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CONfessions #18

It's been a minute but it's back.... TAXI CAB CONfessions...lol

So If you have been keeping up with me ... I guess I'm kinda lonely/kinda scared that I may fill my life up and not have space for a significant other... Mr #18 may think otherwise...lol

The following convo is from this morning...Our first convo included the typical am I married and my fav "How close are you to being married?" Do I work at the hospital, "I like your place "(obviously from the outside.... and please be reminded I live in a condo lol) Do I have any kids etc...

BEAR: Are you this random?
ME: Actually no (I lied) I am running late today(aren't I always)... but I actually forgot about you...
BEAR: Oh really...okkkkkay
ME: I was about to call Yellow Cab and then I was like oh yeah I was suppose to call that new guy..
BEAR: "That new guy huh.."
ME: Yeah... I had forgotten your name so then I had to look through all of my numbers I put "new cab guy next to your name"
BEAR: OH "NEW CAB GUY" lol... okay I see
ME: Innocently (not lol) what you don't want to be known as New Cab Guy?
BEAR:How was your weekend?
ME:Good, yours
BEAR:I didn't do anything significant
ME:So... non significant = bad huh
BEAR:Well I had a good weekend... So did you drink this weekend
ME:Absolutely not, (Light bulb went off that we were in question mode ) but I'm not saying I don't drink
BEAR:Did you smoke this weekend
ME:lol... no I don't smoke
BEAR:Bungee jump
ME:Well the ropes weren't stable so I passed
BEAR:Sky dive
ME:Lol,You know you have a good selection of questions
BEAR:Yeah I have some others but I'm going to hold off on those
ME:You got the get to know someone quickly questions
BEAR:Why beat around the bush? I'm a get straight to the point type of guy...

He's got a great voice, witty, and prob pretty intelligent... he's also a divorcee, ten years my senior with a 16 year old son and at least two more offspring.... I'm going to call him for a ride again tomorrow... Hey don't judge me ... I have to get to work and besides I could use some practice on my witty convo! lol!

INterVENTion

It started off slow with the PINEAPPLE juice.

The slim container just felt so chic to me!I was going through BRUNCH withdrawal and found

The Burger King MIMOSA... Hi My name is.... and I'm addicted to the McCafe Mocha Frappe...

Seriously you don't understand the progression of my "drinking" problem... I just looked back on the signs that I missed on my way to this point... I indulged in a Mocha for three weeks straight... the first day I missed one I went psycho and scared a volunteen to death

by mid day I felt the withdrawal symptoms... I don't know how people do drugs... it's crazy not being in control of your body... HELP!

CoNfession #29 : PUT IT IN A LOVE SONG

I had a really REAL day today... heart was beating fast.. felt like I was having a heart attack... then my cab ride home...

Driver: Hey how you been

Me: Good how about you... seen vett(my old regular driver... and did I mention this guy is a cutie)

Driver: Yeah she around....

Me: Tell her I said hi!

Driver: hey ... so ... there was this girl when I was in sixth grade and I saw her on facebook

Pause: Silence

Driver: Ok I'm about to tell you a real story... this is real so don't be

Me: Ok I got the punch line I'm just waiting on the follow through... girl in sixth grade... facebook

Driver: See I had a crush on her... but she was chunky... and you know it wasn't the thing to like be into a chunky girl etc...

Me: smiling...

Driver: but she was reallllly pretty ... I mean reallly pretty

Me: aweee

Driver: and after school mom use to pick me up at the bottom of the hill... I use to go past her and say hi... and I would hit her on her butt

Me: lol

Driver: but I never told anyone that I had the biggest crush on her.... and I got older and I realized it didn't matter that she was chunky... I use to ask friends about if they remember her and I was kinda looking for her... and I got on facebook and there she was... and she became my friend today....

Me: aweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Driver: buts its to late

Me: what do you mean it's to late... what is she married

Driver: yep

Me: noooooooooooooooooo

Driver: yeah and she just got married like a couple of months ago...

Me: OMG

Driver: she said she knew my face but tell her something so that she could remember me and I told her that story about going down the hill...

Me: sitting up in my seat almost leaning into the front seat... Well what did she say..

Driver: nothing yet... lol

Me: well just take this as a life lesson...

Driver: uh oh she just hit me back... she said well what is it you want to tell me now that you didn't tell me then

Me... uh oh don't get caught up girl he just put a ring on it lol....

God speaks in amazing and crazy ways I needed this conversation at that this time...

#19 YOU'RE A

I rode in the nicest cab I have ever been in last week (butter pecan leather seats)... The driver was 80 years old and so funny!

Driver: I am almost as old as this city...

Me: Have you ever driven in any other state/city...

Driver: No and I won't...I know what neighborhoods to go into and which ones not too..

Me: Yeah I can see how it could be dangerous out here...

Driver: Those little jerks are emulating what they see on t.v.

LITTLE CITY: BIG EXPECTATIONS

Co-worker : Did you just take a cab to lunch?

