i was in massachusetts for almost a week - during that time, it seemed that the heavens opened up and shared it wealth with me.. or at least on three occasions..
1. on wednesday or my second day in town, i went to the outlet malls shopping. I spend the day shopping for all sorts of shoes and clothes and undergarments. as i was leaving the mall, it started to rain...i had to go to one last store and to the rest room which was two lanes over. as i headed to my car, i found a shopping bag sitting on a bench near ralph lauren. i thought that i would put my packages in the bag.
I approached the shopping bag and found a white polo shirt in a size xtra large inside. I looked around and no one was around. I asked about it in the store and no one claimed it, so i carried it to my car. My father wears an XLarge and it was perfect for him
2. i went on to James Taylor and went to look for my seat in Section P seat 35.. as i approached the row, there was no seat 35...just 33 then number 20 and then number 34. i called the usher who inturn called the house manager. the housemanager moved me to the 5th section handicapped section, sitting me on a folding chair. this was a remarkably better seat than i had purchased.
3. i went to see my sister and due to an accident on the highway to the masspike, i took the backroads. after seeing many many many gas stations who offered gas at 2.21, i decided to pull over at a cumberland farms and fill my 1/4 of a tank.....
i went inside with a twenty dollar bill and even though they didnt require a prepay, i left the money and pumped my gas. I went to get rootbeer barrels and a soda when i saw they carried 1 litre bottles of soda and i asked if they would reimburse me for my bottle cap granting me a free 1 litre. the salesgirl told me she would and i went to the car to get the bottle cap.
when i entered the store again, the saleswoman who waited on me, was leaving her post and she asked me to step over to the other saleswoman...
the other saleswoman explained everyone was rushing her and she was out of sorts. I asked her to take her time and gave her my purchases which came to 2.78 with the free 1 litre. she rang it up and counted out change. she then called the manager to help her find the prepay for the gas and she took out two tens, i think ... she handed me
the money and said she didnt think it was right. i looked at it and she handed me 29.00 and change. Thinking i gave her a 50 that was in my wallet, i got nervous and anxious and confused. i left with the money and my purchases and raced to check if i had the 50 dollar bill..
i found the 50 and stuffed the money in my wallet..
i think that i got 29.00 and change for a 7.00 and 2.78 purchase on a 20 dollar bill
sudden gifts of fate... Mary Chapin Carpenter
Some people need to know what to expect
Need to keep control, need to keep one step
Ahead of every chance, as if chance decides
Who it's gonna pass, who it will reward
They don't understand, chances don't keep score
They just find us when we're there to find
Chorus:
And so this has to be, a sudden gift of fate
you're nothing less to me than a sudden gift of fate
It's not as if it comes down to your turn that someone somewhere feels you've earned
You just learn to wait for sudden gifts of fate
Some people have never been the lonely kind
Never called a friend in the middle of the night
Just to hear a voice say it's okay
And now I hear you speak each and every word
That I didn't think lonely people heard
You took a long night and turned it into day
Chorus:
And so this has to be, a sudden gift of fate
you're nothing less to me than a sudden gift of fate
Its not as if it comes down to your turn that someone somewhere feels you've earned
You just learn to wait for sudden gifts of fate
You can celebrate, gifts are never late
You just learn to wait for sudden gifts of fate
