The Southern View

Jul 30, 2007 Monday Morning Hi-Jinks by Southern Programmer

Tags: Fun, friend, Finance

I stayed up a bit later than I meant to last night watching "AI" which appeared to be broadcast all weekend n the TNT network. I had taped it in order to finish watching it at my leisure and wound up finishing it p at around 1:00AM.

It's not one of my favorite movies but I find the special effects interesting and the story is very nice although it is twenty minutes longer than it needs to be.

Due to that, I overslept this morning and wound up dashing out of the house without breakfast.

As I was driving in my stomach and my brain began battling.

Stomach: Hey! Lets cut through town and stop by Bojangles and get a steak biscuit and some Bo-Rounds!

Brain: No way am I letting you add another layer of plague to these old arteries! Skip breakfast and eat a salad for lunch!

Stomach: We can get some sweet tea!

Brain: Did you say sweet tea?

Stomach: Yes.

Brain: You know, it really doesn't make sense to starve ourselves! Besides, we can just do a little more treadmill work tonight!

So, with both parties in agreement I pulled the big Buick into Bojangles and ordered breakfast. After I had paid for my meal and pulled out of the drive thru...I saw him....

A small Nissan was parked across the parking lot and a man was staring at me.

I looked back at him and glared while putting on my sunglasses.

The man in the car held a cell phone in his hand and my cell phone began ringing, I didn't bother to look at the number as I knew the person on the other end was pure evil. It was one of my good friends in the finance department from work!

I picked up the phone and the conversation went like this.

SP (Flatly): Finance Man.

Finance Guy: Programmer Guy.

SP: So we meet again on the field of battle, I thought you had learned your lesson.

Finance Guy: You won't win this time!

SP: Same Rules?

Finance Guy: Same Rules!

With that statement I quickly hung up and drove out of the parking lot while laughing.

The race was on!

What I am describing to you is a delightful morning activity called "The Daily Dash". I do this with one good friend who I only see if I cut through town. I cannot even remember how we started doing this but if we see each other, we will race to work with some VERY strict rules that we have agreed upon.

#1: No speeding!
#2: No crazy manuevers that can endanger anyone.
#3: Cutting through parking lots is allowed as long as rules #1 and #2 are not violated.

Back to the race..

Finance man made it to the stop light and managed to get through before it changed, he headed down the road pumping his fist through the sun roof of his vehicle as I pounded my steering wheel in mock frustration.

As I got through the light I powered on my GPS and made a right turn into a neighborhood and then another left. I drove slowly through the neighborhood and grinned as I saw my nemesis at a light. I cruised through the light and made the turn while waving at him as he laughed.

We got to the next light and I had to hit the brakes as someone pulled out of their driveway backwards and stopped while Finance guy quickly slipped around me.

I followed him all the way to work when he stopped at a light, at that point I saw my chance and ducked into a nearby parking lot and went into our parking garage via a rear entrance and made it to my spot.

I got out and began eating my breakfast and within a minute or two, Finance Guy pulled into a nearby spot while staring at me.

He got out, glared at me and began laughing and we walked into work pounding each others back.

The world is safe again...