Back to the Grind

Yesterday was the first day for the students attending our parish school. Lucky for them, it was only a half day. Lucky for The Rev. and me, because we were able to meet his secretary and two of the teachers for breakfast before school. With school beginning for The Rev., he will be both a teacher and a student, as he teaches catechism to the 7th and 8th graders two days a week and attends an advanced Spanish class two days a week. My work schedule is in a bit of lull right now, but it will soon kick into high gear and we will be back to scratching our heads and looking at our respective calendars to figure out when we can take a day off together.

I had to work yesterday, so I followed The Rev. over to his secretary's house for breakfast. I drove behind him as he maneuvered the $5 car through morning traffic.

"Why were you leaned all the way over while driving? Did you have a kink in your back?"

"No, only one the passenger side windshield wiper works, so I have to lean over to really see. Hey can you jiggle the passenger side headlight for me?"

"What?"

"Jiggle the passenger side headlight for me."

"Why?"

"Because when you jiggle that side, they both go down, otherwise, the driver's side light stays up."

Rather than question the nuances of driving a car that would fall apart from the rush of a really good bass thump, I leaned over and jiggled the headlight. Sure enough, they both clicked down with a mechanical whine. Later on that night, we decided to try an Italian restaurant for dinner. We left the restaurant later than we expected, and we got stuck at a traffic light. The Rev. is usually a very patient man, but he must of used most of it at school earlier that day.

"Hey, why don't you get out and hit the pedestrian walk button and make the light change."

"Does that fall under the category of jiggling a headlight?"

"No, it falls under making a light change."

Fortunately, the light changed soon after and we drove home. We were not in the five dollar car.