Our journey to Oklahoma took forever this time. We got caught up in a couple of road incidents. NOT caused by Hick fiddling with the Garmin! We'd planned to arrive around 3:30, but it was 4:25 when we pulled onto The Pony's apartment parking lot. As he was getting situated and strapping on the seatbelt, you'll never guess what song came on the radio:
How Can I Help You Say Goodbye. The song that reminds me of my mom, and comes on when I'm thinking about her, when we talk about her, or when we're reunited with family. It was a pleasant occurrence.
Later than night, after dinner and some casinoing, Hick brought A-Cad to the back entrance to pick up The Pony and me. I was changing my shoes before I stepped in. The Pony was already in the car. When I finally closed my door, he said, "MOM! Listen!"
"What? I don't know what you mean."
"On the radio! Hear it? Our other song! Holes in the Floor of Heaven. Grandma's song."
Well. I'll be darned. So it was. The radio was cutting in and out, from A-Cad being under the roof that spanned the area between the casino and hotel, and I hadn't noticed. What a nice surprise, to make me feel like Mom was around us. Those songs, and the dime I found that night, and the penny I found on Sunday, on our way home.
Anyhoo...enough of that. I wanted to inform you that I think I might possibly have this IRONY thing nailed down. I even ran it by The Pony, and he agreed.
Somewhere on I-44, just after we enter Oklahoma, but before we get to Big Cabin, where we diverge from the turnpike...there's a sign that we don't see in Missouri.
HITCHHIKERS MAY BE ESCAPED PRISONERS
I pondered that yellow sign this time. I asked Hick,
"Do you think the prisoners make that sign? You know, as one of their jobs while they're in prison? Because I'm pretty sure that if they do, that would be considered IRONY."
Yes, that would be irony. I haven't seen a hitchhiker in over 30 years...guess our jails are hard to escape.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they like your jails too much...
DeleteThat's definitely irony and now I'm going to youtube and listen to Holes in the Floor of Heaven.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy to be getting a handle on this IRONY thing. It used to be so confusing, I'd have to holler from my dark basement lair, to The Pony on his gaming couch, and ask if a situation qualified as irony. About 2/5 times, it did.
DeleteEnjoy that song! We heard it for the first time when The Pony and I were on the way to our very first writer's conference, several months after my mom died. Hick drove us, and had the radio on a country station. The Pony and I shed a few tears.
Your Pony sounds like a good soul who loves his family even if he doesn't care so much about the rest of the world. Yes, that is ironic. I decorate with license plates here, since we are an RV park. I once answered a question about what I thought about some of the nearby attractions. I answered by telling the people that I rarely got out, that I was a prisoner in these four walls. The woman took me quite literally and asked what I was in prison for. If only I had thought to tell her some made up crime and mention that I had made all the license plate adorning the wall. Darn.
ReplyDeleteHeh, heh! You could have reeled in that gal hook, line, and sinker, with your talent for story-telling! Meaning that some people are really gullible. NOT that you're a good liar.
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