Don't forget the cayenne pepper

     Sunday, I completed another 3 hours with my elders. The more I go up there to spend time with them, the more that I become attached. I was greeted by my girls, Miss L, LS and a new one DA. We began to complete another game of UNO. This blog will be short, but I can assure you, it will be good quality.

     UNO has become something that I look forward to doing. I see true emotions in them. They of course volunteer me to deal and shuffle the cards, and then we are off. Laughs are being exchanged because of the skip cards and draw 4 cards. DA is much slower than the other ladies. She is slow at speaking and can not speak very loud. Have I mentioned that LS is the spunky one? Well, SHE IS!! LS is always the one who is on patrol with whether or not we are playing the game correctly. 

     "You can't play that card." " Put all of your cards in your hands." "It is not your turn."

It's actually really funny to listen to, especially seeing all of these other ladies obey her. Little does LS know, I am a very observant person and when someone comes off as controlling, I like to watch what they do to see if they do as they teach. I noticed her putting down MANY of the wrong cards, and she also got mad whenever I called "UNO" on her..............twice. LS would not get off of DA's case. I mean come on now, give her a little bit of room to breath. Well DA finally decided she was not going to take it anymore. LS told her one last time to "not show your cards", DA held that card so close to LS face for the longest time! I could not help but laugh. Before I knew it, the two of them were arguing, I however thought of it as the slowest, quiet argument I have ever heard. 

     As it was time for me to leave, I could not figure out if I wanted to laugh or cry. Should I laugh because these are some spicy old ladies? Or, should I cry because they fought over a game of UNO? We too many times take for granted the things we have in life; being able to go grocery shopping, fighting with our kids, fighting with our loved ones, choosing to go visit our friends and families. As much as I HATE stressing over bigger things in life such as money, school, and more, that moment made me realize that I am fortunate to have these worries. Love everyone and everything, and don't ever lose your spice.

     

(BTW, this is the face that DA was making when she was shoving her card in LS face!!!)