Thursday, April 19
oh what a night.
so when i found out that i had to sell 80 lucky draw tickets @ $10 each, 3 beanie bears @ $40 each & 3 books @ $30 each i told God, "if it really is my calling to do sales, let me be able to sell them all."
& sell them all i did. (note: my targets were men who paid $500 each to golf on a thurs afternoon, all pulled up in one nice car or another & they were all raring to get onto the field. so, perhaps not so difficult to sell wad)
but i had totally forgotten about what i'd told Him until at the end of the night one of the committee members said to me, "so Elaine! you know what your calling is huh! if ever i need to sell anything im calling you!"
& then it hit me. gosh, maybe i really should do sales.
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earlier that night:
as i hurried past his table, trying to sell the last book, he called me over
"come come, let me introduce you to my friends", he said as he gestured at the table of 9 men. and introduce he did, one by one. as i went around making friends, i saw some mates of his gesturing to their faces indicating they thought we looked alike, could we perhaps be father and daughter. but he replied, "no no, this is my son's girlfriend"...(i conveniently ignored that comment, read on to find out why.) when it came to the last guy who sat on his left he told me, "this is dr. xxx, he is a OBGYN, a OBGYN" (yes he repeated that last line, i dunno why) i was more than ALITTLE taken aback, not knowing exactly why he stated the occupation of this friend in particular & i truly did not know the right response to that. so i half laughed and said "ooOh, ok ok". fortunately, his OBGYN friend jumped in and said "this Philip, always plans too far ahead"....
so anyways. that little bit freaked me out alittle. but hearing a parent refer to me in my presence as a "girlfriend" made me cringe & wanna giggle at the sametime. i dunno about you, but my folks are the kind who will always (perhaps till marriage) refer to mark as "my daughter's friend"..hence, you understand my reaction upon hearing my 'title'.
heeheehee. ¶ 10:55 PM
& sell them all i did. (note: my targets were men who paid $500 each to golf on a thurs afternoon, all pulled up in one nice car or another & they were all raring to get onto the field. so, perhaps not so difficult to sell wad)
but i had totally forgotten about what i'd told Him until at the end of the night one of the committee members said to me, "so Elaine! you know what your calling is huh! if ever i need to sell anything im calling you!"
& then it hit me. gosh, maybe i really should do sales.
____________________________________
earlier that night:
as i hurried past his table, trying to sell the last book, he called me over
"come come, let me introduce you to my friends", he said as he gestured at the table of 9 men. and introduce he did, one by one. as i went around making friends, i saw some mates of his gesturing to their faces indicating they thought we looked alike, could we perhaps be father and daughter. but he replied, "no no, this is my son's girlfriend"...(i conveniently ignored that comment, read on to find out why.) when it came to the last guy who sat on his left he told me, "this is dr. xxx, he is a OBGYN, a OBGYN" (yes he repeated that last line, i dunno why) i was more than ALITTLE taken aback, not knowing exactly why he stated the occupation of this friend in particular & i truly did not know the right response to that. so i half laughed and said "ooOh, ok ok". fortunately, his OBGYN friend jumped in and said "this Philip, always plans too far ahead"....
so anyways. that little bit freaked me out alittle. but hearing a parent refer to me in my presence as a "girlfriend" made me cringe & wanna giggle at the sametime. i dunno about you, but my folks are the kind who will always (perhaps till marriage) refer to mark as "my daughter's friend"..hence, you understand my reaction upon hearing my 'title'.
heeheehee. ¶ 10:55 PM
