Downright Wierd

Just when I thought my life was becoming normal like everyone else's today swept in and blew that all away. It has solidified the truth - if you spend enough time with me something shockingly strange will happen that will leave you scratching your head saying, "Did that really just happen?"

I have gotten somewhat used to this because it happens on a fairly regular basis for me and I don't really notice until the people I am with are able to breath again after the shock has worn off. Or it takes a while for the hysterical laughter to subside.

It rained today and that is always a good sign. Because if it rains that means I will be getting a call from Peter and we will be hanging out. This makes me very happy because I love Peter and I don't get to see him as much as I should. But because I get to spend a lot of time with Peter anyway, he is privy to witness much of the insanity that I get to call my life. Today he was sucked in and didn't just witness the event, but was a key participant! Oh how lucky! I really should be selling tickets to my life.

We went to Starbucks and had a wonderful conversation, got caught up on each other's life and then decided to hop over to a certain optical store so he could look at new frames. We walked into the little shop and started to look around. Turns out this is a highly specialized store that sells frames in the neighborhood of $800. CRAPOLA that's expensive!

But the shock didn't come from the prices. The shock came from the salesman who was a little too friendly and jumped to a few too many conclusions. The main conclusion being that he OBVIOUSLY thought Peter and I were more then just good friends. It was horrifyingly funny and I had to try as hard as I possibly could not to burst out in complete laughter in this guys face. He was waaaaaaay too touchy-feely and was talking about both of us picking out a frame that would look good on Peter and that we could agree with... and JUST FREAKING TREATING US AS A COUPLE!!!!

Amidst fighting off the dry-heaves/laughter and in my panic I tried to play it all cool and pop in random snappy comments to this guy... I don't know what I was thinking... it just made it worse. He started touching Peter more and selling me on the glasses that Peter was shoping for. You'd think that one would clue in when making eye contact with me and they were both unblinking and taking on the "deer caught in the headlights" look, after I ran out of snappy, back-firing comments.

Turns out these people sit you down and take a profile of who you are before they recommend the perfect set of frames. As the guy was talking to US about PETER'S glasses he told us that it takes at least 15 minutes and will ask us about our "lifestyle" to perfectly match a pair to Peter.

At this point I was panicing and trying to figure a way out of the place. Peter stepped in with the perfect excuse of "We don't have that much time, but we'll come back." To which the guy asked our names, gave a handshake and passed both Peter and I (two people) one, single card. He then touched us too much again as he directed us out the door.

Upon leaving the store and walking through the parkinglot Peter and I said nothing. I think we were both thinking to ourselves, "Did that actually just happen?" at the same time as we were thinking, "Did Kayle/Peter get the same freaking obvious vibe as I did?" and we were both too shocked to say anything to each other. As we got inPeter's car we just looked at each other and burst out into hysterical laughter because quite literally no words needed to be said.

And now I really don't know how to end this entry. Much like how I didn't know what to do with our little experience this afternoon. Myself and people I've been with have been mistaken for having children together, being married, being boyfriend/girlfriend, most recently being engaged, even being divorced if you can believe it. I guess we'll just chalk this up to the list and see what happens next.