Some quotes from and observations about my dear friend Sarah, who drove to New Orleans with me. (Noted down while driving)
“It may surprise you, but I don’t actually know everything.”
(After swerving for a tumbleweed) “I forgot I was driving a jeep. I forgot about ground clearance.”
Sarah is a “hand-talker” and can’t keep herself from gesturing dramatically to make her point, whatever she may be talking about. When driving at high speeds, every hand wave translates to a corresponding jerk of the car into the neighboring lane.
Sarah likes to make connections of names of towns with other pieces of information she has stored in her head.
“Burlington, Colorado. I wonder if the Burlington Coat Factory is in Burlington, Colorado, or in Burlington in another state or just named after somebody.”
“Does Colby cheese come from Colby, Kansas or Colby, Wisconsin? No, I’m serious, I don’t know.”
Seeing a sign for a town named Ajax, Sarah gave me a knowing smirk. I mimed a scrubbing motion with my hand at the same time that she clenched her fist and raised in a “victory” gesture. Realizing she was thinking of the ancient hero, I said, “Oh, I was thinking of the cleaner.” She promptly replied, “Well, I was thinking something more epic.”
