Wife & mom to teens.
I type off the top of my head. So you are likely to come upon tons of typos, run on sentences, bad grammar etc. On top of that, my laptop tends to skip some letters sometimes so you will be guessing at what I meant to say, unless I catch it which I usually don't because I rarely proof read :) So how's that for run on????
I have 20/20 vision. I can read an eye chart all the way to the last line. A couple of years ago my opthamologist told me that by the age of 42 I would need readers. Bingo. I just broke down and bought a pair. Actually 3 pairs. The lowest they had was +1.50. They give me a headache but at least I can read tiny print on pill bottles and such. I still don't need them for actual reading. I can still read books, magazines and newpapers ok. But I don't think that will last much longer. I hate getting old!
Every single time that this commercial runs on TV, I am transported back to when I was a kid. I didn't know why. It was kind of a Déjà vu type of thing, but I couldn't put my finger on it. I asked my girls if this is a new song. Or if it's an old song. Or maybe a remake. They didn't know.
I finally remembered to google it. I find out that it is an old song. Almost as old as me. A song called Tuesday Afternoon by The Moody Blues that I heard quite a bit when I was just a toddler because my dad would listen to it frequently. This one and Nights in White Satin.
I don't think that I have heard Tuesday Afternoon since I was a kid and the commercial just triggered a memory.
It always amazes me how a song can take you back. Whether you realize it or not. With some songs, I can even remember a day, a place or what I was wearing. This is from someone who sometimes can't remember what I did the day before!
So this song takes me back to my dad. A dad that I only had for 14 years, 5 months and 9 days. A dad that I managed to learn a great deal from in the short time that I did have him. A dad that lived and breathed for us. A dad who was rich beyond words but not in the monetary sense. A dad that had a gazillion friends that loved and admired him for the person that he was. A dad that set the standard for the qualities that I would later look for in a husband. He would be happy to know that my girls have that type of dad. Just like him.
How fitting is it that the commercial is about a girl and her dad?
Unless you have been living under a rock, you know that I LOVE Target. About 3 or 4 times a year, I cheat and enter another big box retailer. The funny thing is, that I really do not like that other retailer at all! But when they double coupons up to TWO dollars, I can't restrain myself. So today, I dragged D to (gasp) K-mart and got myself $110 worth of stuff for $35! Yay me!
I told my deepest, darkest secrets to a friend. She then goes off and blabs it to the world! She even posted a video online. Since it's already out there, I will share it on here. If you listen closely, you will even figure out the juiciest secret of all! I'm so embarrassed!
I thought that the video was embeded. I guess it's not working. If you wan't to see it go here
