Jesus and Puppies

Last night some friends and I planned to meet up at the bar, and Shiloh and Books ended up being late. Shiloh arrives, and with her she has this really skinny Boxer puppy with her. You can see the poor thing’s ribs and it’s shoulder bones protrude. He has the cutest face though, with big big brown eyes. He needs a home, and we volunteered to foster him and bring him back with us to my friend’s house. I spent the night over there, promising Shi that I’d take good care of him. He’s a total sweety, I just love him! I had to get up early this morning to go run some errands, and I didn’t have enough time to take a shower and I didn’t have a change of clothes on me.

So, anyways, I go to the grocery store. As I am walking back to my car, this lady rolls down her windows and calls out to me “Excuse me.” She’s got a big smile on her face, and looks a little embarassed. So I walk up to her window, expecting to give her directions or telling her where the nearest Wachovia is at. I get about 4 feet from her window, and she says “Remember that Jesus loves you!” I’m like “Uh.....Okay.” and make a quick U-turn towards my car. She yells out again “Have a Blessed day!” Me: “You too!” I kinda shrugged it off for a minute or so, then as I was starting my car I was thinking “Why did she do that? Is it some kind of challenge her preacher gave her? Do I look like I need to hear about Jesus? Why me? I don’t look like a druggie do I? I know that I don’t have any makeup on and am not freshly showered, but I’ve got a cute outfit on.......”

Kinda a waste of time for me (only a minute and a half, but still). That sorta thing lightly rubs me the wrong way. C’mon, it’s nice that you love Jesus and all, I think he’s great too, but why do you feel the need to bother people with your spirituality?

Oh well, just thought I’d share today’s little quirk. I can’t wait to get off work, which will be early today, because I’m going to go get little Otis Redding and take him to the park so we can play!