Just Another Day In Small Town, USA
Yesterday afternoon. I'm sweating it out to a P90-X video. The doorbell rings.
[As I general rule, my hackles go up when the doorbell rings. I don't know why. Maybe it's an instinctive "fight or flight" response or perhaps I've conditioned myself to respond with my, "I wasn't expecting a guest therefore it's a mass murderer" reaction. Anywhoo...]
A large portion of our front door is glass, so I peeked my head around the corner. I didn't see anyone standing there so I assumed the UPS guy had dropped something off. I went back to Tony Horton and my video.
♫ Ding-Dong. ♫
Huh. Not the UPS guy. I peek again and see the shadow of a man waiting patiently by the door. I resolve to go shoo the mass murderer away.
I open the door and am surprised to find David standing there. David is a brilliant writer/photographer in our area, an older gentleman who I probably run into once every six months, at which times we'll chat for maybe 5-10 minutes, max.
"Hey Dena," he said, as if we'd just met yesterday. He pulled out a pen and small notebook. "What did you tell me was the name of your web designer?"
I vaguely remembered discussing my website with David the last time we'd met. Six months ago.
"Oh, uh, Melody Watson," I said. "At melodywatson.com."
"Mel-ohh-dee" he said, writing it down. "Got it." He turned to go, then seemed to realize the situation maybe called for a bit more. "You doin' okay?" he asked.
"Yeah, great," I said. "Just exercising, getting ready for a big race. You?"
"Doing good, doing good. Well, nice seeing you."
And with that, he turned and walked down the porch steps and was gone.
Later that night I described the encounter to Blair, who laughed and said, "That's classic Madison."
Yes, it is. And a great reminder of why I love living in this quirky little town.
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 12:11 PM | Dena Harris | 3 Comments | Email Article | Share via Digg | Print Article | tagged Madison nc, P90X, melody watson, small town life in Home Life
Reader Comments (3)
You have mass murderers in Madison?!! Do they know about Mayodan?!!
That was great to tell your mother. Now she is going to get very nervous moving to a "small" town. lol
What fun to hear the back story from before David called me! Even more fun: Literally The Day Before he called, I'd been telling Brenna and Bob a story about something David told me the very last time I saw him - probably a year ago - related to travel. Funny how that all works. Thanks for helping him hunt me down!