing she was heading off to college soon, I was nostalgic as we breezed by the tree-lined boulevards of Broad Street. It reminded me of my childhood and driving the same route under the canopy of green leaves that decorated the summer sky on my way to swimming lessons at the Y.

Enjoying the scenery and the bittersweet blend of what came before and what lies ahead, something caught my eye up ahead. On the front lawn of one of the little fairy-tale homes that stand sentry along the street, stood a man stood shirtless young man, wearing a crescent-brimmed blue baseball cap, cargo shorts -- the khaki kind, with a hundred pockets -- and a sexy smile. At his feet, a young woman sat on the green, grassy carpet. I imagined they were settling in for late summer's picnic or beginning a lazy afternoon in the sun.

Eyes twinkling, gazing intently at the girl before him, the young man hooked his thumbs in the waistband of those low-slung shorts. A naughty grin pulling up the corners of his mouth. I could see the patterned band of his cotton boxers crinkling in the space between his washboard abs and the top of said cargos. Just a flick of the wrist, a slight straightening of flexed arms, was all it took.
and.
uhm.
yeah.
Dude dropped trou! Right in broad daylight in the busiest section of Broad Street!
OMG!
Could NOT.
Believe.
IT.
I saw it ALL.
OMG!!

I screamed, laughing so hard, I could not speak and watched Hayley, trying to keep the car on the road, take an open-mouthed double take. She looked at me like: wtf???

We were whizzing by. The whole thing couldn't have taken more than 3 or 4 seconds, but time stood still. Part of me wanted to go back to make sure what we saw was real. Were my eyes deceiving me??? Hayley was so funny. So grossed out. Total disbelief.

I asked her, still laughing and screaming so much, I'm surprised she understood me, "did you see his schwank??!!!!!!!"

By this time, she was laughing as much as I was. We were inconsolable, uncontrollable. Tears streaming down our faces. We chortled our way through three intersections and two stoplights.
Got home, stumbled through the door, gasping for breath, raw voices chortling non-stop. Tear streaks mapping our faces. Randy looks up from ebay, questioning the commotion.

"Just saw a guy's schwank," I managed through the tears and giggles.

The look on his face was so comical, Hayley and I started cackling all the harder.

Not sure what that whole episode means or why in the world this dude did what he did. But it was a classic mother-daughter moment.

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