How many times as a kid did you say Jinx123 for 1,000 Cokes or whatever when you said something exactly at the same time someone else did before they could stop you?
I've been jinxed for a long time. Not a bad jinx, but a good one (if there is such a thing.) It seems jinxes come in threes, like the time our water heater, air conditioner and water well pump all went out the same week (when we didn't have any money) when we were living in Leander. Man, we didn't think we'd make it through that jinx . . . but we did! And our kids didn't even know about it.
The time my uncle in California passed away and my aunt sold us their travel trailer for just $1,000. What a deal! Except, pulling it on the way home with a very old Suburban, we spent $2,500 on 2 transmissions (in the desert, no less) not counting the cost of motels and food along the way, the towing charges and the cost of storing the trailer while the truck was being overhauled. That would also be one of those curves when we didn't have any money.
I've been jinxed since I first met Donald. He could step out on his front porch in Gladewater (15 miles from my front porch in Kilgore) and slap such a double whammy on me that I would stand at my Mom and Dad's bedroom window just listening for his tires to come down my little country road. And when I saw his headlights turn into my driveway, I was mashed potatoes. If you see him, don't tell him because I never admitted to him that I lived for those headlights. That's because his Dad often interfered with our dates and would find things for him to do that would either delay him or completely cancel our plans. Mind you, this was way before cell phones, so he didn't have a way to let me know he was on his way or not. Sometimes he would be stuck at his Dad's ranch without being able to communicate to me that he wasn't going to make it. I didn't want to wish too hard so I wouldn't jinx myself.
I guess you could say I'm jinxed by 2 brothers-in-law. One is too funny, one not enough. The one not enough would be Donald's twin - I guess Donald got the wit in that duo (lucky for me!). The other one torments my daughter and she loves it in a scary Formby kind of way. I also have 4 brothers that jinxed me. In their mischievousness, they did pull some pranks on me as they grew up and I'm not sure if it's over yet. Hope not.
When I start reading what I've written, I realize that I have been jinxed in my life (everybody is at some time), but when I write about my family you can replace the word 'jinx' with 'love' and that's what I really mean.
About Me
- Scary Mom
- Donald and I have been married for 44 years. I have worked for 40 of those years. I have 2 kids, 43 and 36, and 7 grandchildren. We have a 5th wheel and travel quite extensively throughout the U.S. We mix in B&Bs. I love to take solo driving trips, usually a couple of weeks at a time. Donald and I have a tradition of making a trip the first week of December called our Prelude to Christmas and it might be anywhere in the U.S. or Canada. We do some of our gift buying then, but mostly it's to get in the spirit with the Christmas decorations of different sections of the country.
1 comment:
You are right, I didn't know those three things went out in Leander! Now that I'm all(most) grown up, I can't imagine dealing with that - ugh. I'm sure one of our cars was on the fritz, too - they always were in Leander.
The fact that you don't think Dad knows that he's got you jinxed is a little naive on your part, woman.
I can think of many other things you are 'jinxed' with.
I like the last line the best.
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