hailey & i had breaks at the same time. we walked thru the back door and looked up to see one of those big, six-foot-something, ugly brown, folding-pot-luck style tables teetering on it's side. it had been propped up against the wall & someone hadn't leaned it far enough back so it was threatening to come crashing forward onto the cement floor. we both reacted at the same time & sprinted across the room to catch it. & we did. it was one of those dramatic events that makes your heart lurch & sends adrenaline shooting thru your veins like you just saved the world from some awful fate. we had a good laugh & then proceeded to sit down & eat rock hard starbursts & spicey nacho doritos that were past their "best if used by" date. we were just minding our own business, talking trash (lovingly of course) about the vending machine people that have failed us, when we both looked up to see the table begin to wobble & jeopardize life as we know it. again. but this time we didn't budge. & it definitely face-planted with a vengeance onto the cement floor. and we just watched it fall. all our previous labors had been in vain. the ensuing clatter was unbelievably loud. metal + cement + momentum - you do the math. we're all connected with a walkie-talkie system & not one person asked if we were o.k. - i mean we could have been buried alive by floor to ceiling metal clothing racks for all they knew & not a single word. we laughed until we couldn't breathe & our tummies ached. i felt rusty & it felt awkward to laugh so hard, it had been too long since i last felt this feeling. this unforced, spontaneous moment of bliss.
HAH ah. I so wish I could have been there for this.
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