Some days you're the bug, some days you're the windshield

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While this is a line from a country song, it was also the way the day went yesterday for us - we were the bug! We got squished at almost every turn....I'll explain. Our broker told us the closing on our property was at the bank across from Lowe's. We went to that bank - no one ever heard of us or him or any closing. It was at a bank further down the highway, not across from Lowe's. Closing went well, got our money and left. Next stop Lowe's for plants. We found what we wanted and got in line. Cashier was about 103 years old and moved slower than molasses going uphill. She was waiting on a woman who bought at least 300 plants and was putting them on the checkout area one by one by one. I told my husband, 'Let's go." Next stop was to be at Ingles for gas to use our 50 cents off a gallon. On the way we saw the flashing lights and traffic dead stopped - Ingles was beyond that mess...no way. So we headed home. Later in the afternoon we went to the bank to deposit the check from the closing. I told my buddy there that we were heading to Madisonville and would check out Lowe's there for plants. She said, there is no Lowe's in that town. OK, so we went to the Walmart near the bank...we've purchased plants there previously. Yesterday the selection was horrible. I don't want a hanging basket for my front porch in a hot pink pot..or any of the other crazy colors. We left plant-less. On to Madisonville (which by the way is a good 45 minute ride at this point) to a garden center that always looked interesting. One person working, no prices or any other information on any of the plants. The woman was so busy flirting with a male customer we left. We headed to Bert's, a decent restaurant where we wondered what could go against us now? Nothing, all was well, great service, the server was the best we've had in a long time. Food was good and we were satisfied. On the ride home we laughed at everything that went wrong, but were grateful for the few things that went right. By the end of the day we decided that today we would be the windshield and someone else could be the bug. Photo from Pixabay