There are some words you just don't hear people use on a regular basis these days.
Yesterday I was at the supermarket with Madeline and kept passing a mother with her 3 young children throughout the store. The mom was of the conservative/religious breed---long flowery print dress and fabric on her head….somewhat amish/mormonesque or something. At one point I was waiting for her to move her cart in the spice section when I saw a man who appeared to be trying to sneak up behind her. He wrapped his arms around her and of course she was startled and the children and man laughed and the woman responded with, “You are such a rascal!”
Huh. Rascal. I don’t know if I’ve ever said that word. But it made me want to create some kind of situation in which I could call Justin a rascal. I know he’d stop whatever he was doing to ask me what the hell I was doing, call him a rascal. He’s probably react less if I called him a silly goose or even a crazy bastard.
Anyway, are there words that ya’ll can think of that aren’t used in everyday situations like the aforementioned?
Goofy is one I’ve been attempting to resurrect the last few months. It just sounds fun. My cousin said he is in a “shit” phase lately and laughed hard when I responded to a ridiculous family story with, “…oh, for shit’s sake!”
On a completely unrelated note, husband and I biked 24 miles on Saturday with Madeline hooked in the trailer behind my bike. My behind is still a tad sensitive if I sit a certain way at the dinner table, but otherwise it was wonderful. Our plan wasn’t to bike that far, but we did want to bike into the State Park to check out the campground for possible use this weekend when my parents and sisters visit. It was a bit further around the lake and off the trail than we had guessed and when we finally made it back home, Justin said he felt like he had been raped by a prison gang. Youch!