Incongruities

Rating: NSS
I have experienced a smattering of incongruities and other oddities of a sensory nature in the past few days.
It all began when I was mowing the lawn (that's French for "cut the grass," as my father would say)--this blog, not the oddities. The first of recent days was on Sunday. I was visiting some friends and as I sat on their sofa, their dog snoozed on me. Not odd, unless one considers the fact that the dog was stretched between the edge of the sofa and my crossed leg some 2-3 inches off the edge of the sofa. I guess it was one of those "had to have been there" events.
Next came the return of Issues, Etc. Not that it was odd in itself; it was slightly odd to hear it back on the radio after its three-month absence, er, spring break.
Then it was High School Musical at the Muny. The musical itself was pretty good; however, the most odd part was during what, I suppose, was the romantic song I was distracted by a family of raccoons which decided to go for a late-night stroll across the network holding up the lights above the stage.
Another oddity was watching the organ extraction. A group of men were dismantling the organ console in the church's balcony.
Yesterday it was a smouldering trash can at the Metrolink station at the airport. I also experienced a wonderful oddity: Evening P a rare experience; that is, rare if one has never been to a Higher Things conference. It was odd also in the sense that shortly before I left for Evening Prayer, the discussion on Issues, Etc. dealt with the liturgy. It seems as though I can think of at least 800 high schoolers who aren't in favor of contemporary worship, but that's a topic for another blog.
Today it was Madonna's song "Material Girl." Not odd unlesss one is on their way to worship. Makes it seem more shallow than ever. Also as I was traveling to Morning Prayer with the HT conference participants, I saw a man at the bottom of the highway exit ramp. He was holding a sign, so I thought he was a panhandler. Nope. His sign read, "Smile it won't hurt." I smiled and waved.
On the way back to work, I saw two workers on the side of another highway ramp who were trimming back flowers (weeds) with chainsaws. Hm. . . I also saw the military jets flying. Okay, not odd, especially around here; I just like watching the military jets fly.
Finally, the mowing the lawn. I saw a squished spider on my hand! GROSS! I didn't know I had squished it until I looked down and saw spider guts splayed across my palm. Not to mention the fact that my hands are still tingly from the mower's vibrations. Which brings me to the end of my oddities. I bet someone else who drove past while I was mowing the lawn is now writing their blog which says, "I saw the oddest thing today: a fat, strangely dressed woman in a weird hat mowing her lawn."