Master of Small Talk

IN THE NEWS: According to Philly.com, "Firefighters had to tear though a wall to rescue an intoxicated man in Indiana who became stuck while trying to climb down a chimney into the residence of his former girlfriend.
Alejandro Valencio said he was drunk when he got into the chimney about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday.
"Everyone do stupid things sometimes when they're drunk," he said.
Firefighters requested assistance from police after arriving because they said Connie Deweese was hampering the rescue effort by blocking the fireplace."

My mother is visiting, so I don't have time to blog. (But I am anyway) So I'll just throw out this one observation:

Do you every notice that when people have NOTHING else to say or there is ANY awkward moment hanging in the air, they will resort to discussing "the weather"? My hubby and I have had this conversation recently and since he's brought it up, I notice this all the time.

It's kind of creepy.

For example: I was in a store the other day, and the person helping me was entering all my information in his computer so he could order what I wanted. But the computer was slow (surprise surprise) and so I was left standing there for a few minutes as he stared into his computer screen. Then finally he looked up and said, "It's beautiful out today, isn't it?"

I actually wanted to tell him it was beautiful all week and today was no different, but I smiled and wholeheartedly agreed instead. Unfortunately, the topic didn't die. He then went on to give me the probable forecast for the next few days and started to compare this month's weather with last year's weather.

Thank goodness his computer started working again.

Then I went to the library and met a mom that I've seen around town. We had chatted about our kids and school for quite a while, but as soon there was an awkward silence, she brought up about how much she loved this weather we were having. I almost busted up laughing.

Trust me, you'll start to notice it now, too.

Have a great weekend!