How to take 2 years off my life
September 18, 2009 | Filed under: Stuff
I was in the car with Middle waiting for Youngest to get out of school when suddenly she looked over my shoulder and gasped in horror.
The kind of gasp that signifies either crazy stalker with a sharp knife or SPIDER.
So I calmly looked over my shoulder.
Okay, not really. I screamed and nearly killed myself climbing over the console to get into her lap, certain that there was a mutant spider on my window about to leap on me.
Middle took a beat to stare at me, then laughed her tushie off for about five minutes. Which is when I smacked her upside the back of the head because there was no mutant spider anywhere.
Then I saw it. I saw what she’d been looking at.
I think it’s the hair that makes him so absolutely adorable. And since he came with a very cute thirty-ish owner, I took a few minutes to enjoy the overall view. When they’d walked away, I smiled at Middle. “He was adorable.”
“Who, the old guy, or the dog?”
“Are you saying 30 is old?”
“Duh.”
Duh.
Posted by Jill @ 1:00 am | Make a Comment
Judy F says:
now where is the picture of the cute guy????
Posted on September 18th, 2009 at 2:52 amStacy ~ says:
Um, yeah, I’m with Judy. The dog is adorable, but we want the cute guy!
Have a great weekend!
Posted on September 18th, 2009 at 3:13 amtennismom says:
Can’t wait till she’s 30 so you can remind her of this conversation LOL.
Posted on September 18th, 2009 at 5:46 amAshley says:
Middle, seriously, 30 is not old, you’ll find that out in a few years!! (Says the lady who turns 30 next year)
Posted on September 18th, 2009 at 5:50 amLiza says:
She totally deserved the head smack. Cute dog, but I too would rather see the guy.
Posted on September 18th, 2009 at 5:57 amTracy S says:
LOL I’m over that hill by 6 years!
Good news: you don’t have to worry about her running off with some 30 year old guy!
Posted on September 18th, 2009 at 6:52 amD says:
I with everyne else, where’s the pic of the cute guy???!!!!! I’m glad I’m not the only one that smacks smartass teens in the back of the head.(hmmmm it’s always my middle child that gets it..oh by the way he saw a picture of middle and ask who she was, his comment was, nice, very nice.)
Posted on September 18th, 2009 at 7:17 amsls-rainey says:
My question is did cute guy witness the scream and scramble, with following hysterical laughter?
Posted on September 18th, 2009 at 7:36 amJill Shalvis says:
Sls-rainey, unfortunately yes. Cute guy witnessed the scream and scramble. I don’t want to talk about it …
Posted on September 18th, 2009 at 7:39 amtrish c says:
Yeah, but we want you to talk about it. lol lol.
Jill, I was walking into the house the other night. I had one foot in the kitchen and one still on my porch when I felt somthing hit the top of my head. I immediately went into screaming mode and I shook my head down toward the floor and the BIGGEST greenest grasshopper landed on my kitchen floor. Still screaming as though being murdered and what is my husband doing. He is watching TV downstairs and paying absolutely NOOOO attention. I finally got the damn thing trapped under a shoe box and threw the entire box w/bug out into the yard. I haven’t been the same since.
I advised my husband that if I ever face a murderer I will know for certain that I’m on. my. own. lol
Posted on September 18th, 2009 at 8:39 amKathrin says:
Yup, where’s the pic of the cute guy!? 30′s definitely still in the age group I date…
Posted on September 18th, 2009 at 11:24 amBut I bet you just wanted to keep him for yourself
Brandy says:
30 is old? Well, that leaves me as ancient at 35, right? *G* So, did the cute guy with the cute dog tease you about the scream and scramble? *G*
Posted on September 18th, 2009 at 12:24 pmSusan says:
When Middle hits twenty she won’t think thirty sounds old at all.
Since you are a writer couldn’t you use your talent to describe the ‘very cute’ guy?
Posted on September 18th, 2009 at 1:11 pmMelissa says:
oh Jill,
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!! I would have smacked her twice. I feel the same way about all bugs. Especially the big mutant tree roaches we get here in Texas. My husband and my kids think it is totally hilarious the way I freak out. I am so on your side.
Posted on September 18th, 2009 at 1:45 pmDonna M says:
Good thing none of you were with me in the car on Wednesday when I had a very large, beige bug on my windshield, on the outside! It was a bit startling but not scary.
He hopped away when the car started moving!! 
Great story Jill, cute dog! From Middle’s perspective I am positively ancient!! The day will come when she won’t think 30 is so old!
Posted on September 18th, 2009 at 2:04 pmKarin says:
Oh my. I probably would’ve had the same reaction, Jill, and then laughed until my sides hurt because of it. LOL
Posted on September 18th, 2009 at 2:24 pm