Me: huh?

Co-worker: I just saw a cab out front... and I said surely she didn't take a cab across the street to lunch

Me: LOL... NO! I'M NOT THAT INSANE...

Me: (inside my head) NOT YET: CHAUFFEUR 2011

#39 STAY ON THE GRIND

Driver: so you're going from job one to job two?

Me: Yep... from job one to job two...

Driver: I did that for 18 years ... then I woke up one day wrote my resignation letter and just handed it in...

Me: That takes a lot of courage... I wish I could wake up one day and hand in two...

SILENCE

Me: I'm going to try working for myself

Driver: That's the best thing to do ... it all depends on the pride you take in your work... and the way you treat people... the way you present yourself... that's the key to success...

LML: I got a hustle that I have to see through... turning something that I hated doing into something that I could love... I see my loft and my wagon... and that young business person under 30 article clear as day!

CONfessions #52

ON COMPLAINING: " I figure that there is always somebody else out there worse off than you... if your fortunate enough to wake up ... and see the green grass... you're already BLESSED!"

BETWEEN HEAVY COUGHS: "I need to stop smoking, stop drinking, lose weight...get rid of this belly, and stop chasing wild women... but then I would be bored and die"

LML: As I got on the elevator at work .... a very cheerful woman holding a crossword book greeted me with a big HELLO ... she asked me how I was doing... I put on my fake cheerful and did the same... we got to our floor ... she was going to the left... I to the right... she replied " I'm a little tired and I thought I was going to be late... but actually I'm early for my chemo..."

EVERYDAY IS A NEW BEGINNING: AND THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT THE END: 2010

CONfession #79

Cabbie had a major accent... in my mind I knew it was New Jersey... but I guessed NY anyway... just for namesake ... he ended up being from Jersey... lol... he told me he attend New Mexico University...

Me: How did you end up here in Birmingham, Al

Cabbie: Well my ex wife's mother was sick... we came here to care for her... she eventually died... kids were in high school at that point... didn't want to pull them out...

Me:understandable

Cabbie: I can't figure out why I am still here either.... lol

LML: I have six months... my life has been changing... my life is going to make a decision for me... all I can do... is stay tuned...

CONfessions # 100

I didn't catch the drivers name this morning but the topic was "Music" lol...such an interpretive subject...

Driver- "Did you go see 6 Tre G last night..."

Me- contorted face "Who?"...

Driver -"6 Tre G he was at Mike's last night...

Me- "Six Trey Gin... I've never heard of him or them...

Driver - "Yeah it's one guy... has that song " (Fresh)Like a million bucks" ... he begins to sing...You never heard em?"

Me- " Uh no... I only hear the radio in the cab... usually people don't play 95.7 (hiphop station) ...

Driver- "Yeah, you right... my kids listen to it that's how I know.. you know Waka Flocka Flame (Oh let's do it)...

Me - WHO???+ Contorted Face....

Driver - chuckles " Waka Flocka Flame...."

Me- uh I'm obviously not in the loop, I only know the mainstream folks...(I name r&b artist)

Driver - "Oh like Anthony Hamilton"...

Me- uh yeah like I know the mainstream rappers like Jay Z, Wayne, Soulja Boy... lol...

Driver - " Yeah yeah..."

Me- " The kids I work with they listen to SIA, Radiohead, Coldplay..."

Driver - Confused face

THE REVIEW: I'm not closed minded so I am downloading both of the artist "hit"songs...

CONfessions #??

So my driver this morning was a young Mr. Moore... smart, witty, a bit of a narcissist , Afrocentric, artistic, hustla, frank, attractive with a tap of aggressiveness... he asked me to take him out to dinner... lol... I was so intrigued by the back and forth convo that I forgot to look at the cab number when I got out... lol... I got a feeling this is a to be continued...

CONfessions #47

Some people get their morning jump with a cup of coffee... I get my jump from my cab driver...my choice of travel to work every morning is a Yellow Cab... I live in the city .... but I also live in Alabama.... so yeah people think I'm nuts... I like it though ... it's like RevRun's words of wisdom every morning ...lol...

Here's what cabbie #47 had to say: "I was ran over by a truck...They say I would never walk again....They said I was going to die...I told that doctor... God said that if he wanted me to die... I would have died right there... Today I walk with no assistance...I got broke off a little something after the incident... I bought a house... I got six kids... I got custody... put them all in private schools..."

The guy seemed pretty chill once he told me he had a wife ... I could ease up on my side eyes... I mean folks be trying ya... lol... funny thing is guy said he put all his kids in private school then told me what school his 17 year old twins go to ... and of course it was public ... lol! I was impressed though that he was resourceful with his settlement money and bought a house... I'm looking to buy my first place... anybody want to give me a settlement? Guy said he had eight surgeries, use to drive limos and met all kinda famous people, great money and he could stay fresh because he loved to dress... mink coat and all.... guess today I got that message that God won't give you more than you can handle... keep faith... it rules above all science!