I Doubt
On Sunday, while visiting with our daughter (Julian's mother), we went to the Panda Express drive-thru for dinner on our way back to her place. After we finished eating, she was about to throw the bag away and I said, "Wait! There are fortune cookies in there!!" and I reached in and grabbed them both, carelessly handing one to her (normally, we make a point to carefully pick our cookies, making sure we get the right ones). So we open them up and she reads hers:
"Any doubts you may have will disappear early this month."
To which I say, "Oh, that's good!" And she asks, "Why is that?" And I say, "Well, in case you had any doubts about the whole rehab thing, you know." And she says, "I don't have any doubts!"
So then I read mine:
"You will obtain your goal if you maintain your course."
To which I said, "Well, apparently we got the wrong fortunes then, because I don't have any goals."
And we quickly switched fortunes, before anyone could be the wiser.
Labels: Chinese fortunes, Family
A Gift?
It's Chinese food again. It must be Monday. As if the slew of Monday morning phone calls ("Are you sure my tax return is right? I can't owe this much tax! Can you check it again?") and urgent interuptions ("You have an IRS auditor in the lobby" "What?! I don't have an appointment with an IRS auditor!" [trying to think about what the repercussions of this might be, all the way down to the lobby, only to find out it was a client instead...isn't she funny?!?] weren't clue enough that today was indeed, Monday.
My fortune cookie says "You will receive an unexpected gift from an acquaintance."
*waiting*
:-)
Labels: Chinese fortunes
Xiang-jiao
"Banana"
I'm learning Chinese, by way of fortune cookies. ;-)
Today's fortune?
"With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see."
True enough. A good reminder.
That's all, folks.
Labels: Chinese fortunes
Clarity of Dress
It's Chinese food again. Must be Monday. Truly, the days all blend into one (except for on the weekends, when I get to work in pajamas). I was hoping for something better in tonight's fortune cookie message, like winning lottery numbers or something, but all I got was this:
"Simplicity and clarity should be your theme in dress."
Anyone have a clear dress I could borrow?
Labels: Chinese fortunes
Random Thoughts Posted Over Dinner
Tonight, the office ordered dinner in for us. Chinese. My fortune?
"The night life is for you."
"Night life," as in discotechs, clubs, bars, dance halls, whatever you kids call them these days? Ha! Very funny. That life is
not for me! Although I have been known to pay my respects to our local
honky tonk once in awhile.
But there might be some truth in the "night life," as in working late. I've always been a night owl, hitting my stride about 4 pm and working into the wee hours. That is normal for me. So maybe that
is where I will find my fortune. Who knows?
I received this fortune many years ago, at lunch, the day of a dear friend's funeral:
"The one you love is closer than you think." This one made me look around the room a bit, but I appreciated the affirmation. The timing was perfect.
Does anyone else remember or keep these things? I hate it when I get a really stupid fortune, like "you will have good luck" (not that I don't want "good luck," whatever that might mean, but this doesn't speak to me in the kind of specific terms that I'm looking for). Or no fortune at all. That's never good. And then I want to try again, pick another cookie. But I know I'm stuck with the first one I'm dealt. That's the first rule of fortune cookies. ;-)
Labels: Chinese fortunes, Food and recipes
