I’m still on vacation…and will be until the end of next week because I’m going to RWA Nationals in Dallas. Come say HI! if you see me there. I promise I don’t bite. Unless you ask. In which case I’m just being polite.
So this week I thought I’d mention some weird shit that’s happened to me on the various vacations and roadtrips I’ve been on in my life. Enjoy!
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1. Stranded for hours on the side of the road in the Nevada desert while on the way to Las Vegas. 2. Chased out of a rest stop bathroom by a skunk. And, dude, I REALLY had to pee. 3. Had lunch with Gena Showalter and gushed over her newest release at the time, then asked later if she’d ever written a book with a shape-shifter in it. Didn’t understand the weird look she gave me until an hour down the freeway when I realized the book I had gushed over HAD A SHAPE-SHIFTER IN IT. 4. Almost missed a flight to an interview because I fell in the slippery when wet area of the bathroom and my stuff scattered. Including my boarding pass. 5. Had a chick hold my hand for 3 hours on a flight because she was afraid of turbulence. Nice lady, but she smelled kinda…special. 6. Had the talking child of doom next to me ALONE on a flight. I don’t know if it was because we both had curly hair, but they stranded me with her so I fetched her milk and held the door to the bathroom closed for her because she was afraid to lock it. This is why I’ll never breed. 7. Walked in on a dude who didn’t lock the airplane door doing a leetle more than peeing to relieve himself. I think you know what I’m talking about. Really, it was only a 2 hours flight…he couldn’t wait? 8. Stranded for hours on the side of the road in the Nevada desert while on the way to Reno. (Sense a pattern? Nevada clearly wants a piece of me) 9. Stuck overnight in Houston due to weather when there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. It was a “mechanic problem” they didn’t want to ‘fess up to and pay for a hotel for everyone. Do not get me started. 10. Stopped at a rest stop in California that, no shit, called it’s port-o-potties The Honey Pots. Um…that was not QUITE the same smell one would expect from honey pots, you know? 11. Got lost in a very BAD part of Little Rock, Arkansas at 3AM trying to find a Super Walmart. Don’t ask. It was my cousin’s fault. 12. Had a very scary man offer to buy my cousin from me in the very bad part of town in Little Rock. I had to pass. I wasn’t one hundred percent convinced he’d treat her well or had the same religious background as she does. It just wouldn’t have worked out between them, I don’t think. Then again, he could have been the love of her life. The world will never know. Plus, I have a no-returns policy that I wasn’t sure he’d respect. He looked like the type who’d try and get a refund on goods he’d damaged. 13. A dude who was naked and VERY happy to see me waved is wang at me out the window. Seriously. I could not make this shit up. Links to other Thursday Thirteens! |
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And I thought weird ass stuff only happened to me while travelling. If we should ever travel together, I fear the earth would split in two and swallow us whole!
Have a great time at Nationals, AND GET HOME SAFE!
by Elle Fredrix July 5th, 2007 at 5:19 am ♦Well, luckily it didn’t ALL happen on THIS vacation. LOL.
by Jennifer McKenzie July 5th, 2007 at 5:19 am ♦*shakes head* I’d think you were lying except I’ve heard a few of these stories.
Didn’t hear the one about the wang boy waving though. Is that new?
Nope, that was on the vacation with the man who tried to buy the cousin. I posted about it a year or so ago…here ;)
by Crystal Jordan July 5th, 2007 at 5:26 am ♦Having to keep the toilet door closed in a plane, now thats novel!! What type of plane was it, wide body or a narrow one, must have been tight!!
by burntofferings July 5th, 2007 at 5:34 am ♦Great list, stop by ours for a look see what we are up to…
Cheers
Bernie
Thanks for the laugh. I needed it today. After reading this, I think maybe you are a wang magnet. Scary thought.
by Babe July 5th, 2007 at 5:47 am ♦You have a very interesting life.
by Sara Thacker July 5th, 2007 at 5:52 am ♦OMG! Spew alert on #7. Eeeeewwww!
by Gina Ardito July 5th, 2007 at 5:52 am ♦No alien sightings during #1? Wow, you’ve had it rough!
by Ciar Cullen July 5th, 2007 at 6:09 am ♦It wouldn’t be vacation without weird stuff! My Thursday Thirteen this week is about traveling, too, but it didn’t occur to me to list the *weird* stuff… maybe next time! =)
by Erica R July 5th, 2007 at 6:49 am ♦Oh, MY …
by Debbie Mumford July 5th, 2007 at 6:52 am ♦Never a dull moment…. lol
by Adelle Laudan July 5th, 2007 at 7:57 am ♦Wow, that’s incredible. You’ll have so many stories for your grandkids!
by Ava Rose Johnson July 5th, 2007 at 9:26 am ♦I think my son and his dad were trapped in Houston on that same day! I was so pissed. The rest of the adventures are hilarious, lol. Sounds like a trip to remember.
Anna J. Evans
by Anna J. Evans July 5th, 2007 at 10:46 am ♦LOL! Wow!
*hugs*
Paige
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by Paige Tyler July 5th, 2007 at 11:18 am ♦Well, I will certainly avoid traveling with you. . . I have the “curse” that requires all flights that stop somewhere in between to be delayed, cancelled or overbooked (and I get bumped)….I hate travelling unless it’s nonstop….sigh.
by Ericka Scott July 5th, 2007 at 2:55 pm ♦LOL You cracked me up! 7 and 10… LOL
by Shari Straight July 5th, 2007 at 6:53 pm ♦